Introduction to Desired Configuration Management (DCM) in SCCM 2007
Pete from System Center Forum: In working with Configuration Manager 2007, I’ve come to believe that in the age of regulatory compliance, the Desired Configuration Managment (DCM) feature is one of the most significant. In comparing the capabilities with a couple of the most popular enterprise systems management platforms, I think it compares quite favorably. DCM eliminates the temptation of using Operations Manager 2007 for configuration change auditing, which is not really what the monitoring platform is intended for.In this post, I’ll provide an overview of DCM functionality, some of the business drivers for it’s use, as well as links to 3rd party resources with offerings to augment out-of-the-box functionality in DCM to give you a running start at DCM in your own environment.(continue at source)








