Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a Month of Lunches

Chapter 9. Ensuring that ConfigMgr clients can access content

By now, you may have noticed that ConfigMgr clients interact with the ConfigMgr server hierarchy via a range of dedicated server roles, such as the Management Point role for client communications and policy. The reason for this is that, depending on the environment within which it functions, ConfigMgr can be a highly distributed system, with multiple server roles needed to support a large number of clients located in many places. The ConfigMgr server can support multiple server roles, such as Management Points, in order to cater to such a dispersed environment. Another critical server role that contributes to this modular approach to management is the distribution point (DP). As shown ...