Clients

Clients are installed on each managed system to provide efficient management of the environment. Almost all communication is initiated from the client with the exception of the actual installation and specific out-of-band tasks run from the Administration Console. A client must be installed to be managed by Configuration Manager.

The Windows client natively supports both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. The Windows client supports the following minimum operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003 Web SP2

• Windows Server 2003 SP2, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter Editions

• Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Storage Editions

• Windows Server 2008 SP2, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter Editions

• Windows ...

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