I'm starting to think if the Windows HOST has the NetBIOS name then this is what you end up with in Deployment server HOST column, unless during install it doesn’t have the FQDN name (+DNS). I  know your searches are coming up with FQDN, so I'm stumped as to the hosts  column part not showing FQDN! This setting will change from the GUID setting to the FQDN Names Client Name, in Deployment Server And allow Filter on FQDN deploymentclient.conf [deployment-client] clientName = FQDN This setting will change the instance name in Deployment Server server.conf serverName = FQDN     ... View more