Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager · Administration Cookbook by Mason, Brian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support

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1. Designing a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Infrastructure

Introduction Dividing up site system roles

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Offloading the SUP Offloading Endpoint Protection Offloading SQL Reporting Services

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Creating migration jobs

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Using multiple sites Re-migrating objects DP sharing

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Installing SQL the right way

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Installing SQL with an unattend file Setting some limits SQL file layout Helping SQL

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Managing Internet-facing clients

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Using remote and workstation distribution points, and BranchCache

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

When to choose BranchCache When to choose a workstation distribution point When to choose a server-class distribution point

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2. Deploying Windows 7 with Operating System Deployment

Introduction Creating an OSD test environment

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

The reference image in a VM The production build in a VM

Leveraging the build and capture process

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating bootable media Deploying the task sequence to a device collection Starting the build process, and troubleshooting information

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Migrating user state

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Managing drivers

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Auto Apply Drivers Applying a driver package Customizing with WMI conditional statements

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Customizing the build process with prestart hooks

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Patching your reference build

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with CM12 OSD

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

3. Deploying Applications and Software Updates

Introduction Creating applications and deployment types

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating deployment types Specifying application settings Distributing an application to your DPs Deploying an application to workstations

See also

Managing Software Center and Application Catalog

How to do it... There's more... See also

Preparing for software updates

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

The Active Software Update Point Enabling software updates on clients

Creating and monitoring software updates

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating a software update deployment Monitoring the deployment

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Leveraging Automatic Deployment Rules

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Reducing collection dependencies with conditional rules and global conditions

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Testing the application using a Simulated Deployment

Deploying custom updates

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Converting classic packages to applications

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating and deploying Virtual Applications (App-V)

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Superseding applications

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Monitoring content and deployment status

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

4. Managing Compliance Settings

Introduction Building Configuration Items

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Disabling the local guest account Disabling Internet Connection Sharing Verifying recent antivirus definition

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Creating and deploying a baseline

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Piloting the baseline Testing the baseline Managing revisions

Leveraging Security Compliance Manager

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding an additional CI to the baseline

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Monitoring compliance with SSRS

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating a file-based subscription

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5. Managing Sites

Introduction Managing collections

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating maintenance windows Configuring power management Configuring alerts Import/export and copying collections

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Configuring site maintenance

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Setting up a Network Access Account Disabling unused Status Filter Rules Designating a fallback site

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Managing site communications

Getting ready How to do it... There's more...

Configuring bandwidth restrictions on standalone DPs

Configuring discovery

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Enabling Active Directory System Discovery Enabling Active Directory User Discovery Enabling Active Directory Group Discovery

See also

Managing Boundary Groups

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding/editing Boundary Groups from the Boundaries node

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Managing role-based security

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating scopes to manage security boundaries Defining administrator groups Setting security scopes on DPs

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Configuring the Application Catalog

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Managing and validating content for DPs and DP groups

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Monitoring the content status Monitoring DP group status Monitoring the DP configuration status Validating the content

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6. Managing Clients

Introduction Deploying clients

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Discovering computers Configuring security Pushing the client to a collection Pushing the client to all computers automatically

See also

Managing client health

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Viewing health in the console Viewing health in SRS reports Viewing alerts in the console Disabling client remediation

See also

Managing client settings

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Hiding all notifications Deploying Endpoint Protection

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Monitoring client installation and activity

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Making use of user centric improvements

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Associating users to devices

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Configuring power management

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Copying Power Management settings from another computer Enabling users to opt out of power management Creating an "always on" collection Configure wakeup time, but no other settings Monitoring Power Management with Reporting

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7. Managing Inventory

Introduction Managing hardware inventory

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Extending hardware inventory Using RegKeytoMof Backing up your classes

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Managing software inventory

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding new software inventory rules Creating a software inventory rule with a custom client policy Ignoring other options

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Managing software metering

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Automatically creating metering rules based on recent usage data Reviewing metering reports Automating uninstall processes to remove unused software Leveraging CCM_RecentlyUsedApps

Monitoring inventory data flow

Getting ready How to do it...

Client Management Point Site

How it works... There's more...

Integrating Asset Intelligence

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Submitting applications to Microsoft for categorization

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8. Managing Reports and Queries

Introduction Installing SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Remote SSRS — remote RSP

See also

Configuring Reporting Services

Getting ready... How to do it...

Making the SSRS server an RSP Saving your CAS or primary — cache reports

See also

Sharing your reports with others

Getting Ready... How to do it...

Building queries

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating subselect queries in T-SQL Creating a WMI query Creating a WMI-based query collection Creating subselect queries in WMI

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Editing and creating reports

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating a new report with Report Builder 3.0 Incorporating readability aids in your report Uploading reports to the RSP

See also

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