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I browse the web and constantly out of curiosity I tried a few definitions on wikipedia, here they are: lol (If you’re curious like me, click).

Wikipedia definition:

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Config Mgr 2007)

System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr), formerly Systems Management Server (SMS), is a systems management software product by Microsoft for managing large groups of Windows-based computer systems. Configuration Manager provides remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory.

There have been three major iterations of SMS. The 1.x versions of the product defined the scope of control of the management server (the site) in terms of the NT domain that was being managed. Since the 2.x versions, that site paradigm has switched to a group of subnets that will be managed together. Since SMS 2003, the site could also be defined as one or more Active Directory sites. The most frequently used feature is inventory management, which provides both hardware and software inventory across a business enterprise.

The major difference between the 2.x product and SMS 2003 is the introduction of the Advanced Client. The Advanced Client communicates with a more scalable management infrastructure, namely the Management Point. A Management Point (MP) can manage up to twenty five thousand Advanced Clients.

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History SCCM/Config Mgr :

See also:

• Windows Server System
• Microsoft System Center
• System Center Data Protection Manager
• System Center Operations Manager
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Configuration management

Thanks a lot to Wikipedia.

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