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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

Configuring power management


Power management is a very popular (and necessary) topic in our world today. Use CM to manage and monitor power on client systems. Power management in CM gives you the ability to configure the power plans for peak and nonpeak hours, as well as specify a daily wakeup for desktop computers.

Tip

Check with your power company about discounts for power management. Some power companies provide a credit if you are able to show that you are actively managing power on your computers.

Getting ready

Power Management settings are enforced on a collection. Be sure to create a test collection of representative computer models to begin testing. Ensure that Client Settings for the Power Management setting is configured to Allow power management of devices. Our first example will be how to specify peak and nonpeak plans, and enable wakeup time for a selected collection.

How to do it...

  1. From the CM admin console, navigate to Assets and Compliance | Overview | Device Collections and...