What's New in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for March 2008

What's New in the Configuration Man...

Topic last updated—March 2008

This version of the Configuration Manager Documentation Library contains Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 and preliminary content for Configuration Manager 2007 R2. New content is marked with Topic last updated—January 2008 or Topic last updated—March 2008.

Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 and Preliminary Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Content

The following sections of the documentation library contain new Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 content and Configuration Manager 2007 R2 prerelease content:

What's New in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1
What's New in Configuration Manager 2007 R2
Out of Band Management in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1
Asset Intelligence in Configuration Manager
Client Status Reporting in Configuration Manager 2007 R2
SQL Reporting Services in Configuration Manager 2007 R2

About Configuration Manager Client Installation Properties

Note
This topic lists the new behavior for a Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 client when configured for the property CCMFIRSTCERT=1, where the certificate with the longest validity period is selected instead of a random selection. This configuration might be required if you are using Network Access Protection with IPSec enforcement in a native mode environment.

The tables in the following sections describe what's new in the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library since January 2008. The topics listed in the tables are new or contain significant technical changes to Configuration Manager 2007. Topics that contain minor changes to Configuration Manager 2007 are not listed.

Planning and Deploying the Server Infrastructure for Configuration Manager 2007

Topic	Description
Prerequisites for Installing Configuration Manager	Changed support statement for versions of Active Directory Domain Services.
Example Scenarios for Implementing Internet-Based Client Management in Configuration Manager	Included certificate revocation list (CRL) access considerations.

Planning and Deploying Clients for Configuration Manager 2007

Topic

Description

Client Status Reporting in Configuration Manager 2007 R2

New content added for the client status reporting feature in Configuration Manager 2007 R2.

Note
Primary documentation for client status reporting is located in separate documentation for the feature.

How to Configure Configuration Manager 2007

Topic	Description
How to Determine Whether Client Computers Are Ready for Native Mode	Added information about the available command-line options with examples.

Configuration Manager 2007 Features

Topic	Description
About Virtual Application Packages	Virtual application packages allow you to run software applications on Configuration Manager 2007 client computers without having to install the application on the local computer. You can stream the virtual application package to a target computer and run it from a distribution point or configure the target computer to download and run the application locally.
Package Access Flowchart for Internet-Based Clients	Updated for new client behavior in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, and corrected the text for the last decision point.
Troubleshooting Software Distribution Issues	Updated to include new issue for advertisements that fail to run on the Internet.
SQL Reporting Services in Configuration Manager 2007 R2	New content added for SQL Reporting Services integration in Configuration Manager 2007 R2
Supported Operating Systems and Hard Disk Configurations for Operating System Deployment	Windows Embedded for Point of Service is supported for operating system deployment (requires support of sysprep for creating and deploying images).

Security and Privacy for Configuration Manager 2007

Topic	Description
Ports Used by Configuration Manager	Reworded section 11 Client -- > System Health Validator to more accurately depict the ports required for IPsec enforcement with Network Access Protection.
Implementing IPsec in Configuration Manager 2007	Removed the section about RPC port configuration because this was not a tested scenario.

Topic

Description

Ports Used by Configuration Manager

Reworded section 11 Client -- > System Health Validator to more accurately depict the ports required for IPsec enforcement with Network Access Protection.

Implementing IPsec in Configuration Manager 2007

Removed the section about RPC port configuration because this was not a tested scenario.

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