Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

Overview of this book

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (CM12) is a systems management application for managing large groups of Windows-based computer systems. System Center 2012 Configuration Manager provides remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory. This practical cookbook shows you how to administer System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and understand how to solve particular problems/scenarios Packed with over 50 task-based and immediately reusable recipes, this book starts by showing you how to design a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Infrastructure. The book then dives into topics such as recommended SQL configuration for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, deploying Windows 7 with Operating System Deployment (OSD), deploying Applications and Software Updates, managing Compliance Settings, managing Sites and managing Inventory amongst others.

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

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Preface

Free Chapter

Designing a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Infrastructure

Introduction

Dividing up site system roles

Creating migration jobs

Installing SQL the right way

Managing Internet-facing clients

Using remote and workstation distribution points, and BranchCache

Deploying Windows 7 with Operating System Deployment

Introduction

Creating an OSD test environment

Leveraging the build and capture process

Migrating user state

Managing drivers

Customizing the build process with prestart hooks

Patching your reference build

Leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with CM12 OSD

Deploying Applications and Software Updates

Introduction

Creating applications and deployment types

Managing Software Center and Application Catalog

Preparing for software updates

Creating and monitoring software updates

Leveraging Automatic Deployment Rules

Reducing collection dependencies with conditional rules and global conditions

Deploying custom updates

Converting classic packages to applications

Creating and deploying Virtual Applications (App-V)

Superseding applications

Monitoring content and deployment status

Managing Compliance Settings

Introduction

Building Configuration Items

Creating and deploying a baseline

Leveraging Security Compliance Manager

Monitoring compliance with SSRS

Managing Sites

Introduction

Managing collections

Configuring site maintenance

Managing site communications

Configuring discovery

Managing Boundary Groups

Managing role-based security

Configuring the Application Catalog

Managing and validating content for DPs and DP groups

Managing Clients

Introduction

Deploying clients

Managing client health

Managing client settings

Monitoring client installation and activity

Making use of user centric improvements

Configuring power management

Managing Inventory

Introduction

Managing hardware inventory

Managing software inventory

Managing software metering

Monitoring inventory data flow

Integrating Asset Intelligence

Managing Reports and Queries

Introduction

Installing SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

Configuring Reporting Services

Creating and deploying Virtual Applications (App-V)

Virtual Applications (APP-V) are by far the easiest applications to deploy. Also remember with applications, that 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 CM12, we need to have an App-V sequenced application. Also with CM12, 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:

From the CM12 admin console, navigate to Software Library | Application Management | Applications, then right-click and select New Application.
For Application Type, select Microsoft Application Virtualization and then browse to the manifest file (.xml) for the application.
Populate the General Information page of the wizard (Application...

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

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