Considerations for a Multisite Configuration Manager Hierarchy

There are a few common considerations for deploying multiple Configuration Manager sites. This includes creating security and political boundaries to address demarcation points, managing and controlling bandwidth across WAN links, managing different settings for different clients, and addressing scalability along with reducing impact due to single points of failure.

In Configuration Manager 2012, the site hierarchy has been simplified to a stratified three-tier site architecture. In a multisite SCCM 2012 architecture, there is a Central Administration Site at the top of the hierarchy. It cannot have clients report to it and does not support the Management Point role or the Distribution ...

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