当在企业部署System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager时，需要考虑硬件、软件等信息确保当部署完成之后能够正常工作。
1. 硬件信息：
当部署System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager时，请确保一下硬件信息满足。
l CPU: AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support. The minimum processor speed expected is 1.4 GHz
l 内存：最低2G RAM，推荐8G RAM
l 磁盘空间：最低50G的富余空间
2. 操作系统支持：
下表显示部署System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager 站点服务器、数据库服务器、SMS Provider站点系统角色时支持的操纵系统
3. SQL Serve支持
部署System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager需要64位SQL Server，同时SQL Server服务器推荐使用最低8G内存来支持运行Configuration Manager。System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manage的站点数据库必须使用如下排序规则，
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
4. System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager客户端安装所支持的操作系统
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager客户端能够被安装在如下操作系统中：
1) Windows XP Professional SP3 (x86), Windows XP Professional for 64-bit Systems (SP2).
2) Windows XP Tablet PC (SP3) (x86).
3) Windows Vista Business Edition (SP2), Enterprise Edition (SP2),Ultimate Edition (SP2) – (x86 and x64).
4) Windows 7 Professional (with no service pack, or with SP1), Enterprise Editions (with no service pack, or with SP1),Ultimate Editions (with no service pack, or with SP1) – (x86 and x64).
5) Windows 8, 8.1 Pro and Enterprise – (x86 and x64).
6) Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Standard Edition (SP2), Enterprise Edition (SP2), Datacenter Edition1 (SP2) – (x86 and x64).
7) Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 SP2 – (x86 and x64).
8) Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (SP2), Enterprise Edition (SP2), Datacenter Edition (SP2) – (x86 and x64).
9) Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise – (x64).
10) Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (with no service pack, or with SP1), Enterprise Edition (with no service pack, or with SP1),Datacenter Edition (with no service pack, or with SP1) – (x64)
11) Windows Server 2008 (SP2) Server Core,Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core(no service pack, or with SP1),Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core,Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core – (x64).
12) Windows Server 2012 Standard and Datacenter, Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter –(x64).
13) Red Hat Enterprise Linux – Version 4 x86,Version 4 x64,Version 5 x86,Version 5 x64,Version 6 x86,Version 6 x64.
14) CentOS – Version 5 x86,Version 5 x64,Version 6 x86,Version 6 x64.
15) Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
5. Active Directory支持
1) Windows 2000 Server
2) Windows Server 2003
3) Windows Server 2008
4) Windows Server 2008 R2
5) Windows Server 2012
6) Windows Server 2012 R2
6. 安装System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager管理控制台支持的操作系统
管理员在管理SCCM2012R2时并不希望时刻登陆到该服务器来操作并使用，此时可以在另外一台机器上只安装Configuration Manager管理控制台进行管理。
1) Windows XP Professional (SP3), Windows Vista Business Edition (SP2), Enterprise Edition (SP2), Ultimate Edition (SP2) – (x86 and x64) with minimum .NET Framework 4.
2) Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate – (with no service pack, or with SP1) – (x86 and x64) with minimum .NET Framework 4.
3) Windows 8, 8.1 Pro and Enterprise – (x86 and x64) with minimum .NET Framework 4.5
4) Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (SP2),Enterprise Edition (SP2),Datacenter Edition (SP2) – (x86 and x64) with minimum .NET Framework 4.
5) Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition (with no service pack, or with SP1) – (x64) with minimum .NET Framework 4.
6) Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 (Standard Edition and Datacenter Edition) – (x64) with minimum .NET Framework 4.5.