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ConfigMgr SCCM Boundaries Which is better IP Ranges or Subnet

ConfigMgr SCCM Boundaries Which is better IP Ranges or Subnet

Written By Anoop C Nair
Last Updated August 6, 2024
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ConfigMgr SCCM Boundaries Which is better IP Ranges or Subnet?. MMS 2013 videos will also help you clear your boundary concepts in CM 2012. Steven had a full session on boundary topics. Jason Sandys had mentioned boundaries in almost all of his sessions.

Jason Adams also had a couple of discussions about boundaries in MMS 2013. Find out more about “Overlapping Site Boundaries in ConfigMgr 2007 or 2012“.

Since the last few months, Configmgr Boundaries has become a hot topic in the Configmgr community forum. Saud Al-Mishari, Microsoft PFE, has posted the latest on this topic.  

He talks about “how subnets and ranges are used internally by ConfigMgr”.

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ConfigMgr SCCM Boundaries Which is better IP Ranges or Subnet ?

Several other blog posts are available about the same topic. I thought of putting all posts related to the SCCM Boundary selection topic together for easy access. ConfigMgr SCCM Boundaries Which is better IP Ranges or Subnet?

ConfigMgr SCCM Boundaries Which is better IP Ranges or Subnet - Fig.1
ConfigMgr SCCM Boundaries Which is better IP Ranges or Subnet – Fig.1

1. Jason Sandys—IP Subnet Boundaries are Evil—The full Post is here (posted on June 2, 2012).

2. Jason Adams – When not to use IP Address Ranges as Boundaries in Configuration Manager – Full Post here (posted on 1st Mar 2013). Update: Jason has responded to the comments in detail HERE

3. Rod Trent – Official Microsoft blog on IP Address Ranges as ConfigMgr boundaries met with an instant rebuttal – Full Post.

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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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  2. Also when you’re travelling with a laptop, AD sites wouldn’t care where you are… if you have multiple locations around the world with multiple DPs it will keep going to where the AD Site is not where the physical laptop is currently located

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