In This Chapter

Design Concepts

Active Directory Integration

A WMI Primer

WMI in ConfigMgr

Components and Communications

Inside the ConfigMgr Database

Viewing Detailed Process Activity

SQL Replication Crash Course

Configuration Manager Database Replication

File-Based Replication

This chapter examines the inner workings of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). It describes the design concepts and working principles of ConfigMgr, along with information about how the product utilizes core Windows technologies, specifically Active Directory (AD) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). It also discusses the various components of ConfigMgr, how they communicate with each other, and how they work together to ...

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