Can we have more than 1 SMP per site?suppose I have 1 primary site with 2 secondary site, is it possible to have more than 1 SMP for USMT per site?. One of customer have around 40 distribution points and they are expecting to have same DPs as SMP as well i.e. 40 SMPs....Any pointers will be appreciated. Thanks

regards,

Yes, no problem (except at secondary sites where the SMP must be co-located with the DP). Just another reason not to use secondary sites if you can avoid them.

Clients find SMPs the same way that they find DPs.

Hi , 

Thanks for reply, so it means that secondary site can't have more than 1 SMP? so if customer has 2-3 DP's for secondary sites then those DPs can't have SMP role? 

Regards,

No, not for secondary sites. SMPs in secondary sites must be on the secondary site server itself. Just another reason not to use secondary sites though.

To add-on to Jason, there has been a little change since R2 (at least according to the documentation): Prior to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, all site system roles at a secondary site must be located on the site server computer. The only exception is the distribution point. Secondary sites support installing distribution points on the site server computer and on remote computers. Beginning with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, the state migration point can also be installed on the site server computer or on a remote computer, and can be co-located with a distribution point.Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712282.aspx#Plan_Where_to_Install_Sites

Thanks Peter, I was unaware of this change.