In Part 1 . of this series we Installed vNext . In Part 2 ., we then Configured vNext to use the New AD Site as a boundary and Configured Discovery Methods in vNext. Now we will install the Reporting Point Role. Perform the following on the vNext server as SMSadmin Step 1. Install the Fallback Status Point, Reporting Point and Software Catalog Roles Click on Administration in the Wunderbar, Site Operations...

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Imagine the scenario, you deploy some Windows 7 laptops but receive feedback from the users that they don't like the power management default settings, to get around this you could use Group Policy or if that's not possible due to time constraints or other issues, you could import the power management settings directly into your image based on whether the target pc is a Laptop or Desktop. The...

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In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext , now we will configure it. If you have used Configuration Manager 2007 before you'll know that we need to use Boundaries . You need boundaries or the clients will not find the nearest Distribution Point when they make a Client Location Request. The boundaries help them find the content at the nearest Distribution Point. Before we can configure the boundary...

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This guide is for a beta product, namely vNext Beta 1. You might be wondering why I'm installing it from scratch and not using the VHD provided by Microsoft , the reason why is because I want to experience everything that is required to get vNext running in my Lab from installation, configuration and management. This is Part 1 of a series, more coming soon. Get your Lab Ready. My vNext Lab is hosted...

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