Configuration Manager Location Manager Message XML

Applies To: System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

A location manager endpoint message in Configuration Manager 2007 is used to determine the relative proximity of a given Configuration Manager entity. It can be used to find such entities as the distribution point for a given package or to find a client's resident, or alternatively proxy, site.

The message returned is the list of locations found.

The Location Manager endpoint is used to determine the relative proximity of a given Configuration Manager entity (sites and distribution points) to the location information specified in a call to ISmsMessaging::Invoke Method.

Two XML based messages, LocationMPLocationRequest and ContentLocationRequest, can be sent through calls to ISmsMessaging::Invoke Method. The requested location is returned as XML (ContentLocationReply) in the ISmsMessaging::Invoke'sppReply parameter.

• Configuration Manager Content Location
  Content location.

• Configuration Manager Distribution Point
  Distribution point location.

• Configuration Manager WSUS Location
  Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server location.