Service connection point:
Reporting services point:
Software update point:
State migration point:
Fallback status point:
Enrollment proxy point:
Enrollment point:
Distribution point:
Application content
Software packages
Software updates
OS images
Boot image
Asset Intelligence synchronization point:
Data warehouse service point:
Cloud management gateway connection point:
Certificate registration point:
Application Catalog website point:
Application Catalog web service point:
SMS Provider:
Configuration Manager site database server:
- A site system role that uploads usage data from your site, and is required to make updates for Configuration Manager available in the console. This role also helps to manage mobile devices with Microsoft Intune and on-premises MDM.
- A hierarchy only supports a single instance of this role, and that must be at the top-tier site of your hierarchy. If you expand a standalone primary site into a larger hierarchy, uninstall this role from the primary site, and then install it at the central administration site.
Reporting services point:
- A site system role that integrates with SQL Server Reporting Services to create and manage reports for Configuration Manager.
- This role is supported at primary sites and the central administration site, and you can install multiple instances of this role at a supported site.
Software update point:
- A site system role that integrates with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to provide software updates to Configuration Manager clients. This role is supported at all sites:
State migration point:
- When you migrate a computer to a new operating system, this site system role stores user state data. This role is supported at primary sites and at secondary sites. Install multiple instances of this role at a site, and at multiple sites in the same hierarchy.
- A site system role that provides policy and service location information to clients. It also receives configuration data from clients.
- By default, this role installs on the site server when you install a new primary or secondary site. Primary sites support multiple instances of this role.
Fallback status point:
- A site system role that helps you monitor client installation. It identifies clients that are unmanaged because they can't communicate with their management point.
Enrollment proxy point:
- A site system role that manages Configuration Manager enrollment requests from mobile devices and macOS computers. Although this role is supported only at primary sites, you can install multiple instances of this role at a site, or at multiple sites in the same hierarchy.
Enrollment point:
- A site system role that uses PKI certificates for Configuration Manager to enroll mobile devices and macOS computers. Although this role is supported only at primary sites, you can install multiple instances of this role at a site, or at multiple sites in the same hierarchy.
Distribution point:
- A site system role that contains source files for clients to download, for example:
Application content
Software packages
Software updates
OS images
Boot image
Asset Intelligence synchronization point:
- A site system role that connects to Microsoft to download information for the Asset Intelligence catalog. This role also uploads uncategorized titles, so that Microsoft can consider them for future inclusion in the catalog.
Data warehouse service point:
- Use the data warehouse service point to store and report on long-term historical data in your Configuration Manager environment.
Cloud management gateway connection point:
- A site system role for communicating with the cloud management gateway.
Certificate registration point:
- A site system role that communicates with a server that runs the Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES). This role manages device certificate requests that use the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP). This role is supported only at primary sites and the central administration site.
Application Catalog website point:
- A site system role that provides users with a list of available software from the Application Catalog. Although this role is supported only at primary sites, you can install multiple instances of this role at a site,
Application Catalog web service point:
- A site system role that provides software information to the Application Catalog website from the software library. Although this role is supported only at primary sites, you can install multiple instances of this role at a site, or at multiple sites in the same hierarchy.
SMS Provider:
- The assigns this role to each computer that hosts an instance of the SMS Provider. The provider is the interface between a Configuration Manager console and the site database. By default, this role automatically installs on the site server of a central administration site and primary sites. Install additional instances at each site to provide access to additional administrative users or for redundancy.
Configuration Manager site database server:
- The site assigns this role to site system servers that hold an instance of the site database. Only move this role to a new server by running setup to modify the site to use a different instance of SQL Server to host the site database.
