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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

Preparing for software updates


Painters will tell you that all the work goes into preparation; the painting itself is fast and easy. The same goes for CM12 software update management. It takes some work to get a proper setup in place before the easy work of day-to-day management can begin. We will now show you how to set up your Software Update Point (SUP) and sync it.

Getting ready

Installing WSUS and its dependencies hasn't changed since CM07. Make sure that you have WSUS installed on a server with IIS before proceeding. Note that just like CM07, after the installation of WSUS, cancel out of the wizard. CM will do the configuration instead. You will want to make the machine account of your primary site server a local admin of the WSUS server.

How to do it...

  1. In the CM12 admin console, navigate to Administration | Site Configuration | Servers and Site System Roles.

  2. Select the WSUS server in the right-hand pane (or right-click if the server is yet unknown and enter the FQDN and site code).

  3. Select...