Mastering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager - Softcover

Rachui, Steve; Agerlund, Kent; Martinez, Santos; Daalmans, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118128982 ISBN 13: 9781118128985

Publisher: Sybex, 2012

Synopsis

Expert coverage of Microsoft's highly anticipated network software deployment toolThe latest version of System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) is a dramatic update of its predecessor Configuration Manager 2007, and this book offers intermediate-to-advanced coverage of how the new ConfigMgr boasts a simplified hierarchy, role-based security, a new console, flexible application deployment, and mobile management. You'll explore planning and installation, migrating from ConfigMgr 2007, deploying software and operating systems, security, monitoring and troubleshooting, and automating and customizing ConfigMgr 2012 with scripts.

• Features an unparalleled team of authors, two of whom are insiders at Microsoft and have worked with ConfigMgr since nearly its inception
• Provides in-depth coverage and offers a hands-on approach to learning all there is to know about ConfigMgr
• Explores why ConfigMgr 2012 is the most significant update in its 16-year history

Packed with real-world scenarios to show you how to use ConfigMgr in various contexts, Mastering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager covers all aspects of this powerful and complete network software deployment tool.

About this title

From the Back Cover

An Expert, Hands-on Guide to ConfigMgr 2012

If you're responsible for Microsoft's new System Center 2012Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr), you'll want this detailed guideon hand. It offers intermediate and advanced coverage of the topicsyou need most—planning and installation, migrating fromConfigMgr 2007, deploying, setting up security, monitoring andtroubleshooting, and automating and customizing ConfigMgr 2012 withscripts. Hands-on exercises and practical advice from the expertauthor team bring real-world scenarios into sharp focus, helpingyou master skills you can put to use right away.

Coverage includes:

• Developing a plan for configuration and deployment

• Asking the right questions to make sure you cover all thebases

• Getting up to speed on a new hierarchy, console, andsecurity

• Migrating, installing, and site role configuration

• Converting legacy packages to the new Application Model

• Distributing, deploying, and updating software

• Reporting, compliance settings, and inventory

• Securing your devices with Endpoint Protection

• Managing non-Windows mobile devices and virtual machines

• Troubleshooting and setting up disaster recovery

Master Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Plan, Install, Deploy, Monitor, and Troubleshoot anInstallation

Roll Out Patches and Updates and Manage Inventory

Meet the Needs of the PC Configuration Lifecycle Management(PCCLM) Market

Learn in the Context of Real-World Scenarios and Tasks

About the Author

Steve Rachui, Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft, has supported System Center products at Microsoft for 13 years, working with Systems Management Server/System Center Configuration Manager since version 1.2. Steve blogs at blogs.msdn.com/steverac.

Kent Agerlund is Senior IT Consultant, Trainer, and Cofounder of System Center User Group in Denmark. He is also an MVP for ConfigMgr and has been working with it since SMS version 1.2. Kent blogs at blog.coretech.dk/kea.

Santos Martinez, Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft, has been working with ConfigMgr since it was known as SMS. Before joining Microsoft, he was also awarded an MVP for ConfigMgr two years in a row and has been a SQL Server MVP four times. Santos blogs at blogs.technet.com/smartinez.

Peter Daalmans, MCTS: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Configuration, is a Senior Technical Consultant at IT-Concern, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in the Netherlands. He is also a MVP for ConfigMgr and has been part of the Community Evaluation Program for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, evaluating early versions of the product since 2010. Peter blogs at systemcenterblog.nl.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118128982
• ISBN 13: 9781118128985
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 816