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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

Sharing your reports with others


RBAC in CM12 makes security a breeze. But the one area you'll find that you cannot create a role for is reporting. That's because SSRS has its own RBAC. CM12 will add CM12 Full Administrators the SSRS RBAC role of ConfigMgr Report Administrators. It will add remaining admins you have configured with the SSRS RBAC role of ConfigMgr Report Users.

Getting Ready…

You must have SSRS and the RSP role configured before you can share reports within your company.

How to do it…

Here is how you could let everyone in your company view the reports:

  1. From the CM12 admin console, navigate to Administration\Security\Security Roles and copy the Read-only Analyst role. Name the new role Report Users. Click on OK.

  2. Right-click on Administrative Users and create a Add User or Group. Click on Browse and enter Domain Users. Click on OK.

  3. Click on Add and check the checkbox for the Report Users role.

  4. Check the radio button for All instances of the objects that are related to the assigned...