About User Device Affinity

User device affinity is a new feature in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. It allows the administrators to associate a user with his primary devices. A primary device is the typical daily work device of the user such as a workstation or laptop. A device can be associated to more than one user, and a user can be associated to more than one device. Chapter 9 discusses how to configure Client Settings for user device affinity.

The benefit of user device affinity is the ConfigMgr administrator can deploy applications to users without needing to know the name of the device a user is working on. It also gives administrators more control in deploying the application, as rules can be created related to user device affinity ...

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