WMI Permissions

Along with DCOM permissions, WMI permissions are also required for ConfigMgr console access. By default, the SMS Admins group is given the appropriate permissions necessary to provide operability.

Permissions are applied to two different namespaces. Here are the privileges granted to the SMS Admins group in the Root\SMS WMI namespace:

• Enable Account

• Remote Enable

Figure 8.30 displays the permissions assigned to the same custom group (Limited SMS Admins, mentioned in the “DCOM Permissions” section) with the appropriate permissions granted to the Root\SMS namespace.

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Figure 8.30. WMI permissions required on Root\SMS namespace. ...

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