Book description
This is the comprehensive reference and technical guide to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012. A team of expert authors offers step-by-step coverage of related topics in every feature area, organized to help IT professionals rapidly optimize Configuration Manager 2012 for their requirements, and then deploy and use it successfully. The authors begin by introducing Configuration Manager 2012 and its goals, and explaining how it fits into the broader System Center product suite. Next, they fully address planning, design, and implementation. Finally, they systematically cover each of Configuration Manager 2012's most important feature sets, addressing issues ranging from configuration management to software distribution. Readers will learn how to use Configuration Manager 2012's user-centric capabilities to provide anytime/anywhere services and software, and to strengthen both control and compliance. The first book on Configuration Manager 2012, System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Unleashed joins Sams' market-leading series of books on Microsoft's System Center product suite: books that have achieved go-to status amongst IT implementers and administrators worldwide.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- About the Contributors
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Foreword
- Introduction
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Part I. Configuration Management Overview and Concepts
- Chapter 1. Configuration Management Basics
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Chapter 2. Configuration Manager Overview
- In This Chapter
- The History of Configuration Manager
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Terminology in Configuration Manager
- Site Hierarchy
- Site
- Site Systems
- Senders
- Addresses
- Configuration Manager Discovery Types
- Configuration Manager Agent
- Configuration Manager Console
- Collections
- Queries
- Alerts
- Status System
- Managing Applications
- Content Management
- Software Update Management
- Compliance Settings
- BITS
- Software Metering
- Network Access Protection
- BranchCache
- Reporting
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What’s New in This Version
- 64-Bit Site System Requirements
- User-Centric Management
- Applications and Packages
- Hierarchy Changes
- New Configuration Manager Console
- Enhancements to BITS
- Application Catalog
- Extended Mobile Device Management
- Management Point Enhancements
- Boundary Changes
- Fallback Site
- Centrally Managed Client Settings
- Role-Based Administration
- Backup and Recovery
- Collection Changes
- Client Health Status Enhancements
- Compliance Settings Changes
- Remote Control Improvements
- Hardware Inventory Improvements
- Power Management Improvements
- Software Updates Improvements
- Improved End User Experience
- Content Library
- Operating System Deployment
- Distribution Point Changes
- System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Integration
- Feature Dependencies of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Looking Inside Configuration Manager
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Part II. Planning, Design, and Installation
- Chapter 4. Architecture Design Planning
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Chapter 5. Network Design
- In This Chapter
- Understanding Your Network
- Configuration Manager Data Flow
- Intrasite Server Communications
- Client to Server Communications
- Site-to-Site Communications
- Fast Network and Slow Network Boundaries
- Use of BITS
- ConfigMgr and BranchCache
- Server and Site Placement
- Deploying Servers to Support Internet-Based Clients
- Intermittently Connected Users
- Network Discovery
- Troubleshooting ConfigMgr Network Issues
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Installing System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
- Chapter 7. Migrating to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
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Part III. Configuration Manager Operations
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Chapter 8. The Configuration Manager Console
- In This Chapter
- Console Highlights
- Touring the Console
- ConfigMgr Workspaces
- Console Deployment
- Role-Based Administration
- Connecting to a Site
- Personalizing the Console
- The In-Console Alert Experience
- Configuration Manager Service Manager
- Security Considerations
- Troubleshooting Console Issues
- Summary
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Chapter 9. Configuration Manager Client Management
- In This Chapter
- Discovery
- ConfigMgr Client Requirements
- ConfigMgr Client Installation
- Client Assignment
- Client Health
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Client Settings
- Defining Priority
- Background Intelligent Transfer Device Settings
- Client Policy Device Settings
- Compliance Settings Device Settings
- Computer Agent Device Settings
- Computer Restart Device Settings
- Endpoint Protection Device Settings
- Hardware Inventory Device Settings
- Network Access Protection (NAP) Device Settings
- Power Management Device Settings
- Remote Control Device Settings
- Software Deployment Device Settings
- Software Inventory Device Settings
- Software Metering Device Settings
- Software Updates Device Settings
- State Messaging Device Settings
- User and Device Affinity Settings
- Using the Resource Explorer
- Wake On LAN
- Summary
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Chapter 8. The Configuration Manager Console
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Part IV. Software and Configuration Management
- Chapter 10. Managing Compliance
- Chapter 11. Packages and Programs
- Chapter 12. Creating and Managing Applications
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Chapter 13. Distributing and Deploying Applications
- In This Chapter
- Creating and Managing Collections
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About Distribution Points
- Installing Distribution Points
- Distribution Point Groups
- Associating Collections with Distribution Point Groups
- Sending Content to Distribution Points
- Monitoring Distribution Point Status
- Updating Content on Distribution Points
- Refreshing Content on Distribution Points
- Removing Content from Distribution Points
- Validating Content
- Using BranchCache
- Preferred Distribution Points
- Prestaging Content
- Importing and Exporting Content
- Troubleshooting Content Distribution
- About the Content Library
- Deploying Packages and Applications
- End User Experience
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting Deployments
- Simulated Deployments
- Summary
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Chapter 14. Software Update Management
- In This Chapter
- What’s New in 2012
- Planning Your Update Strategy
- Incorporated Tools
- Preparing for Software Updates with ConfigMgr
- Software Update Building Blocks
- The Software Updates Process in Action
- Software Update Decisions, Design, and Workflow
- Compliance Scanning
- End User Experience and Interaction
- Monitoring Software Updates
- A Super-Quick Walkthrough
- Troubleshooting Software Updates
- Beyond the Built-In Update Process
- System Center Update Publisher
- Using NAP to Protect Your Network
- Summary
- Chapter 15. Mobile Device Management
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Chapter 16. Endpoint Protection
- In This Chapter
- Prerequisites for Endpoint Protection
- Planning and Considerations
- Installing the Endpoint Protection Role
- Configuring the SUP for Endpoint Protection
- Working with Antimalware Policies
- Configuring Alerts for Endpoint Protection
- Monitoring Status in Endpoint Protection
- Performing On-Demand Actions for Malware
- Reporting in Endpoint Protection
- Creating and Deploying Windows Firewall Policies
- Understanding the Endpoint Protection Client
- Installing the Endpoint Protection Client
- Delivery of Definition Updates
- Summary
- Chapter 17. Configuration Manager Queries
- Chapter 18. Reporting
- Chapter 19. Operating System Deployment
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Part V. Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
- Chapter 20. Security and Delegation in Configuration Manager
- Chapter 21. Backup, Recovery, and Maintenance
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Part VI. Appendixes
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Appendix A. Configuration Manager Log Files
- In This Appendix
- Related Documentation
- Viewing Log Files
- Enabling Logging
- Client Logs
- Server Logs
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Functionality Logs
- Application Management
- Asset Intelligence
- Compliance Management Log Files
- Endpoint Protection Log Files
- Metering
- Mobile Device Management Log Files
- Network Access Protection Log Files
- OSD Log Files
- Out of Band Management Log Files
- Power Management
- Remote Control
- Reporting
- Software Updates Log Files
- Wake On LAN Log Files
- Software and Application Installation Logs
- Log File Mining
- Appendix B. Extending Hardware Inventory
- Appendix C. Reference URLs
- Appendix D. Available Online
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Appendix A. Configuration Manager Log Files
- Index
Product information
- Title: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2012
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780132731645
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