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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Advanced Deployment

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Advanced Deployment

By : Martyn Coupland
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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Advanced Deployment

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Advanced Deployment

4.8 (4)
By: Martyn Coupland
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Overview of this book

If you are an experienced Configuration Manager administrator looking to advance your career or get more from your current environment, then this book is ideal for you. Prior experience of deploying and managing a Configuration Manager site would be helpful in following the examples throughout this book.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Designing Complex Hierarchies
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1. Designing Complex Hierarchies
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Selecting the appropriate site system server
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Designing fault-tolerant hierarchies
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Backup and recovery in Configuration Manager
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Designing to support trusted forests
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Designing to support nontrusted forests
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Designing a sample hierarchy
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Summary
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2. Implementing Security with Certificates
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2. Implementing Security with Certificates
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Planning for the use of certificates
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Setting up a secure communication
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Configuring Configuration Manager
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Deploying certificates to workgroup computers
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3. Working with Inventory, Asset Intelligence, and Software Metering
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3. Working with Inventory, Asset Intelligence, and Software Metering
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Configuring the software and hardware inventory
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Using the inventory data to your advantage
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Making use of software metering
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Real-world use of asset intelligence
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Controlling applications with the inventory data
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4. Security with Endpoint Protection
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4. Security with Endpoint Protection
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Configuring the endpoint protection infrastructure
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Creating endpoint protection policies
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Deploying endpoint protection definition updates
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Deploying endpoint protection agents
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Responding to threats
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Controlling the Windows Firewall
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Summary
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5. Advanced Content Management
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5. Advanced Content Management
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Deploying distribution points
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How to deploy cloud distribution points
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Understanding the content library
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Introducing network caching
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Working with data deduplication
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Summary
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6. Application Deployment
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6. Application Deployment
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Introducing the application model
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Deploying virtual applications
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How the application model works
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When to use packages
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Summary
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7. Deploying Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
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7. Deploying Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
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Introduction to operating system deployment
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Integrating the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
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Creating custom boot images
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Maintaining a driver library
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Creating reference images
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Using images in virtual environments
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Deploying your captured images
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8. Deploying Security Updates
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8. Deploying Security Updates
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Software updates
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Designing a software update infrastructure
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Monitoring software updates
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A sample scenario to patch workstations
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A sample scenario to patch servers
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Summary
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9. Advanced Reporting
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9. Advanced Reporting
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Report Builder
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Creating custom reports
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Creating custom charts
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Optimizing query performance
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Configuring report subscriptions
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10. Preventing Configuration Drift
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10. Preventing Configuration Drift
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An introduction to compliance settings
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Example scenarios for compliance monitoring
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11. Managing Bring Your Own Device and Mobility
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11. Managing Bring Your Own Device and Mobility
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Deploying company resource profiles
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Managing Internet-based devices
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Using the Microsoft Exchange connector
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Using Windows Intune
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12. Advanced Troubleshooting
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12. Advanced Troubleshooting
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Error tracing in Configuration Manager
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Using the Configuration Manager toolkit
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Using the service manager utility
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Real-world scenarios
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Index
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Index

Creating custom reports

In order to create custom reports, you need to know where the data is stored. When retrieving data from Configuration Manager, you should also use the views that are provided rather than the raw data stored in tables.

To help assist with the design of the reports, Microsoft has published information on the schema of the database, including the documentation on the various views in the database (http://bit.ly/PNqkfg). This information will help you find the information that you need, should it not be available.

Defining the report requirements

In this reporting example, we will be creating a report off a custom inventory that has been collected by Configuration Manager. The data is information from the registry about what version of the operating system build is used in the estate. In this example, we will create two reports; the first report will show all the machines with a specific build version, and the second report will show a count of all the machines running all...

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