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Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

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Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

Overview of this book

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (CM12) is a systems management application for managing large groups of Windows-based computer systems. System Center 2012 Configuration Manager provides remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory. This practical cookbook shows you how to administer System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and understand how to solve particular problems/scenarios Packed with over 50 task-based and immediately reusable recipes, this book starts by showing you how to design a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Infrastructure. The book then dives into topics such as recommended SQL configuration for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, deploying Windows 7 with Operating System Deployment (OSD), deploying Applications and Software Updates, managing Compliance Settings, managing Sites and managing Inventory amongst others.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Managing role-based security


Role-based Access Security (RBAC) is new to CM12. It offers the ability to segregate administrators with ease. In CM07 admins either used extra primary sites or scripts kicked off by status filters to separate admins from each other. Now it can be done in just a few minutes, right from the console.

We are going to use RBAC to divvy up roles for workstation and server admins so that neither sees the other's assets.

Getting ready

Create two AD user groups—CM Wkstn Admins and CM Server Admins. Populate each with a unique test account or real user accounts.

How to do it...

We start by creating one collection for workstations and one for servers:

  1. In the admin console, navigate to Assets and Compliance | Device Collections and click on Create Device Collection in the ribbon.

  2. For Name, enter All Managed Workstations. Click on Browse and select All Desktop and Server Clients. Click on Next.

  3. Click on Add Rule and select Query Rule. Enter Wkstn Only for Name. Click on Edit Query...