Move default collections in ConfigMgr 2007

hho@pqr.nl — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100

When installing ConfigMgr 2007, there are many default collections in the console. Most collections will be never used actually. Only the "All Systems" is handy for recognizing all devices. Best thing is to move the default collections to a new collection. How this works I will explain in this blog.

In ConfigMgr 2007 there are 17 default collections after installation. In ConfigMgr 2012 there will be default 2 User collections and 5 Device collections. Much better that way!< [...]

Query ConfigMgr collections with Active Directory

hho@pqr.nl — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0100

When I'm implementing ConfigMgr 2007 at customers, default collections are almost not used. Only the "All Systems" is handy for recognizing devices. Mostly I create collections for existing or new Active Directory OU's. (for example: Desktops, Laptops, VDI). When devices are placed in this OU's you can browse for this. Use "Active Directory System Group Discovery" for that, and the query can be created.

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Move default collections in ConfigMgr 2007

Query ConfigMgr collections with Active Directory