Decide Whether to Protect the SCCM Distribution Point
When you protect a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site system, only clients in that boundary can access the distribution point or state migration point role on that site system. You protect these site roles to help control network utilization.However, before protecting any distribution points, you should consider the effect on software distribution. Careful configuration of protected distribution will preserve network bandwidth, but haphazard configuration of protected distribution points might prevent clients from accessing crucial content, including software updates and operating system deployment packages.
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