How to Create Boundary in SCCM -- Real World Scenario

Boundary -- Real World Scenario

In our various SCCM installations, our clients are often confused about this topic. Let’s make an example to help you understand :

• Contoso has 1000 clients
• 1 Primary Site (Montreal)
• 3 remote offices with their local Distribution Point (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles)
• Active Directory Site are based on their site subnets (MTL,NY,CHI,LA)

In that scenario, we need to create 4 Boundary, 1 for each office :

Boundary	Type
MTL	Active Directory Site
NY	Active Directory Site
CHI	Active Directory Site
LA	Active Directory Site

• Open the SCCM Console
• Go to Administration / Hierarchy Configuration / Boundary
• Right-click Boundaries and select Create Boundary

                            

• Create the boundary, in our example we’ll create 4 different boundary for my 4 locations using their Active Directory Sites
• Tip : If you have multiples Active Directory Sites, IP Ranges or Subnets, you can enable Active Directory Forest Discovery which can create them automatically