{"id":17743,"date":"2021-10-01T20:23:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/?p=17743"},"modified":"2021-10-25T22:20:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T16:50:14","slug":"setting-up-a-cloud-management-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/cloud\/setting-up-a-cloud-management-gateway\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a cloud management gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17743\" class=\"elementor elementor-17743\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4522dcfd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4522dcfd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-742b773c\" data-id=\"742b773c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d2b417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d2b417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW127562083 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW127562083 BCX0\">Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) provides an easy way to manage Configuration Manager clients. You deploy CMG as a cloud service in Microsoft Azure. Then you can manage clients traveling on the Internet or located in branch offices at WAN without any additional on-premises infrastructure. Plus, you do not have to expose your on-premises infrastructure to the Internet.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW127562083 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fea4743 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fea4743\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Cloud Managed Gateway Works? <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215fdbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"215fdbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cloud Managed Gateway works with our existing patching and deployment services (aka SCCM) in our data\u00a0centres\u00a0without investing in additional hardware or exposing SCCM to the Internet, protecting our security.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The PCs are configured to connect to Azure cloud services rather than require the PC to log in via VPN to receive patches and upgrades. This does not eliminate the need for VPN for other things, just for managed software configurations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c50b94b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c50b94b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step by Step Instructions for Setting up a Cloud Management Gateway<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3efc5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3efc5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) provides an easy way to manage Configuration Manager clients over the Internet. By deploying the CMG as a <a href=\"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/cloud-management-and-optimization\/\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">cloud service<\/span><\/a> in Microsoft Azure, you can manage traditional clients traveling on the Internet without additional infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Following is the\u00a0step-by-step\u00a0process to set up Cloud Management Gateway:<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79446af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79446af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Initially, the service connection point connects to Azure through HTTPS port 443. It authenticates with Azure AD or the Azure management certificate. The role of the service connection point is to provision the CMG in Azure. Later on, CMG creates the HTTPS cloud service using the server authentication certificate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the second step, the CMG connection point connects to the CMG in Azure with the help of TCP-TLS or HTTPS. It keeps the connection open and establishes a two-way communication channel for future needs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Moving ahead, the client connects to the CMG over HTTPS port 443. It authenticates itself using Azure AD or the client authentication certificate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Further, the CMG forwards the client communication over the existing connection to the local CMG connection point. There is no need to open any kind of inbound firewall ports.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The CMG connection point forwards the client communication to the local management point and the software update point in the last step.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa14f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1fa14f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-1-1024x724.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17745\" alt=\"Setting up a cloud management gateway\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-1-1024x724.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-1-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-1-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-1-1536x1086.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-056bbda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"056bbda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW181939885 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW181939885 BCX0\">If you want us to set up your Cloud Managed Gateway, then talk to one of our experts now for high-level help. For more information, you can visit\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW181939885 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW181939885 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">iSmile<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW181939885 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">\u00a0Technologies<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW181939885 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW181939885 BCX0\">\u00a0and <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/contact-us\/\">connect with us<\/a><\/span> for consultation.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW181939885 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) provides an easy way to manage Configuration Manager clients. 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