Building a ConfigMgr Lab from Scratch: Step 17 – Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) – Post CMG Config

Building a ConfigMgr Lab from Scratch: Step 17

Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) – Post CMG Config

In our previous posts, we’ve set up the prereqs and the CMG, now it’s time to continue setting up CM to leverage the CMG.  If you’re following along with MS Docs, we’re up to here [Adding a CMG Connection Point]!

Cloud Management Gateway Connection Point

On one of your site servers, I’m using my Primary Site server which basically does everything in my lab, I’m adding the role “Cloud management gateway connection point”

Administration -> Site Configuration -> Servers and Site System Roles -> Right Click Server -> Add Site System Role

Go ahead and finish the wizard out and let the site add the role.

Setup your site for CMG Traffic [MS Docs]

We need to let the management point know we allow CMG traffic and to allow internet connections.

Administration -> Site Configuration -> Servers and Site System Roles

Setup a Boundary Group [MS Docs]

In my lab, I didn’t create a specific boundary group for CMG, I set my site to have a fallback time out of 0

Set Client Settings [MS Docs]

Cloud Services: Allow access to cloud DP = Yes | Enable clients to use CMG: Yes

Alright, so now that everything is set up, You’ll need to decide, what content you want to make available via CMG. Hopefully, you’ve got MS Updates set up to go back to Microsoft, so you don’t need to keep those on your CMG.
In the Next post, I’m going to demo pushing content to the CMG and then showing a client on CMG install an app.

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Building a ConfigMgr Lab from Scratch Series

Series Introduction – Building a CM Lab from Scratch

1. Setting up your Domain Controller
2. Creating a Router for your Lab using Windows Server 
3. Certificate Authority – On Domain Controller [Optional]
4. ConfigMgr Server Pre-Reqs (Windows Features)
5. Configuration Settings (AD & GPOs)
6. Source Server (File Share)
7. ConfigMgr SQL Install
8. ConfigMgr Install
9. ConfigMgr Basic Settings
10. ConfigMgr Collections & App Deployment
11. ConfigMgr OSD
12. ConfigMgr Reporting Services
13. Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) – Certs PreReq
14. Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) – Azure Subscription
15. Azure Services Connection
16. Setting up CMG in the Console
17. Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) – Post CMG Config – You are Here
18. Cloud Management Gateway – Client CMG Endpoints