UNLIKE Configuration Manager 2007, there are no design restrictions to support clients on the Internet, providing you meet the REQUIREMENTS in the Planning for Internet-Based Client Management section in the Planning for Communications in Configuration Manager Topic. Because of the following improvements, you can more easily support clients on the Internet to fit your existing infrastructure:

• The whole site does not have to be using HTTPS client connections.
• Support for installing most site SYSTEM roles in another forest.
• Support for MULTIPLE management points in a site.

If you use multiple management points and dedicate one or more for client connections from the Internet, you might want to consider using database REPLICAS for management points.

Unlike Configuration Manager 2007, there are no design restrictions to support clients on the Internet, providing you meet the requirements in the Planning for Internet-Based Client Management section in the Planning for Communications in Configuration Manager Topic. Because of the following improvements, you can more easily support clients on the Internet to fit your existing infrastructure:

If you use multiple management points and dedicate one or more for client connections from the Internet, you might want to consider using database replicas for management points.