Adding workstations to a collection in SCCM

These steps detail how to manually add a workstation computer to a collection in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manger 2007 R2 (SCCM).

1. Open the System Centre  Configuration Manager console.
2. Expand ‘Computer Management’
3. Right click on on the collection group . (e.g ‘Workstations – Testing Group’) and select ‘Properties’
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5. Select the ‘Membership Rules’ tab and click on the computer icon.
6. Click on ‘Next’
7. Under ‘Resource class’ select ‘System Resource’
8. Under ‘Attribute name’ select ‘Name’
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10. Enter the name of the workstation to be added, e.g. COMPUTERNAME
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12. Click on ‘Next’, and ‘Next’ again
13. Click on ‘Select All’ and then ‘Finish’
14. Click on ‘OK’ to save the changes.
15. Right click on the ‘Workstations – testing’ collection and select ‘Update collection membership’
16. Select ‘OK’ to start the update process.