Methods of installing server roles

Server roles might be added to an environment at any suitable time. The same roles might be removed in the same way if the administrator no longer plans to utilize them or the concept of usage of ConfigMgr has changed.

Adding new server roles isn't problematic; however, the installation of a new role requires providing an account with local administrator rights; just having access to the ConfigMgr console is not enough, and installation will not be successful.

There are two installation methods:

• Create the site system role: The wizard used to install server roles on a computer that is not already handling any roles in the ConfigMgr environment
• Add site system role: The wizard that enables the installation of a new role on a computer that already provides some roles in the ConfigMgr environment

Wizards differ among themselves, usually only with the first screen. In all further settings, starting from proxy settings, all the steps are identical regardless of which wizard has been run.

All of the wizard steps will be described later in the book.