Sccm for servers and workstation

is it possible we can install two different sccm servers one for workstations and other one to manage servers is it possible?

August 26th, 2011 1:37am

Yes, you can do that however, you should try to use ip range as boundaries so that we can avoid the issues like overlapping of boundaries.

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August 26th, 2011 5:22am

Sure, no proble. As Anoop is saying you can have multiple sites pr. domain. But why not add them them in the same Site and keep the administrative work as low as possible?
August 26th, 2011 7:29am

we like server team to manage servers and workstation team to manage desktop only.

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August 26th, 2011 6:07pm

SCCM 2012 will be helpful to do these kind of segregation with out creating two diff hierarchies.

August 26th, 2011 6:10pm

which can also be done in CM07. When do you plan to start the project? CM2012 conatains Role Based security which makes is very easy to have two different teams managing the evnrinment. It is not as easy in CM07, but the proper planning and configuration it can be done. It will also eliminate the need to have 3 primary sites (a central, and one primary for each of the teams.)
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August 26th, 2011 6:11pm

we like to have sccm setup in few weeks. do you know when cm2012 going to be release?

August 26th, 2011 6:29pm

I don't know the exact dates. It will release by Q4 2011.

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August 26th, 2011 6:31pm

I like role-based security, but here's a twist to the original question:  Let's say there are separate workstation and server management teams.  They are so adamant about the separation of responsibility that they have created separate SCCM hierarchies:  One for workstations, and one for servers.  However they have joint administrative capacity/responsibility for one server in each branch office that hosts SCCM roles.  The workstation team is responsible for maintaining the SCCM roles of the server, and the server team is responsible for OS management, including patching.

So the SCCM-related servers in the branch offices need cross-hierarchy management.  They need to serve their purpose as part of the workstation hierarchy, but the OS needs to be managed by the server hierarchy.  I wonder if a server can host roles in one SCCM hierarchy while being managed by another?

Thanks...

July 2nd, 2013 11:19am

I would never recommend doing this and it is most likely unsupported.

Do non-standard things, get non-standard results.

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July 2nd, 2013 1:19pm

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