How to Check SCCM MP Health: 3 Useful and Easy Methods (2025)

In this tutorial, I will show you how to check SCCM MP health using different methods. These methods can be helpful when you are troubleshooting issues with management point server availability.

A management point in SCCM provides policy and service location information for clients, and it also receives configuration data from clients. You must have at least one management point to support client systems and one distribution point to distribute files to client systems. The clients obtain the policies, software updates, advertisements and almost every communication from the MP server.

One of the common issues reported in Prajwal Desai forums is the clients not receiving policies from the Management Point server, HTTP 500 errors, etc. In some cases, the clients have only got two actions, which indicate the communication issues between the clients and MP and boundary issues as well. To answer this common problem, I decided to publish this troubleshooting guide for anyone who wants to check SCCM management point health.

All the above issues can be resolved by making sure your management point server is healthy and accessible. When you say that an MP is healthy, it means there is proper communication between the sites and the clients in the hierarchy.

Method 1: Check MP Server Health using URLs

One of the best ways to check the health of a Management Point (MP) Server in Configuration Manager is to access the below MP server URLs in the browser and determine its availability. If your MP server is healthy and online, all the URLs should be accessible. Otherwise, you will see 500: Internal server error, which indicates that you have issues with the MP server.

The below URLs can be accessed on any client or server that is managed by ConfigMgr.

• http://<mpservername>/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mplist
• http://<mpservername>/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mpcert
• http://<mpservername>/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mpkeyinformation

Let’s look at each URL and see what it says about the MP. Before browsing the URL, replace the ‘mpservername‘ with your management point server FQDN.

The first URL to access is http://<mpservername>/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mplist. Browsing this URL displays a list of available management points, allowing you to verify if the MP is responding and accessible. The details include the management point server name, site version, SSL state, and other capabilities.

The second URL to access is http://<mpservername>/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mpcert. Browsing this URL shows the MP certificate details. If you don’t see the certificate info here, you have an issue with the MP server and need to fix it.

Lastly, access the URL http://<mpservername>/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mpkeyinformation in the browser to get most of the MP server details. The information includes site code, MPCertificate details, MP server name, FQDN, etc.

Method 2: Review MPControl.log for MP Availability

Configuration Manager administrators are well aware of the fact that troubleshooting is mainly done using log files. The management point role comes with a dedicated set of logs that are used for troubleshooting errors related to it. Among the list of MP logs, the mpcontrol.log records the availability of the management point every 10 minutes.

This log file is located on the site server in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Logs path. Open the mpcontrol.log and verify the below lines in it to confirm if the MP is healthy or has errors.

SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER Call to HttpSendRequestSync succeeded for port 80 with status code 200, text: OKSMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER HTTP test request succeeded.SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER Successfully performed Management Point availability check against local computer.

Method 3: Check MP Health in Monitoring Workspace

The Monitoring workspace in Configuration Manager shows the status of every component. The registered name for the management point component is SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER.

Launch the Configuration Manager console and navigate to Monitoring\Overview\System Status\Site Status. Type SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER in the search box to filter the site systems with Management Point role. Select your MP server and verify three things here:

1. Status: If you see the MP server status as OK, it means the server has no errors. A green tick indicates the server is healthy, whereas a red cross icon means the server has errors.
2. Availability: If the availability shows online, it means the server is up and running. If it shows Offline, it means there are problems with the MP server.
3. Errors: This is an additional tab that you can add to the console to see if there are any errors on the MP server.

To conclude, don’t panic if you find your management point server is unhealthy or not working as it should. The primary focus should be on making the management point server online for clients. Chances are that it wasn’t installed correctly in the first place, or it requires a reinstallation. There are lots of troubleshooting guides available on this site to help you out. That’s all for this guide. I believe the SCCM health check methods covered in this guide will help you during MP troubleshooting.