System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed

Client Health Status Enhancements

Over the years, the ConfigMgr client has become more durable and less prone to break. Even with the increased stability, the effort to maintain overall client health is demanding. Dependency on other services such as WMI or BITS is a challenge to overall client health. For example, WMI has a notorious reputation of becoming corrupt. Unfortunately, without those services running, the client cannot operate all its components properly. As if that were not enough, there is the persistent tampering that some “power” users may feel inclined to do. Often, the root cause is not the ConfigMgr client.

Monitoring and Reporting

Reporting on client status is not a novel concept. Client status reporting was introduced with ...