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SCCM High-Level Architecture Design -The Best Guide

SCCM High-Level Architecture Design -The Best Guide

Written By Anoop C Nair
Last Updated July 18, 2024
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SCCM High-level Architecture design diagram is available for download. I have another post (the latest one) about “SCCM Architecture Decision Making Guide For 2022 Or Later | Best Practices“.

This post deals with I/O performance tests. Also, from the same post, you can get details of a sample scenario with 25k clients. For example, most of the design questions from the hardware specs perspective (for the site server) have been answered.

Which Server do you need to purchase? How much memory? What are the best Disk considerations? CPU and Network configuration?

The Microsoft Internal IT team provides and implements some other beneficial references. These will also help you design an environment (CM 07 and CM 2012).

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SCCM High Level Architecture Design
SCCM High-Level Architecture Design-The Best Guide – Table 1

Thoughts / Recommendations from Kent Agerlund (Microsoft MVP) –SCCM / ConfigMgr SQL Server Placement and DB Sizing 

SCCM High-Level Architecture Design

The below section applies ONLY to ConfigMgr 2007. The following Windows Server System Reference Architecture versions are the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides.

The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies. Each guide addresses a unique infrastructure technology or scenario. All the released IPD documents and presentations are available here to download.  

Example of SCCM High-Level Architecture/Design ConfigMgr 2007 and later.

SCCM High-Level Architecture Design-The Best Guide- Fig.1
SCCM High-Level Architecture Design-The Best Guide – Fig.1

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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His primary focus is Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.

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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer. Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.

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  1. hello anoop, we are planning for SCCM 1511/1602…my company is asking for High Level Design document /Low Level Design Document. Do you have any such templates.

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