Client Settings and Client Deployment

With Configuration Manager you are able to create different client user and client device settings packages for different collections. Besides the default client agent settings that are available for the entire hierarchy, you can create custom client settings that you can assign to collections. Custom client settings override the default client settings. The resultant settings can be an aggregation of default and one or more custom settings.

Implementing client settings is the easiest step to reduce the infrastructure; there is no need for primary sites for different client settings.

Depending on the implementation or migration scenario, different ways of deploying the Configuration Manager client to the devices are supported. Configuration Manager 2012 still supports the client push mechanism and pushing clients via the WSUS infrastructure. Deploying the client with a third-party application deployment environment or Active Directory is of course also possible