need of active directory
Active Directory is a requirement prior to installing SCCM 2007. You can't install the server unless it's member of the domain.
Active Directory System discovery is not required, just a nice way to get machines from AD. Extending the AD schema is also not required, but will give you a lot of benefits as explained in this article
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb694066.aspxKent Agerlund | http://scug.dk/members/Agerlund/default.aspx | The Danish community for System Center products
September 8th, 2010 10:00am