Now that we have our basic installation of SCCM 2012, verified that our Management Point is functioning properly, and hopefully have certificates configured and issued properly including in certificate stores and IIS site bindings for HTTPS communication, we are ready to setup boundaries, discovery methods and boundary groups for populating our device collections with computers. After all, we can't utilize the many powerful features SCCM 2012 has to offer without first having a method for populating our site with manageable objects in our enterprise!
Boundaries in SCCM 2012 are very similar to those in SCCM 2007 such as your Active Directory Site and IP subnets. New to SCCM 2012 regarding discovery methods and boundaries (as well as with Distribution Groups, which I will cover in a future post) is the notion of groups, or in this case, "Boundary Groups". Once boundaries for your site have been defined and discovery methods for them have been enabled, you must then create a boundary group and add your boundaries to it. If this is the first Site Server in your environment then it should be a Primary Site Server. (Central Sites are now for site administration only and cannot contain sccm clients, but I will cover that in future posts.) That said, go into the properties of your boundary group and select the "reference" tab. There you will want to check the box labeled "Use this boundary group for site assignment" as well as add your site system server in the box below in the boundary group properties dialog box. At this point, if everything is working properly, running your discovery methods should start populating your device collections in the "Assets and Compliance" pane of the dashboard.
If you have successfully configured all of these items then take a minute to relax and feel confident knowing that you've made significant progress and that you are well on your way to using SCCM 2012 in many powerful and useful ways! But, there is still much to cover and the fun is only just beginning!
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