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Configuring the SCCM Distribution Connector for AssetStudio | v5.2 and above

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Configuring the SCCM Distribution Connector for AssetStudio | v5.2 and above

This article will outline the way in which you can give your SCCM Distribution Connector Accounts the minimum rights required in order for your users to be granted permissions to create the SCCM Distribution jobs within AssetStudio. It will offer the configuration settings for both SCCM 2007 & SCCM 2012 and above.

SCCM 2012 and above

So, below you will find a list of steps that you can follow if you are operating with SCCM 2012 and above. These steps will give you the m inimum rights within your SCCM account that were previously discussed.

  1. Add the User to the SMS Admins local group.

  2. Within SCCM, navigate to Administration > Security > Administrative Users and select Add Users or Group.

  3. Click the Browse button and select the user.

  4. Add the following security roles:

  • Application Deployment Manager

  • Infrastructure Manager

Add the following scopes

All Systems (Collection)

Click OK to save the user.

SCCM 2007

Achieving the same goal within SCCM 2007 requires a few extra steps in the process, as can be seen below:

  1. Add the user to the SMS Admins local group.

  2. Grant Remote Activation permissions to the SMS Admins group

  • From the Start menu, click Run and type Dcomcnfg.exe.

  • In Component Services , navigate to Console Root > Component Services > Computers > My Computer .

  • On the Action menu, click Properties .

  • In the My Computer Properties dialog box, navigate to COM Security Tab > Launch and Activation > Edit Limits

  • In the Launch Permissions dialog box, click Add .

  • Click the Locations Button (Found in either; Select User, Computers or Groups dialog box) then select the local computer and click OK . In the Enter the object names to select box, type SMS Admins and click OK

  • In the Permissions for SMS Admins section, select the check box to allow Remote Activation.

  • Click OK twice to close the DCOM properties dialog boxes.

  1. Within SCCM , navigate to Site Database > Security Rights > Users .

  2. Right-click the node and select Manage ConfigMgr Users from the context menu.

  • Click the Browse button and select the user then click Next .

  • Select Add another right or modify an existing one then click Next .

  • Add the following class rights:

    • Collection (Create/Modify/Advertise/Read)

    • Advertisement (Create/Modify/Read/Manage folders)

    • Packages (Read)

Click Next then Close to complete the wizard.