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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

Introduction


Even though Mobile Device Management (MDM) has existed from CM07 days, it has been greatly improved thanks to the release of a new way to manage mobile devices using Microsoft Intune. When I talk about mobile devices, I am not only talking about iOS, Android, or Windows Mobile but also about Windows 10, which is managed in the same way. MDM products such as Microsoft Intune implements the Open Management Alliance Device Management (OMA-DM) specification for remote mobile device management. OMA-DM is a standardized way to manage mobile devices using different operating systems. MDM management differs from the CM management, which requires a CM client on the managed device.

The trending Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) scenarios leverage MDM to manage mobile devices. Users (BYOD) or administrators (CYOD) are able to enroll a device into an MDM solution in order to get access to corporate data. On the other side, MDM is able to deploy policies, applications...