System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed

Design Concepts

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) delivers a variety of configuration management and system support services via a flexible and distributed architecture. The product utilizes standards-based network protocols and object models for its internal working and interaction with client systems. ConfigMgr components store and use data about ConfigMgr infrastructure and activity, the environment, and managed systems in the site database. Sites in a hierarchy replicate data for effective management across the environment.

ConfigMgr 2012 builds on the core functionality of ConfigMgr 2007 and adds an enhanced feature set that includes native 64-bit code, role-based administration, simplified hierarchy design, user-centric ...