Typically, in medium-to-large organizations, more than one Active Directory domain exists. We can use VCM to patch servers in multiple domains. Here is what you need to do that.
Apart from multiple domains, there are machines that are part of none, or they are in a workgroup. To manage and patch the machines in a workgroup, you need a network authority account assigned to a machine group populated with machines in a workgroup.
We need to follow the Adding a network authority account to manage machines in multiple domains recipe in Chapter 2, Configuring VCM to Manage Your Infrastructure, with correct domains and their respective NAA accounts for patching multi-domain servers.
For patching machines in a workgroup, we need to create a machine group with static memberships and add all machines that are not in the domain.
Open the necessary ports between the VCM server and the managed servers either in a workgroup or in another...