Step 3: Installing MDM Device Management Server

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2/9/2009

The primary function of Mobile Device Manager Device Management Server is to transform infrastructure management system protocols into Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM) data commands. Then, MDM Device Management Server sends these commands to Windows Mobile devices outside the company network through Mobile Device Manager Gateway Server. MDM Device Management Server also has drivers for Group Policy and software distribution.

MDM Device Management Server Installation Procedures

The following steps show you how to install MDM Device Management Server, and represent a single MDM Device Management Server installation. If you deploy multiple computers that are running MDM Device Management Server, the Web site port pages will not appear after the first MDM Device Management Server installation Setup. The computer that is running the SQL database instance for MDM, and the Active Directory SCPs, store the information that is collected from these pages for successive MDM Device Management Server installations. Additionally, if you deploy multiple computers that are running MDM Device Management Server (recommended) now, or in the future, you must enter the information for the load balancer instead of the information for the individual computer that is running MDM Device Management Server.

After you install MDM Enrollment Server for the first time, you must allow for enough time for Active Directory replication to complete before you install MDM Device Management Server. Replication times will vary based on the size of your Active Directory environment and network latency issues. The Active Directory Replication Monitor (Replmon) may help determine replication status. For more information, see Replmon Overview at this Microsoft Web site: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=107096.

For more information about load balancers and load balancing topologies, see MDM System Topologies in the MDM Planning Guide.

Before you install and deploy MDM by following the steps in this guide, you must first plan your deployment and configure your IT environment. To do this, follow the steps and guidelines in the MDM Planning Guide. MDM Deployment Checklists specifies the permissions and roles required to complete the following steps.

To install MDM Device Management Server

  1. On the System Center Mobile Device Manager installation CD, on the Setup menu, choose Mobile Device Management Server.

  2. On the Device Management Server Setup page, choose Next.

  3. On the Microsoft Software License Terms, read the agreement, select I accept the License Terms for Microsoft Software, and then choose Next.

  4. On the Instance Selection page select the instance you want to add the server to. You can only add servers to MDM instances of which you are a server administrator. Choose Next.

  5. On the Installation Directory page, type the path of the directory, or accept the default directory path, and then choose Next.

  6. On the Database Installation page, type the location of the computer that is running an instance of Microsoft SQL Server by using a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). If you are running Microsoft SQL Server locally, you must still supply the FQDN and cannot enter the value localhost or localhost\<sqlinstance>. Select the Current Windows credentials check box and then choose Next. If you specified the SQL database during MDM Enrollment Server Setup, you cannot modify this information.

  7. On the Device Management Server Location page, type the MDM Device Management Server FQDN in the Device Management FQDN box. If you deploy more than one MDM Device Management Server, type the FQDN of the load balancer. Choose Next.

    Note

    If you are using, or will ever use, multiple computers that are running MDM Device Management Server, you must enter the load balancer FQDN. This makes sure that Setup correctly configures the certificates and service connection point (SCP).

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  8. On the Device Management Setup page, enter the ports for the Device Management Web site and the Administration Web site. Choose Next. Make sure that these ports are not being used.

  9. On the Server Certification Authority page, type the name of your certification authority server in the Certification Authority box. Choose Next. Type the certification authority in the form of <ca_server_name>\<ca_instance_name*>*. This should be a certification authority where you have MDM certificate templates enabled.

    Note

    If you prefer to install certificates manually, select the Do not request certificates during Setup check box (not recommended). If you choose to create certificates manually, see the following topic in the Technical Reference: Manual Certificate Procedures.

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  10. If you have not already configured Microsoft Update on the server, a Microsoft Update page will appear that prompts you to configure the server for Microsoft Update. Make your selection and choose Next.

  11. On the Ready to Install page, verify your selections, and then choose Install.

  12. Choose Finish to complete MDM Device Management Server Setup. Allow for enough time for the installation settings to replicate.