Chapter 14. Managing Linux clients

Ready for another chapter on operating system deployment? Ha-ha, just kidding; I wouldn’t inflict that on you! Instead, let’s indulge in a change of scene and delve into the (relatively) new world of managing non-Windows clients—specifically, Linux.

ConfigMgr (and SMS, in its previous life) has been all about deploying and managing Windows environments, but with the release of ConfigMgr 2012 Service Pack (SP) 1 came the ability for us ConfigMgr admins to start managing systems running Mac OS X and Linux/UNIX-based operating systems.

Because you’re running an up-to-date version of ConfigMgr in your lab environment, you’re ready to rock with Linux. As shown in figure 14.1, you’ll introduce Ubuntu Server into ...

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