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{{Short description|Server software for maintaining operating systems}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Microsoft Configuration Manager
| other_names = formerly '''Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr)''', '''System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/understand/microsoft-endpoint-manager-faq|title=Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager FAQ - Configuration Manager|website=docs.microsoft.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref> and '''Systems Management Server''' ('''SMS''')<ref>{{cite web|title=Migrating from Systems Management Server|url=http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/configurationmanager/en/us/sms.aspx|website=microsoft.com|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202174731/http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/configurationmanager/en/us/sms.aspx|archive-date=2 February 2010}}</ref>
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'''Microsoft Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr)''' is a [[systems management]] software product developed by [[Microsoft]] for managing large groups of computers providing [[remote management|remote control]], [[patch management]], [[software distribution]], [[system deployment|operating system deployment]], and hardware and software [[field inventory management | inventory management]].
Configuration Manager supports the [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Windows Embedded]] operating systems.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/configs/supported-operating-systems-for-clients-and-devices |title = Supported Configurations for Configuration Manager {{!}} Microsoft Docs | date= 16 March 2022}}</ref> Previous versions also supported [[MacOS|macOS (OS X)]], [[Linux]] or [[UNIX]], as well as [[Windows Phone]], [[Symbian]], [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] mobile operating systems.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682077.aspx#BKMK_SupConfigClientOS |title = Supported Configurations for Configuration Manager {{!}} Microsoft Docs| date=11 January 2017 }}</ref>
As per the latest release cadence, starting in the year 2023, customers will receive two releases of Configuration Manager per year, one in March (xx03), and another in September (xx09) rather than the previous release cadence of xx03, xx07, and xx11.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jawad |first=Usama |date=2023-04-04 |title=Microsoft is changing Configuration Manager release cadence to "better align" with Windows |url=https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-changing-configuration-manager-release-cadence-to-better-align-with-windows/ |work=[[Neowin]] |access-date=2023-06-05}}</ref>
==History==
* As Systems Management Server:
** Systems Management Server 1.
** Systems Management Server 1.1, released in 1995 to help customers migrate to Windows 95.
** Systems Management Server 1.2, released in 1996 with new remote-control, SNMP, inventory, and network-monitoring capabilities.<ref>[http://news.microsoft.com/1996/08/19/microsoft-announces-availability-of-systems-management-server-1-2/ Microsoft Announces Availability of Systems Management Server 1.2]</ref> ** Systems Management Server 2.0, released in 1999 to help with Y2K remediation efforts.<ref>
** Systems Management Server 2003, released in 2003 with improved stability, reliability, and software-distribution capabilities.<ref>
* As Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager:
** System Center Configuration Manager
** System Center Configuration Manager
** System Center Configuration Manager 1511, released in November 2015 to support Windows 10 and new Windows servicing options.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configmgrteam/2015/12/08/now-generally-available-system-center-configuration-manager-and-endpoint-protection-version-1511/ |title=Now Generally Available: System Center Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection (Version 1511) | System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog |access-date=2016-02-24 |archive-date=2016-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302095334/https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configmgrteam/2015/12/08/now-generally-available-system-center-configuration-manager-and-endpoint-protection-version-1511/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** System Center Configuration Manager 1602, released March 11, 2016. New features include conditional access for PCs, Office 365 Update Management, greater management of mobile devices and of Windows 10.<ref>
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** System Center Configuration Manager
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** System Center Configuration Manager
** System Center Configuration Manager
** System Center Configuration Manager 1706, released July 2017<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2017/07/28/now-available-update-1706-for-system-center-configuration-manager/ | title=Now Available: Update 1706 for System Center Configuration Manager | website=blogs.technet.microsoft.com|access-date=2017-04-05}}</ref>
** System Center Configuration Manager 1710, released November 2017<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2017/11/20/now-available-update-1710-for-system-center-configuration-manager/ | title=Now Available: Update 1710 for System Center Configuration Manager | website=cloudblogs.microsoft.com | access-date=2018-03-07}}</ref>
** System Center Configuration Manager 1802, released March 2018<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2018/03/22/now-available-update-1802-for-system-center-configuration-manager/ | title=Now Available: Update 1802 for System Center Configuration Manager | website=cloudblogs.microsoft.com | access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref>
** System Center Configuration Manager 1806, released July 2018<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Enterprise-Mobility-Security/Update-1806-for-Configuration-Manager-current-branch-is-now/ba-p/250594| title=Update 1806 for Configuration Manager current branch is now available| website=techcommunity.microsoft.com | access-date=2018-09-17}}</ref>
** System Center Configuration Manager 1810, released December 2018<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1810| title=What's new in version 1810 of Configuration Manager current branch| website=docs.microsoft.com | access-date=2019-01-09}}</ref>
** System Center Configuration Manager 1902, released March 2019<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1902| title=What's new in version 1902 of Configuration Manager current branch| website=docs.microsoft.com | access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref>
** System Center Configuration Manager 1906, released July 2019<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1906| title=What's new in version 1906 of Configuration Manager current branch| website=docs.microsoft.com | access-date=2019-07-26}}</ref>
* As Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager product suite:
