Site Hierarchy

Any organization with more than one site connected together automatically has a site hierarchy. All site hierarchies include at least one primary site. A site hierarchy with more than one primary site must include a central administration site (CAS). Hierarchies can also include secondary sites.

Previous versions of ConfigMgr gave the site hierarchy the flexibility to be immensely deep and complex (although not recommended). System Center 2012 Configuration Manager supports a simplistic, flat hierarchy. Starting from the top, the hierarchy for a large organization generally goes three tiers deep, as indicated in Figure 2.2.

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