Microsoft configmgr

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager helps IT manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. New features of Configuration Manager, such as the support of Windows 10 in-place upgrade, co-management with Microsoft Intune, Windows 10 and Office ProPlus Servicing Dashboard, integration with Windows Update for Business, and more make deploying and managing Windows easier than ever before.

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Microsoft Identity Manager SP1. Integration Services. Power Platform. Dynamics Try Dynamics for free. Try Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability for free. Search All Products. Microsoft Viva Microsoft Viva Topics. After you install Configuration Manager, use the Configuration Manager console to configure sites and clients, and to run and monitor management tasks. This console is the main point of administration, and lets you manage multiple sites.

You can install the Configuration Manager console on additional computers, and restrict access and limit what administrative users can see in the console by using Configuration Manager role-based administration. For more information, see Use the Configuration Manager console. Software Center is an application that's installed when you install the Configuration Manager client on a Windows device.

Users use Software Center to request and install software that you deploy. Software Center lets users do the following actions:. For more information, see the Software Center user guide. If you browse the Start menu, look for the Configuration Manager console icon in the Microsoft Endpoint Manager group. The console connects to your central administration site server or to your primary site servers. You can't connect a Configuration Manager console to a secondary site. During installation, you specified the fully qualified domain name FQDN of the site server to which the console connects.

Select the arrow at the top of the ribbon , and choose Connect to a New Site. Type in the FQDN of the site server. If you've previously connected to site server, select the server from the drop-down list.

You can specify the minimum authentication level for administrators to access Configuration Manager sites. This feature enforces administrators to sign in to Windows with the required level.

Some areas of the console may not be visible depending on your assigned security role. For more information about roles, see Fundamentals of role-based administration. Reorder workspace buttons by selecting the down arrow and choosing Navigation Pane Options. Select an item to Move Up or Move Down. Select Reset to restore the default button order. Minimize a workspace button by selecting Show Fewer Buttons. The last workspace in the list is minimized first.

Select a minimized button and choose Show More Buttons to restore the button to its original size. Workspaces are a collection of nodes. Use the navigation bar to move around the console when you minimize the navigation pane. If the value 1 is returned, the site is up to date, with all the hotfixes applied on its parent primary site. If the value 0 is returned, the site has not installed all the fixes that are applied to the primary site, and you should use the Recover Secondary Site option to update the secondary site.

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