How to Monitor Certificate Profiles in Configuration Manager

 

Updated: January 15, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1

Note

The information in this topic applies only to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager versions only.

After you deploy System Center 2012 Configuration Manager certificate profiles to users in your hierarchy, you can use the following procedures to monitor the compliance status of the certificate profile:

How to View Compliance Results in the Configuration Manager Console

Use this procedure to view details about the compliance of deployed certificate profiles in the Configuration Manager console.

Note

To monitor SCEP certificate compliance do not use the Configuration Manager console, rather, use reports as described in How to View Compliance Results by Using Reports. Specifically, use these certificate reports under the report node Company Resource Access:

  • Certificate issuance history

  • List of assets with certificates nearing expiry

  • List of assets by certificate issuance status

To view compliance results in the Configuration Manager console

  1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Monitoring.

  2. In the Monitoring workspace, click Deployments.

  3. In the Deployments list, select the certificate profile deployment for which you want to review compliance information.

  4. You can review summary information about the compliance of the certificate profile on the main page. To view more detailed information, select the certificate profile, and then on the Home tab, in the Deployment group, click View Status to open the Deployment Status page.

    The Deployment Status page contains the following tabs:

    - **Compliant**: Displays the compliance of the certificate profile based on the number of assets that are affected. You can double-click a rule to create a temporary node under the **Users** node in the **Assets and Compliance** workspace. This node contains all users that are compliant with the certificate profile. The **Asset Details** pane also displays the users that are compliant with this profile. Double-click a user in the list to display additional information.
    
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    - **Error**: Displays a list of all errors for the selected certificate profile deployment based on the number of assets that are affected. You can double-click a rule to create a temporary node under the **Users** node of the **Assets and Compliance** workspace. This node contains all users that generated errors with this profile. When you select a user, the **Asset Details** pane displays the users that are affected by the selected issue. Double-click a user in the list to display additional information about the issue.
    
    - **Non-Compliant**: Displays a list of all noncompliant rules within the certificate profile based on the number of assets that are affected. You can double-click a rule to create a temporary node under the **Users** node of the **Assets and Compliance** workspace. This node contains all users that are not compliant with this profile. When you select a user, the **Asset Details** pane displays the users that are affected by the selected issue. Double-click a user in the list to display further information about the issue.
    
    - **Unknown**: Displays a list of all users that did not report compliance for the selected certificate profile deployment together with the current client status of the devices.
    
  5. On the Deployment Status page, you can review detailed information about the compliance of the deployed certificate profile. A temporary node is created under the Deployments node that helps you find this information again quickly.

    The enrollment status of the certificate is displayed as a number. Use the following table to understand what each number means:

    Enrollment status

    Description

    0x00000001

    The enrollment succeeded, and the certificate has been issued.

    0x00000002

    The request has been submitted and the enrollment is pending, or the request has been issued out of band.

    0x00000004

    Enrollment must be deferred.

    0x00000010

    An error occurred.

    0x00000020

    The enrollment status is unknown.

    0x00000040

    The status information has been skipped. This can occur if a HYPERLINK "https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ms721572" \l "_security_certification_authority_gly" certification authority is not valid or has not been selected for monitoring.

    0x00000100

    Enrollment has been denied.

How to View Compliance Results by Using Reports

Compliance settings in Configuration Manager include built-in reports that you can use to monitor information about certificate profiles. These reports have the report category of Compliance and Settings Management.

Important

You must use a wildcard (%) character when you use the parameters Device filter and User filter in the reports for compliance settings.

For more information about how to configure reporting in Configuration Manager, see Reporting in Configuration Manager.