Windows 2008 Server settings to change prior to any SCCM installation

When installing Windows Server 2008, I recommend making the following changes.

1. Run this command to keep the hibernation file from growing out of control (gigabytes!) Also works for Vista.
powercfg -h off

2. Go into Administrative Tools>Local Security Policy>Local Policies>Security Options and change Network security. LAN Manager authenticaton level to Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated.

3. Install IIS and add following features;

BITS
Remote Differential Compression
ASP.NET
ASP
Windows Authentication
IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
IIS 6 WMI Compatibility

WebDav - please follow exact steps for configuring Webdav!

1.Enable WebDAV and create an Authoring Rule, as follows:

a.Navigate to Start / All Programs / Administrative Tools / Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to start Internet Information Services 7 Application Server Manager.


b.In the Connections pane, expand the Sites node in the navigation tree, and then click Default Web Site if you are using the default Web site for the site system or SMSWEB if you are using a custom Web site for the site system.


c.In the Features View, double-click WebDAV Authoring Rules.


d.When the WebDAV Authoring Rules page is displayed, in the Actions pane, click Enable WebDAV.


e.After WebDAV has been enabled, in the Actions pane, click Add Authoring Rule.


f.In the Add Authoring Rule dialog box, under Allow access to, click All content.


g.Under Allow access to this content to, click All users.


h.Under Permissions, click Read, and then click OK.


2.Change the property behavior as follows:

a.In the WebDAV Authoring Rules page, in the Actions pane, click WebDAV Settings.


b.In the WebDAV Settings page, under Property Behavior, set Allow anonymous property queries to True.


c.Set Allow Custom Properties to False.


d.Set Allow property queries with infinite depth to True.


e.If this is a BITS-enabled distribution point, under WebDAV Behavior, set Allow hidden files to be listed to True.


f.In the Action pane, click Apply.