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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

Leveraging the build and capture process


The build and capture process is often described as the process to create a reference image. You will create a build and capture task sequence that will deploy the operating system, install any additional standard applications, OS customization, and software updates and then perform an OS capture to create a WIM file (the reference image). The goal is for this process to be 100 percent automated, so that you can recreate the reference build at any time with little effort.

The build and capture process is not a requirement for using OS Deployment in CM. You could manually create your own reference build, Sysprep, and capture it to a .wim file. But as you will see next, using the build and capture process in CM will allow you to take advantage of software updates and other applications that are already in CM. This will provide a completely unattended process to prepare a reference build which can be updated easily at regular intervals.

Getting ready

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