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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Samir Hammoudi, Matthew Hudson, Greg Ramsey, Brian Mason, Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren
Book Image

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Samir Hammoudi, Matthew Hudson, Greg Ramsey, Brian Mason, Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren

Overview of this book

This practical cookbook is based on the 1602 current branch of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). It shows you how to administer SCCM, giving you an essential toolbox of techniques to solve real-world scenarios. Packed with over 60 task-based and instantly usable recipes, you’ll discover how design a SCCM Infrastructure, and dive into topics such as the recommended SQL configuration for SCCM and how to deploy Windows 10 with Operating System Deployment (OSD). You will learn to easily manage Windows 10 devices by deploying applications, software updates, and feature upgrades, andl be able to leverage Mobile Device Management (MDM) using SCCM and Microsoft Intune. Finally, you see how to gather the inventory of all your PC park and create reports based on it. By the end of the book, you will have learned the best practices when working with SCCM and have a handy reference guide for troubleshooting.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Creating and deploying Virtual Applications - App-V


Virtual Applications (APP-V) applications are by far the easiest applications to deploy. Also remember with applications, we can have multiple deployment types. For example, we may have an App-V deployment type for Microsoft Visio, as well as a Windows Installer deployment type. We can then create requirement rules.

Getting ready

Before we can create the application in CM, we need to have an App-V sequenced application. Also with CM, we can create a prerequisite on the application to install the App-V client, if it's not already installed.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to create and deploy an App-V application:

  1. Navigate to Software Library | Application Management | Applications, then right-click and select New Application.

  2. For Application Type, select Microsoft Application Virtualization and then browse to the manifest file (.xml) for the application.

  3. Populate the General Information page of the wizard (Application name, version, and so...