From the course: Learning System Center 2016 Endpoint Protection

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- [Instructor] There are server side components that need to be in place and configured properly to have a functional Systems Center Endpoint Protection ecosystem. But what about on the Client side? The first consideration is Licensing. We have a separate license for the Endpoint Protection Client than we would have for SCCM or Systems Center Configuration Manager. In other words, just because you're licensed for SCCM doesn't mean that you're licensed for Systems Center Endpoint Protection. If you're using Windows 8.1 or earlier, then the Endpoint Protection Client gets installed in addition to the SCCM Client. The SCCM Client is used for central configuration management, but it doesn't imply that the Endpoint Protection Client is installed. For instance, here in Windows 7, if I were to go into the Control Panel and look at System and Security, we can see the presence of the Configuration Manager Client. But that doesn't necessarily mean that Endpoint is installed. It's a separate…

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