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You are a network administrator tor a company named Litware, Inc. The network contains an Active Directory forest named litwareinc.com. The forest contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration…

The correct answer is B. Configure Active Directory System Discovery in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. To discover and manage client computers in a trusted Active Directory forest, Active Directory System Discovery must be configured to enumerate computer objects from that forest.

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You are a network administrator tor a company named Litware, Inc. The network contains an Active Directory forest named litwareinc.com. The forest contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment. Client Push is enabled. Litware acquires a company named Contoso, Ltd. Contoso has an Active Directory forest name contoso.com. The contoso.com forest contains a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager environment. The environment contains a single site. You configure a two-way forest trust between the forests. You need to ensure that all of the client computers in the contoso.com forest are managed by System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 SP1 in the litwareinc.com forest. What should you do?

Options

  • AUninstall the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site server.
  • BConfigure Active Directory System Discovery in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
  • CConfigure Active Directory Forest Discovery in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
  • DReinstall the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager client on all of the client computers in

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Why each option

To discover and manage client computers in a trusted Active Directory forest, Active Directory System Discovery must be configured to enumerate computer objects from that forest.

AUninstall the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site server.

Uninstalling the contoso.com site server alone does not cause the clients to be discovered or managed by the litwareinc.com SCCM hierarchy; discovery must be configured.

BConfigure Active Directory System Discovery in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration ManagerCorrect

Active Directory System Discovery in SCCM discovers computer accounts from Active Directory, which is required before Client Push installation can target those machines. With the two-way forest trust already in place, configuring AD System Discovery with a search scope pointing to the contoso.com domain will populate the SCCM database with the contoso.com client computers, enabling management.

CConfigure Active Directory Forest Discovery in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

Active Directory Forest Discovery discovers AD forests, sites, and subnets for boundary configuration but does not discover individual client computer objects needed for Client Push.

DReinstall the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager client on all of the client computers in

Reinstalling the SCCM client manually on all contoso.com computers is not necessary and not scalable; Client Push handles installation once discovery is configured.

Concept tested: AD System Discovery across trusted forests in SCCM

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/deploy/configure/about-discovery-methods#bkmk_aboutSystem

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#Active Directory System Discovery#forest trust#cross-forest discovery#client discovery

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