Configuring the System Management Container

When the Active Directory schema has been extended, Configuration Manager Site Servers store information about the hierarchy in special Active Directory objects. These objects are kept in a specific folder in the System container of the domain partition. The location for these objects doesn’t exist by default, and must be manually created and configured.

In a distributed Configuration Manager hierarchy, it is considered best practice to place the Configuration Manager Site Servers in a custom security group, and delegate this security group’s permissions to the System Management container in Active Directory. The following tasks assume the Configuration Manager Site Servers (CM1, CM2, CM3, CM4, and ...

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