June 2016
Beginner
320 pages
11h 7m
English
Overview
Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a Month of Lunches is a super-practical guide to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. In this book, you'll cut to the chase and learn the administrative procedures and techniques that will keep your systems humming smoothly.
About the Technology
Businesses rely on a complex patchwork of client computers, physical and virtual servers, middleware, mobile devices, and cloud services. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) sits in the middle of this mix, providing a single administrative control center to deploy and manage Windows servers and applications across your entire infrastructure, including cross-platform management of Mac OS X, Linux, and UNIX. To get up to speed with the day-to-day tasks of managing a system with ConfigMgr, all you need is this book'and a quiet place to eat your lunch.
About the Book
Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a Month of Lunches is a super-practical guide to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. In this book, you'll cut to the chase and learn the administrative procedures and techniques that will keep your systems humming smoothly. Whether you're a new sysadmin or you already understand the inner workings of Active Directory and Windows Server, you'll be productive immediately as you work through the 22 self-contained lessons in this handy tutorial.
What's Inside
- Covers the latest build of Configuration Manager
- How to simplify updates, operating system deployment, and reporting
- Cross-platform and mobile management including Linux, OS X, and Windows
- Smart application delivery
About the Reader
No prior experience with System Center Configuration Manager needed.
About the Author
James Bannan is a Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP based in Australia.
Quotes
The single most useful consolidated source of SCCM guidance I’ve found.
- Francis Setash, US Department of State
The best book that explains SCCM with the least amount of theoretical jargon.
- Nasir Naeem, Interserve Plc
A one-stop shop for ConfigMgr admins.
- David Moravec, Mainstream Technologies
A nice, gradual, and hands-on introduction to SCCM ... will bring you to operational status in no time.
- Alain Couniot, STIB-MIVB
The quickest way to learn SCCM!
- Joseph Moody, DeployHappiness.com
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