Book description
Over 60 applicable recipes to administer and manage System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch
About This Book
- Overcome the challenges of administering System Center Configuration Manager when deploying single and multiple-hierarchy sites
- Help your organization to build a custom-line of business apps and also protect the server against malware threats with Endpoint protection
- Get easy guidance and best practices to help you work with SCCM
Who This Book Is For
If you are an intermediate to advanced administrator who wants to administer SCCM and understand how to solve particular problems/scenarios, then this book is for you. You should have a working knowledge of SCCM, however, knowledge of the latest version is not required.
What You Will Learn
- Administer System Center Configuration Manager
- Upgrade computers from Windows 7/ 8.x to Windows 10, using Serivce Plans to keep Windows 10 machines up to date
- Manage Compliance Settings effectively and monitor it with SSRS
- Manage Sites in System Center Configuration Manager and also learn to create collections, leverage role-based administration (RBA), and support clients over the internet without a VPN connection
- Implement multiple methods to deploy the client, as well as how to be proactive in monitoring client agent health
- Achieve Mobile device management with Microsoft Intune
In Detail
This practical cookbook is based on the 1602 current branch of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). It shows you how to administer SCCM, giving you an essential toolbox of techniques to solve real-world scenarios. Packed with over 60 task-based and instantly usable recipes, you'll discover how design a SCCM Infrastructure, and dive into topics such as the recommended SQL configuration for SCCM and how to deploy Windows 10 with Operating System Deployment (OSD).
You will learn to easily manage Windows 10 devices by deploying applications, software updates, and feature upgrades, andl be able to leverage Mobile Device Management (MDM) using SCCM and Microsoft Intune. Finally, you see how to gather the inventory of all your PC park and create reports based on it. By the end of the book, you will have learned the best practices when working with SCCM and have a handy reference guide for troubleshooting.
Style and approach
This cookbook is full of quick recipes that show you how to administer SCCM and will help you understand how to solve particular problems/situations encountered in day-to-day tasks.
Table of contents
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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition
- Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition
- Credits
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
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1. Designing a System Center Configuration Manager Infrastructure
- Introduction
- What's changed from System Center 2012 Configuration Manager?
- System Center Configuration Manager's new servicing models
- Keeping your CM deployment up-to date
- Infrastructure sizing considerations
- Dividing up site system roles
- Upgrading in-place from Configuration Manager 2012
- Installing SQL the right way
- Managing Internet-facing clients
- Using remote and workstation distribution points and BranchCache
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2. Deploying Windows 10 with Operating System Deployment
- Introduction
- Creating an OSD test environment
- Leveraging the build and capture process
- Migrating user state
- Managing drivers
- Customizing the build process with prestart hooks
- Patching your reference build
- Using the new Windows 10 in-place upgrade task sequence
- Leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with CM OSD
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3. Deploying Applications and Software Updates
- Introduction
- Creating applications and deployment types
- Deploying Store Apps - Windows, iOS, Android
- Creating Mobile Application Management Policy
- Managing Software Center and Application Catalog
- Reducing collection dependencies with conditional rules and global conditions
- Converting classic packages to applications
- Creating and deploying Virtual Applications - App-V
- Superseding applications
- Monitoring content and deployment status
- Preparing for software updates
- Creating and monitoring software updates
- Leveraging Automatic Deployment Rules - ADRs
- Deploying custom updates
- Leveraging Windows 10 Servicing to deploy features upgrades
- 4. Managing Compliance Settings
- 5. Managing Mobile Devices using Configuration Manager with Microsoft Intune
- 6. Managing Sites
- 7. Managing Clients
- 8. Managing Inventory
- 9. Managing Reports and Queries
Product information
- Title: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2016
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781785881206
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