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Applies to: Configuration Manager (current branch)
Clients in Configuration Manager must locate a management point to complete site assignment and as an on-going process to remain managed. Active Directory Domain Services provides the most secure method for clients on the intranet to find management points. However, if clients cannot use this service ___location method (for example, you have not extended the Active Directory schema, or clients are from a workgroup), use DNS publishing as the preferred alternative service ___location method.
Before you use DNS publishing for management points, make sure that DNS servers on the intranet have service ___location resource records (SRV RR) and corresponding host (A or AAA) resource records for the site's management points. The service ___location resource records can be created automatically by Configuration Manager or manually, by the DNS administrator who creates the records in DNS.
For more information about DNS publishing as a service ___location method for Configuration Manager clients, see Understand how clients find site resources and services for Configuration Manager.
By default, clients search DNS for management points in their DNS ___domain. However, if there are no management points published in the clients' ___domain, you must manually configure clients with a management point DNS suffix. You can configure this DNS suffix on clients either during or after client installation:
To configure clients for a management point suffix during client installation, configure the CCMSetup Client.msi properties.
To configure clients for a management point suffix after client installation, in Control Panel, configure the Configuration Manager Properties.
To configure clients for a management point suffix during client installation
Install the client with the following CCMSetup Client.msi property:
DNSSUFFIX= <management point ___domain>
If the site has more than one management point and they are in more than one ___domain, specify just one ___domain. When clients connect to a management point in this ___domain, they download a list of available management points, which will include the management points from the other domains.
For more information about the CCMSetup command-line properties, see About client installation properties.
To configure clients for a management point suffix after client installation
In Control Panel of the client computer, navigate to Configuration Manager, and then double-click Properties.
On the Site tab, specify the DNS suffix of a management point, and then click OK.
If the site has more than one management point and they are in more than one ___domain, specify just one ___domain. When clients connect to a management point in this ___domain, they download a list of available management points, which will include the management points from the other domains.