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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 the Application Catalog


The Application Catalog is used for User and User Group targeted applications. If you only plan to use machine-targeted distributions, you will not need to configure the Application Catalog. See Chapter 3, Applications and Software Updates, for what has changed in the new software center.

Getting ready

The Application Catalog requires two different roles; the Application Catalog Web Service Point, and the Application Catalog Website Point. The Application Catalog Web Service Point must reside in the same forest as the site database. The application website can exist in a different forest, if required. There are several prerequisites for installing the Application Catalog- review http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682145.aspx for a complete list. For our test environment, we use the following steps to fully configure Windows Server 2008 R2 for all site server roles:

  1. Download the latest installer for .NET Framework 4.0 (full version). Run the following...