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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 a baseline


Baselines are rules you target to collections of machines to test for compliance. A software update deployment is a form of a baseline. It contains a group of patches and rules to test for clients. In CM, baselines can also remediate the settings you want to change.

Getting ready

You should now see a CI called Company Security Policy in the right-hand pane of Configuration Items under Assets and Compliance | Compliance Settings | Configuration Items. If not, complete the previous task to create it. If you don't already have a collection created to pilot baselines to, create one before proceeding.

How to do it...

  1. Enter Company Security Baseline for Name. Click on Add and choose Configuration Items to open a list of possible CIs to add. Click on Company Security Policy and then click on Add. Do the same for Company Security Policy for Windows 10 and then click on OK.

  2. In the CM admin console, navigate to Assets and Compliance | Compliance Settings | Configuration...