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Mastering System Center Configuration Manager

Mastering System Center Configuration Manager

By : Vangel Krstevski
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Mastering System Center Configuration Manager

Mastering System Center Configuration Manager

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By: Vangel Krstevski
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Overview of this book

This book is perfect for IT administrators who are looking to enhance their skills on system and asset management. A fair understanding of the core elements and applications related to SCCM would be helpful.
Table of Contents (10 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. Introduction to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2
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1. Introduction to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2
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System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 – requirements
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Prerequisites for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2
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Installing MS SQL Server 2012
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Installing System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2
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Site system server and roles
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Summary
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2. Assets and Compliance
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2. Assets and Compliance
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The benefits of centralized system management
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Managing compliance
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Compliance authoring
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Endpoint Protection
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Configuring custom client device settings for Endpoint Protection
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The Endpoint Protection client
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3. The Software Library
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3. The Software Library
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Introducing packages
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Creating a package
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Creating and managing applications
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Creating applications
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Creating deployment types
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Creating detection methods
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Managing applications
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Package conversion
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Operating System Deployment
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Summary
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4. Reporting in Configuration Manager
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4. Reporting in Configuration Manager
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SQL Server Reporting Services
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Implementing SQL Server Reporting Services
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Reports in the Configuration Manager console
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Creating a report
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Troubleshooting SSRS
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Optimizing SSRS performance
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System Center Data warehouse
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Summary
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5. Administration and Monitoring
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5. Administration and Monitoring
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The Configuration Manager's discovery methods
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Hierarchy planning
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Planning your hierarchy structure
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Planning boundaries and boundary groups
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Client discovery and installation methods
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Role-based administration
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In-console alerts
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Client settings
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Client policy device settings
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Software deployment device settings
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Using Resource Explorer
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6. Cloud Integration
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6. Cloud Integration
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Cloud integration – prerequisites
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Subscribing to Windows Intune
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Adding the Windows Intune subscription to Configuration Manager
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Cloud distribution points
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7. Security and Backup
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7. Security and Backup
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Administrative users
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Security roles
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Preventing unauthorized administrative access
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Securing the Configuration Manager infrastructure
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Site and SQL Server backups
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8. Troubleshooting
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8. Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting network issues
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Troubleshooting console issues
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Troubleshooting the client installation
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Troubleshooting compliance settings
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Troubleshooting application deployments
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Troubleshooting software updates
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Troubleshooting SQL Server Reporting Services
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Index
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Index

Compliance authoring

Configuration Manager is responsible for creating, organizing, editing, and deploying compliance settings. The biggest challenge is when you have to translate business requirements into Configuration Manager items.

Organization

The organization of configuration items in configuration baselines is very important, just as in the case of organizing individual policies within Group Policy Objects. Actually, you don't need any organization. If you put all the settings in one configuration item and baseline, you are done. However, the problem is when something goes wrong and you have to troubleshoot an issue. Organize similar settings into a single configuration item; for example, put all the settings for Internet Explorer into one configuration item. For more isolation, you can create a baseline with just one configuration item.

Although this is a good practice and creates isolation, it creates a lot of configuration items and more overhead for administration. Think of...

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