SCCM 2012

[kaborex]

Hi all,

 

I am starting to think about installing SCCM 2012. My endless searches of google has not come up with a solution to the question that is running around in my head. The current situation is this. We are a small school 450 kids and around 70 staff. We are running two servers, admin and curriculum on a flat network. Both servers have their own AD/DNS ect...

 

I have a spare server which I have loaded server 2012 on and was wondering whether I can use this separate server as the SCCM server? My worry is how will this talk to the active directory on my other two servers. From what I can understand SCCM uses AD and also SQL.

 

so the question is:

 

1) Can SCCM be installed on a separate server?

2) Does that separate server need AD or be a domain controller?

 

Regards

Jim

[Steve21]

1) Seperate server is recommended

2) It needs access to AD but this shouldn't be installed on the same server, and again recommended NOT to be on a DC

 

Steve

[kaborex]

Hi Steve,

 

Ok many thanks for your quick reply. So do I have do do anything to get it to talk to my AD on my main server?

 

Jim

[Blue_Cookeh]

Hi Steve,

 

Ok many thanks for your quick reply. So do I have do do anything to get it to talk to my AD on my main server?

 

Jim

 

Make sure that new server is joined to your domain as a member server, then whilst installing SCCM it'll guide you through configuring the domain aspect for SCCM it self.

[kaborex]

Ok. Many thanks

 

Jim