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 1910, released December 2019<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1910| title=What's new in version 1910 of Configuration Manager current branch| website=docs.microsoft.com | access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref>
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 2002, released April 2020<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2002| title=What's new in version 2002 of Configuration Manager current branch| website=docs.microsoft.com | access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref>
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 2006, released August 2020<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006| title=What's new in version 2006 of Configuration Manager current branch| website=docs.microsoft.com | access-date=2020-08-31}}</ref>
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 2010, released November 2020<ref>{{Cite web | title=What's new in version 2010 - Configuration Manager|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2010|access-date=2020-12-21|website=docs.microsoft.com|language=en-us}}</ref>
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 2103, released May 2021<ref>{{Cite web | title=What's new in version 2103 - Configuration Manager|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2103|access-date=2021-06-02|website=docs.microsoft.com|language=en-us}}</ref>
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 2107, released August 2021
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 2111, released December 2021<ref>{{Cite web | title=What's new in version 2111 - Configuration Manager|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2111|access-date=2021-12-29|website=docs.microsoft.com|language=en-us}}</ref>
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 2203, released April 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banreet |title=What's new in version 2203 - Configuration Manager |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2203 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=learn.microsoft.com |date=4 October 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-08 |title=Update 2203 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager current branch is now available |url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2203-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/3280318 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM |language=en}}</ref>
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 2207, released August 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banreet |title=What's new in version 2207 - Configuration Manager |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2207 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=learn.microsoft.com |date=22 February 2023 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title=Update 2207 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager current branch is now available |url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2207-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/3590956 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM |language=en}}</ref>
** Endpoint Configuration Manager 2211, released December 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banreet |title=What's new in version 2211 - Configuration Manager |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2211 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=learn.microsoft.com |date=10 March 2023 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-06 |title=Update 2211 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager current branch is now available |url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2211-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/3690199 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM |language=en}}</ref>
* As Microsoft Configuration Manager product suite:
** Configuration Manager 2303, released April 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=PalikaSingh |title=What's new in version 2303 - Configuration Manager |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2303 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=learn.microsoft.com |date=11 April 2023 |language=en-us}}</ref>
** Configuration Manager 2309, released October 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=PalikaSingh |title=What's new in version 2309 - Configuration Manager |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2309 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=learn.microsoft.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
** Configuration Manager 2403, released April 2024<ref>{{Cite web |last=PalikaSingh |title=What's new in version 2403 - Configuration Manager |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2403 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=learn.microsoft.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
** Configuration Manager 2409, released December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |last=PalikaSingh |title=What's new in version 2409 - Configuration Manager |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2409 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=learn.microsoft.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
** Configuration Manager 2503, released March 2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=bhuney |title=What's new in version 2503 - Configuration Manager |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2503 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=learn.microsoft.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
SMS went through three major iterations:
* The 1.x versions of the product defined the scope of control of the management server (the site) in terms of the [[Windows Server ___domain|NT ___domain]] being managed.
* With the 2.x versions, that site paradigm
* With SMS 2003 the site could also be defined as one or more [[Active Directory]] sites.
The most frequently used feature is a software deployment, which provides installation and updating of Windows Apps, legacy applications, and Operating Systems across a [[business enterprise]].
