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Overview of this book

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (CM12) is a systems management application for managing large groups of Windows-based computer systems. System Center 2012 Configuration Manager provides remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory. This practical cookbook shows you how to administer System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and understand how to solve particular problems/scenarios Packed with over 50 task-based and immediately reusable recipes, this book starts by showing you how to design a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Infrastructure. The book then dives into topics such as recommended SQL configuration for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, deploying Windows 7 with Operating System Deployment (OSD), deploying Applications and Software Updates, managing Compliance Settings, managing Sites and managing Inventory amongst others.

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

Credits

Credits

About the Authors

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

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Preface

Preface

Free Chapter

Designing a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Infrastructure

Designing a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Infrastructure

Introduction

Dividing up site system roles

Creating migration jobs

Installing SQL the right way

Managing Internet-facing clients

Using remote and workstation distribution points, and BranchCache

Deploying Windows 7 with Operating System Deployment

Deploying Windows 7 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

Leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with CM12 OSD

Deploying Applications and Software Updates

Deploying Applications and Software Updates

Introduction

Creating applications and deployment types

Managing Software Center and Application Catalog

Preparing for software updates

Creating and monitoring software updates

Leveraging Automatic Deployment Rules

Reducing collection dependencies with conditional rules and global conditions

Deploying custom updates

Converting classic packages to applications

Creating and deploying Virtual Applications (App-V)

Superseding applications

Monitoring content and deployment status

Managing Compliance Settings

Managing Compliance Settings

Introduction

Building Configuration Items

Creating and deploying a baseline

Leveraging Security Compliance Manager

Monitoring compliance with SSRS

Managing Sites

Managing Sites

Introduction

Managing collections

Configuring site maintenance

Managing site communications

Configuring discovery

Managing Boundary Groups

Managing role-based security

Configuring the Application Catalog

Managing and validating content for DPs and DP groups

Managing Clients

Managing Clients

Introduction

Deploying clients

Managing client health

Managing client settings

Monitoring client installation and activity

Making use of user centric improvements

Configuring power management

Managing Inventory

Managing Inventory

Introduction

Managing hardware inventory

Managing software inventory

Managing software metering

Monitoring inventory data flow

Integrating Asset Intelligence

Managing Reports and Queries

Managing Reports and Queries

Introduction

Installing SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

Configuring Reporting Services

See also

Sharing your reports with others

Building queries

Editing and creating reports

Index

Index

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About the Authors

Brian Mason is a Systems Engineer at Wells Fargo where he manages over 350,000 resources with CM (note that any views expressed in this book are Brian's and not necessarily those of Wells Fargo). Brian is a 6-time Microsoft MVP for Configuration Manager (CM). He currently runs the Minnesota System Center User Group and its website where he blogs. He can be found answering forum questions on TechNet and myITforum.

I'd like to thank Rod Trent for creating myITforum, a place where people can share ideas and help each other figure out how to use SMS and CM. When I first started with SMS, Microsoft had no such offering so it was great to be able to seek out help and get it fast. I've met brilliant people there over the years. And I'd like to thank my wife, Susan, for allowing me to lock myself away to write. She never complained once.

Big thanks to Greg Ramsey for joining me on this book and his agreement with me to forward any receipts we receive from this book to the Wounded Warrior Project (http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/).

Greg Ramsey is a Systems Engineer specializing in global systems management for Dell Services. He has a B.S. in Computer Sciences and Engineering from the Ohio State University and is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Greg co-authored SMS 2003 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Apress, 2006) and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Unleashed (Sams, 2009). Greg is the co-founder of the Ohio SMS Users Group and the Central Texas Systems Management User Group.

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