becasue i can see the server in a default collection, does that mean The server is present in the SCCM DB?

yes, then you can create a direct membership rule - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680674.aspxKent Agerlund | My blogs: http://blog.coretech.dk/author/kea/ and http://scug.dk/ | Twitter @Agerlund | Linkedin: /kentagerlund

ok so i just looked at the query document you sent me and i was wondering if you coudl give me a sample query of how to add just a 1 server

Open the Collection properties In the Collection query, Click the Direct Membership button (the blue icon). Select the resource class System Resource and attribute name Name type in the server name and finish the wizard. Kent Agerlund | My blogs: http://blog.coretech.dk/author/kea/ and http://scug.dk/ | Twitter @Agerlund | Linkedin: /kentagerlund

Thanks Kent. as newbie to SCCM, do you have any recommended readings i should look at before i am able to attend an SCCM course?

HI, i am new to SCCM and i just installed a test sccm server. For Discovery Methods, i used Active Directory System Recovery and used Custom LDAP/GC Query and pointed it to the computers OU when i look at the All Windows Server Systems / All Systems Collections, i see all my servers. How do i add specifc servers to my custom collections? thanks,

Hi, To add a specific server you can either create a direct membership rule or create a query based. The server must be present in the SCCM DB before you can add it.Kent Agerlund | My blogs: http://blog.coretech.dk/author/kea/ and http://scug.dk/ | Twitter @Agerlund | Linkedin: /kentagerlund