Connecting with the console to ConfigMgr 2012 in a different domain

As a Consultant I often need to connect with my own company laptop to a network of the customer, from there I want to of course manage their Configuration Manager 2012 environment via my locally installed Configuration Manager Console. But this is not always working, a quick workaround and note to myself 😉

In most cases when I start the Console using the “Run as different User” method I receive the error “The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship.”, which is true because my laptop is a member of a different domain.

One solution for this problem is use the runas command while starting for instance the command box in which you can start the Configuration Manager Console.

1. runas /netonly /user:domain-cust.localpeter cmd
2. Provide password
3. Start the console from <drive>:Program FilesMicrosoft Configuration ManagerAdminConsolebinMicrosoft.ConfigurationManager.exe and connect to the site you want to connect to.

A better solution is to create a Shortcut with the following target:

• C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /user: domain-cust.localpeter /netonly /noprofile “C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Configuration ManagerAdminConsolebinMicrosoft.ConfigurationManagement.exe”

• Provide password

• Supply the right site to connect

Till next time

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