In This Chapter

The History of Configuration Manager

Terminology in Configuration Manager

What’s New in This Version

Feature Dependencies of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Chapter 1, “Configuration Management Basics,” discussed the challenges of system and configuration management. This chapter covers the history of System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). The chapter also discusses key concepts and terminologies found in later chapters of this book to help ConfigMgr administrators become familiar with the lexicon.

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager includes a significant number of changes. Even seasoned ConfigMgr administrators will discover concepts they were once familiar with are now different. This chapter ...

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