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Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

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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.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

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.

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 web site can exist in a different forest, if required. There are several prerequisites for installing the Application Catalog— review 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 command from an administrative command prompt:

    dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe" /passive /norestart
    
  2. Open...