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SCCM / SMS Interview Questions
> What is SCCM ?
System Center Configuration Manager (CM12 or CM07 or
ConfigMgr or Configuration Manager), 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.
> What is SMS provider and what it does ?
The SMS Provider is a WMI provider that allows both read and
write access to the Configuration Manager 2007 site database. The
SMS Provider is used by the Configuration Manager console,
Resource Explorer, tools, and custom scripts used by Configuration
Manager 2007 administrators to access site information stored in
the site database. The SMS Provider also helps ensure that
Configuration Manager 2007 object security is enforced by only
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returning site information that the user account running the
Configuration Manager console is authorized to view.
> What is PRIMARY SITE ?
Manages clients in well-connected networks. Four main
characteristics:
- The Site has access to a Microsoft SQL Server Database.
- Can administer or be administered via the Configuration Manager
Console
- It can be a child of other Primary Sites and can have Child Sites of
its own
- Clients can be assigned directly to the Site
> What is CENTRAL SITE ?
A Central Site is a Configuration Manager Primary Site that resides
at the top of the Configuration Manager hierarchy. All Database
information rolls from the child to the parent and is collected by the
Central Site’s Configuration Manager Database. The Central Site
can administer any site below it in the hierarchy and can send data
down to those sites as well.
> What is Secondary Site?
Four Main characteristics:
- A Secondary Site does not have access to a Microsoft SQL
Database
- Secondary Sites are ALWAYS a Child Site of a Primary Site and
can only be administered via a Primary Site
- Secondary Sites cannot have Child Sites of their own
- Clients cannot be assigned directly to the Site
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techiebird.com
SCCM Interview Questions and
Answers
Techiebird ()
SCCM / SMS Interview Questions
> What is SCCM ?
System Center Configuration Manager (CM12 or CM07 or
ConfigMgr or Configuration Manager), 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.
> What is SMS provider and what it does ?
The SMS Provider is a WMI provider that allows both read and
write access to the Configuration Manager 2007 site database. The
SMS Provider is used by the Configuration Manager console,
Resource Explorer, tools, and custom scripts used by Configuration
Manager 2007 administrators to access site information stored in
the site database. The SMS Provider also helps ensure that
Configuration Manager 2007 object security is enforced by only
1 of 7 8/8/2016 2:42
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returning site information that the user account running the
Configuration Manager console is authorized to view.
> What is PRIMARY SITE ?
Manages clients in well-connected networks. Four main
characteristics:
- The Site has access to a Microsoft SQL Server Database.
- Can administer or be administered via the Configuration Manager
Console
- It can be a child of other Primary Sites and can have Child Sites of
its own
- Clients can be assigned directly to the Site
> What is CENTRAL SITE ?
A Central Site is a Configuration Manager Primary Site that resides
at the top of the Configuration Manager hierarchy. All Database
information rolls from the child to the parent and is collected by the
Central Site’s Configuration Manager Database. The Central Site
can administer any site below it in the hierarchy and can send data
down to those sites as well.
> What is Secondary Site?
Four Main characteristics:
- A Secondary Site does not have access to a Microsoft SQL
Database
- Secondary Sites are ALWAYS a Child Site of a Primary Site and
can only be administered via a Primary Site
- Secondary Sites cannot have Child Sites of their own
- Clients cannot be assigned directly to the Site
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