System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed

Understanding Your Network

Chapter 4 introduced planning considerations for your architectural design. The information gathered in the architectural design phase can provide much of the basis for network design considerations as well. Here are the key decision criteria for deploying ConfigMgr in a network environment:

• At which locations will you provide services? This is the starting point of your network planning. You want to provide effective and efficient services to every location.

• What client systems are at each location? Enumerate the devices at each location and device characteristics in terms of operating systems, Active Directory (AD) services, hardware capabilities, and mobility.

• What users are at each location? You should understand ...