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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

Creating and deploying a baseline


Baselines are rules you target to collections of machines to test for compliance. A software update deployment is a form of a baseline. It contains a group of patches and rules to test for clients. In CM12, baselines can also remediate settings you want to change.

Getting ready

You should now see a CI called Company Server Policy in the right-hand pane of Configuration Items, under Assets and Compliance | Compliance Settings | Configuration Items. If not, complete the previous task to create it. If you don't already have a collection created to pilot baselines to, create one before proceeding.

How to do it...

  1. In the CM admin console, navigate to Assets and Compliance | Compliance Settings | Configuration Baselines and click on Create Configuration Baseline in the ribbon to launch the Create Configuration Baseline Wizard.

  2. Enter Company Security Baseline for Name. Click on Add and choose Configuration Items to open a list of possible CIs to add. Click on Company...