In the Out of Band provisioning prerequisites one of the requirements is "An Active Directory container (or organizational unit) is required for publishing the AMT-based computer object during the AMT provisioning process." How is this OU used? Is it only used for Out of Band provisioning?

Hi Mikeua, The OU is required as an Active Directory object is created for the AMT computer object to store various configuration items. The help documentation provides the following: "The AMT-based computers are published as an AMT account to Active Directory Domain Services, with a link to the Windows computer object in Active Directory Domain Services." Additional information is available http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc161814.aspx Dean

Hi Mikeua, The OU is required as an Active Directory object is created for the AMT computer object to store various configuration items. The help documentation provides the following: "The AMT-based computers are published as an AMT account to Active Directory Domain Services, with a link to the Windows computer object in Active Directory Domain Services." Additional information is available http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc161814.aspx Dean

Thanks for the reply Dean. Are you aware if it creates objects regardless of if they were provisioned in-band or out-of-band?

Hi Misha, When you create the OU for AMT-Based computers, AMT-based computers that are provisioned for out of band management can be published to Active Directory Domain Services. After you have performed the procedures, you must configure the out of band management component with the name and location of the OU or container, in the Out of Band Management Component Configuration Properties: General Tab. When the site manages AMT-based computers from multiple domains, the same name and location must be created in Active Directory Domain Services for each domain, although you configure only one instance in Configuration Manager. Here are some reference: How to Prepare Active Directory Domain Services for Out of Band Management Administrator Checklist: Enabling Out of Band Management www.intel.com/en_US/Assets/.../cg_MicrosoftConfigMgr_vPro.pdf For upon intel resource please reference page 8 for AD OU information. Hope this will help. Thanks