1 00:00:00,390 --> 00:00:06,480 What is configuration management if you only have one computer in your environment at home for example. 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,390 And do you wish to modify the desktop background. 3 00:00:09,420 --> 00:00:11,600 You can do it in several different ways. 4 00:00:11,610 --> 00:00:18,230 Often people open personalisation from the certain SAP in windows down and then make the change by using 5 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:20,400 the Windows operating system interface. 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,910 Although that works well for one computer it might be tedious. 7 00:00:24,990 --> 00:00:31,590 If you want to make the change across multiple computers implement any change and maintain an access 8 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:38,790 consistent environment is more difficult with multiple computer configuration management is a centralized 9 00:00:38,790 --> 00:00:45,210 approach to applying one or more changes to more than one user or computer. 10 00:00:45,210 --> 00:00:52,860 The key elements to configuration management are set him aside and is also known as a centralized definition 11 00:00:53,100 --> 00:01:00,600 of a change a certain brains a user or computer to a desired configuration state scope the scope of 12 00:01:00,810 --> 00:01:07,640 a change in the number of computers or users that the certain affects application. 13 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:15,420 The application is a mechanism or process that ensures that that setting applies to users and computers 14 00:01:15,570 --> 00:01:16,940 within the school group. 15 00:01:16,940 --> 00:01:24,390 Policy is a framework in Windows operating systems with components that reside an Active Directory Domain 16 00:01:24,390 --> 00:01:32,210 Services or ADT is on domain controllers out on each Windows server and client release these components 17 00:01:32,220 --> 00:01:35,480 you can manage configuration in an ADT as domain.