Configuration Manager Desired Configuration Management

Applies To: System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

This section provides topics about desired configuration management in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

In This Section

• Desired Configuration Management Overview
  Provides overview information about desired configuration management functionality.

• Desired Configuration Management Setup and Configuration
  Provides information about setup and configuration information.

• Desired Configuration Management Configuration Baselines and Configuration Items
  Provides information about configuration baselines and configuration items, and describes how they are used in desired configuration management.

• Desired Configuration Management Extensibility
  Provides information about the extensibility of desired configuration management.

• Authoring Desired Configuration Management Configuration Baselines and Configuration Items
  Provides information about creating configuration baselines and configuration items. Also provides examples of configuration baseline and configuration item XML.

  Note

  See a discussion of configuration item authoring in the document provided as part of the SDK download (DesiredConfigurationManagement_DigestAuthoring.doc).

• Desired Configuration Management Digest Schema Definition
  Provides detailed information about the elements defined in the desired configuration management schema (DCM Digest).

External Resources

For more information, see the SML Workgroup Web site and the TechNet documentation about the Service Modeling Language.

See Also

Concepts

System Center Configuration Manager Software Development Kit