SCCM 2012 Collection Design & Planning FAQs

This page contains the various categories for the SCCM 2012 Collection Design & Planning FAQs.

General

• Can a Collection contain both Devices and Users?

Device Collections

• General
  • What are the default Device Collections?
• “All Unknown Computers” Collection
  • What is the “All Unknown Computers” Collection?

User Collections

• What are the default User Collections?

Collection Limiting

• What is “Collection Limiting”?
• Do all Collections have to be limited to the membership of another Collection?
• Can I change the Limiting Collection for a Collection?

Collection Membership Rules

• General
  • What are “Collection Membership Rules”?
  • What are the different Collection Membership Rules?
  • What happens if a Collection includes both Include and Exclude Collection Rules?
• Direct Rule
  • What is the “Direct Rule” Membership Rule?
  • Does the Membership of a Collection based on a Direct Rule change?
  • What are the Disadvantages of Direct Rule Collections?
• Query Rule
  • What is the “Query Rule” Membership Rule?
  • Does the Membership of a Collection based on a Query Rule change?
  • What is the default Schedule for a Collection based on a Query Rule to be updated?
• Include Collections
  • What is the “Include Collection” Membership Rule?
  • Can I add multiple Include Collection Rules to a Collection?
• Exclude Collections
  • What is the “Exclude Collection” Membership Rule?
  • Can I add multiple Exclude Collection Rules to a Collection?

Maintenance Windows

• What is a Maintenance Window?
• What happens if a Client has both a General and Software Updates Maintenance Window configured?