SMS 2003 saw the introduction of the Advanced Client. The Advanced Client communicates with a more scalable management infrastructure, namely the Management Point. (A Management Point (MP) can manage up to 25000 Advanced Clients.) Microsoft introduced the Advanced Client to provide a solution to the problem where a managed [[laptop]] might connect to a corporate network from multiple locations and thus should not always download content from the same place within the enterprise (though it should always receive policy from its own site). When an Advanced Client is within another ___location (SMS Site), it may use a local distribution point to download or run a program, which can conserve bandwidth across a [[Wide area network|WAN]].
== Components ==
* Policy Infrastructure
* Service Window Manager
* State System
* Center Configuration Manager Scheduler (CCM Scheduler)
* Center Configuration Manager [[Configuration Item]] Software Developers Kit (CCM CI SDK)
* Desired Configuration Management Agent (DCM Agent)
* Desired Configuration Management Reporting (DCM Reporting)
* MTC
* CI Agent
* CI Store
* CI Downloader
* CI Task Manager
* CI State Store
* Content
* Software Distribution
* Reporting
* Software Updates
* Operating System Deployment
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The basic [[system requirement]]s for Configuration Manager are variable and dependent on the scale of configuration.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/plan-design/configs/recommended-hardware |title=Configuration Manager site size and performance guidelines |last=Kaur |first=Banreet |collaboration=mestew; aczechowski; v-hearya; v-surgos; dougeby |date=2022-10-04 |website=Microsoft Learn |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=2023-06-05}}</ref>{{Explain|date=June 2023}}
== Product branding and naming ==
Microsoft Configuration Management has gone through two brand changes. Both resulted in reducing confusion with other initialism as well as including the software in a Microsoft systems management portfolio.
In 2007, System Management Service (SMS) became System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). This helped avoid confusion with the [[Short Message Service]] (SMS) initialism and added the product, along with other system management tools, under a unified System Center brand.
In 2019 Configuration Manager moved to the [[Microsoft Endpoint Manager]] suite<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/what-happened-to-sccm|title = What happened to System Center Configuration Manager?|date = 17 September 2021}}</ref> to better align it with [[Microsoft Intune]] and related endpoint management products. This change also helped reduce confusion of the oft-used initialism SCCM that is common in other industries such as The [[Society of Critical Care Medicine]] (SCCM). In 2023 the term "endpoint" was removed to rename the product to Microsoft Configuration Manager.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-11 |title=Update 2303 for Microsoft Configuration Manager current branch is now available. |url=https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2303-for-microsoft-configuration-manager-current-branch/ba-p/3784175 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM |language=en}}</ref>
Throughout the life of the product, many acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations have been used to refer to the software including
* SMS
* SCCM
* CM
* MECM
* MEMCM
* MCM<ref>{{Cite web |last=janicericketts |title=Der Weg in die Cloud: Bestimmen des aktuellen Stands der Cloudtransformation bei der Umstellung der Identitäts- und Zugriffsverwaltung (Identity and Access Management, IAM) von Active Directory auf Azure AD - Microsoft Entra |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/road-to-the-cloud-posture |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=learn.microsoft.com |language=de-de}}</ref>
* ConfigMgr
* Config Man
However, Microsoft has stated and documented that the official name is one of the following<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/microsoft-endpoint-manager-faq#how-do-we-refer-to-the-product-now-|title = Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager FAQ - How do we refer to the product now?|date = 16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/memdocs/issues/1099 | title = Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager FAQ - Issue 1099| website = [[GitHub]]|date = 16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/memdocs/issues/2172 | title = Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager FAQ - Issue 2172| website = [[GitHub]]|date = 16 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SCCM is not the Official Acronym for Configuration Manager 2007|url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgr/archive/2008/06/01/sccm-is-not-the-official-acronym-for-configuration-manager.aspx|work=Microsoft IT ConfigMgr 2007 Blog|publisher=Microsoft |access-date=11 February 2016}}</ref>
* Microsoft Configuration Manager
* Configuration Manager
* ConfigMgr
==See also==
* [[Microsoft Servers]]
* [[Microsoft Intune]]
* [[Microsoft System Center]]
** [[System Center Data Protection Manager|Data Protection Manager]]
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