The individual CI contained within a CB can consist of any combination of the following types, more often than not these days though a PowerShell Script will be used due to its flexibility.

Each of these configuration items are evaluated upon a defined schedule for the purpose of reporting on compliance and for auditing purposes.įor the remainder of this post I will now refer to Configuration Items as CI’s and Configuration Baselines as CB’s. What is a Configuration Baseline?Ī Configuration Baseline in ConfigMgr is a collection of one or more conditional checks called Configuration Items. So lets take a look at the role of the Configuration Baseline. The truth is that ConfigMgr can undertake various monitoring and remediation actions, automating various aspects of your IT infrastructure. Where as the primary function of the product is deployment & update based, there are featured under the hood which provide functionality that some might think is only available in the likes of Systems Center Operations Manager. If you are new to ConfigMgr you might be fooled into thinking that the product is used only for deployment of operating systems and applications.

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