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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

Managing client settings


CM07's Client Agent Settings becomes just Client Settings in CM12. One important distinction is that CM12 offers Default Client Settings that are applied to all machines in a site, and Custom Client Device Settings and Custom Client User Settings that can be targeted to specific collections.

Deploying custom client settings to just one collection keeps network traffic down and the database size smaller. For example, if the sales department needs software inventory data on their C:\Sales folder, only their machines will look for it and send that data back, instead of the entire company.

We're going to show a couple examples of how custom settings can be used.

Getting ready

In the CM admin console, navigate to Administration | Client Settings and double-click on Default Client Settings in the right-hand pane.

Go over each of the 17 policies one by one, adjusting schedules, dates, Company Name, and so on as needed, which will be applied to all machines in the company. Click...