Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2

Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2.
Next to a lot of fixes it also adds new functionality on the client side to specify Management Point(s) a client may communicate with.

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Management point communications

This cumulative update introduces a new registry entry for clients. This entry will restrict which management point (MP) a client can communicate with. This can be useful in environments that have multiple MPs in different forests, and the clients can only communicate with a subset of them. Setting the registry value to only those MPs that can be reached by the client can improve overall efficiency. The new registry value is AllowedMPs, a REG_MULTI_SZ (multi-string) type that is under the following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CCM

Each entry is the Fully Qualified Domain Name of the management point(s) with which the client is able to communicate. This value does not affect the selection of any other site systems such as distribution points, software update points, and so on. The value only affects the primary site MP selection.

Note After this value is defined, there is no fallback or other method for clients to communicate with other MPs. This new entry is only intended for permanently located workstation and server clients and is not portable to devices such as mobile PCs or tablets.

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