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Configure resource discovery

Configure resource discovery

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Configure resource discovery

- [Instructor] Before SCCM can manage a computer or server, we need to push an agent out to be installed on the clients. We can use client push installation to install System Center Configuration Manager client software on computers that Configuration Manager discovers. We can also install the agent in three other ways. The first way would be a manual install. You can manually install the System Center Configuration Manager client software on computers in your enterprise by using the CCMSetup.exe program. This can be found in the client folder, which is automatically shared when we set up our SCCM installation folder. We can also use the progam file CCMSetup.exe in a login script, trigger the client installation. And we can do this through Group Policy. And we can pre-install the SCCM client software on a master image computer that will be used to build computers in your enterprise. In most cases, one of the first…

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