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Deploying Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM 2012
6 Make sure that the Personal Information Exchange - PKCS #12 (.PFX) option is selected
and click Next.
7 On the Password page, choose and type the password and click Next. You will need to
specify the password when you'll be importing the certificate later.
8 On the File to Export page, specify the name of the file to export to and click Next.
9 Click Finish.
10 Store the exported file securely and ensure that it can be accessed from the Configuration
Manager console. This certificate is now ready to be imported on a distribution point server.
Switching SCCM Roles from HTTP to HTTPS
If you already have management points and distribution points using HTTP, you need to switch
them to use HTTPS as described below.
Management Point
To switch a management point to HTTPS:
1 In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to Administration / Overview / Site
Configuration / Servers and Site System Roles / <site-server-name>.
2 In the Site System Roles list, right-click Management point and click Properties in the
context menu.
3 The Management point Properties dialog opens.
4 On the General page, Client connections options, select HTTPS and click OK.
5 Verify that management point upgrade/reinstallation started and finished successfully and
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Logs\MPSetup.log contains the records
similar to the following:
SMSMP Setup Started....
…
Installation was successful.
~RoleSetup().
6 Check the following records in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration
Manager\Logs\mpcontrol.log (this log provides the status of MP whether the MP is working as
intended or not):
SSL is enabled.
…
Begin validation of Certificate [Thumbprint
4ac41a85e45b805ae765422b18975f356b57de80] issued to
'sccm2012.PRL.LOCAL'
Certificate has "SSL Client Authentication" capability.