SCCM Glossary Definition

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager is a Windows product that enables administrators to manage the deployment and security of devices and applications across an enterprise.

Microsoft Configuration Manager is an endpoint and systems-management product from Microsoft. The record preserves the older naming context without treating related products as a simple one-to-one rename.

This term is commonly used in software engineering, programming, scripting, application design, testing, and development lifecycle work.

Known historically as System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, it manages software deployment, updates, inventory, compliance, and operating-system deployment. Former or related names include System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, SCCM, MECM.

Related concepts include System Center and Microsoft Intune.