Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a Month of Lunches
Covers SCCM 1511 and Windows 10
James Bannan
- 320 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a Month of Lunches
Covers SCCM 1511 and Windows 10
James Bannan
About This Book
Summary Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a Month of Lunches is a super-practical guide to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. In this book, you'll cut to the chase and learn the administrative procedures and techniques that will keep your systems humming smoothly. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. About the Technology Businesses rely on a complex patchwork of client computers, physical and virtual servers, middleware, mobile devices, and cloud services. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) sits in the middle of this mix, providing a single administrative control center to deploy and manage Windows servers and applications across your entire infrastructure, including cross-platform management of Mac OS X, Linux, and UNIX. To get up to speed with the day-to-day tasks of managing a system with ConfigMgr, all you need is this book—and a quiet place to eat your lunch. About the Book Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a Month of Lunches is a super-practical guide to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. In this book, you'll cut to the chase and learn the administrative procedures and techniques that will keep your systems humming smoothly. Whether you're a new sysadmin or you already understand the inner workings of Active Directory and Windows Server, you'll be productive immediately as you work through the 22 self-contained lessons in this handy tutorial. What's Inside
- Covers the latest build of Configuration Manager
- How to simplify updates, operating system deployment, and reporting
- Cross-platform and mobile management including Linux, OS X, and Windows
- Smart application delivery
About the Reader No prior experience with System Center Configuration Manager needed. About the Author James Bannan is a Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP based in Australia. Table of Contents
- Before you begin
- Setting up your lab environment
- Making ConfigMgr aware of your environment
- Managing ConfigMgr devices and users
- Organizing devices and users
- Configuring ConfigMgr clients
- Creating and configuring applications with the AppModel
- Deploying applications and packages to ConfigMgr clients
- Ensuring that ConfigMgr clients can access content
- Keeping ConfigMgr clients patched
- Preparing to deploy Windows
- Deploying Windows
- Advanced deployment of Windows with ConfigMgr and MDT
- Managing Linux clients
- Deploying to Linux and Mac clients
- Managing anti-malware with ConfigMgr
- Making sure clients are healthy
- Reporting in ConfigMgr
- Keeping an eye on your clients
- What to do when things go wrong
- Securing ConfigMgr
- All engines full steam ahead
Frequently asked questions
Information
Chapter 1. Before you begin
1.1. Why Configuration Manager?
Table 1.1. A timeline of Microsoft Systems Management
Year released | Product |
---|---|
1994 | Systems Management Server (SMS) 1.0 |
1995 | Systems Management Server (SMS) 1.1 |
1996 | Systems Management Server (SMS) 1.2 |
1999 | Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 |
2003 | Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 |
2006 | Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 R2 |
2007 | System Center Configuration Manager 2007 |
2008 | System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 |
2009 | System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 |
2011 | System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
2012 | System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 |
2013 | System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 |
2015 | System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 SP1 |
2015 | System Center Configuration Manager (Build 1511) |