System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Unleashed
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System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Unleashed: Supplement to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM) Unleashed(Unleashed)

System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Unleashed: Supplement to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM) Unleashed(Unleashed)


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Since Microsoft introduced System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, it has released two sets of important changes and improvements: Service Pack 1 and R2. This comprehensive reference and technical guide focuses specifically on those enhancements. It offers 300+ pages of all-new “in the trenches” guidance for applying Configuration Manager 2012’s newest features to improve user and IT productivity across all corporate, consumer, and mobile devices. An authoring team of world-class System Center consultants thoroughly cover System Center integration with Microsoft Intune and its mobile device management capabilities. They fully address Microsoft’s increased support for cross-platform devices, enhanced profiles, changes to application management, operating system deployment, as well as improvements to performance, security, usability, and mobile device management. The essential follow-up to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Unleashed, this new supplement joins Sams’ market-leading series of books on Microsoft System Center. • Use ConfigMgr 2012 R2 with Windows Intune to deliver people-centric management to any user, any device, anywhere • Simplify BYOD registration and enrollment, and enable consistent access to corporate resources • Integrate new mobile device management capabilities into the Configuration Manager console without service packs, hot fixes, or major releases • Provision authentication certificates for managed devices via certificate profiles • Automate repetitive software- and device-related tasks with PowerShell cmdlets • Centrally control roaming profiles, certificates, Wi-Fi profiles, and VPN configuration • Configure User Data and Profiles to manage folder redirection, offline files/folders, and roaming profiles for Windows 8.x users • Enable users to access data in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments • Manage devices running OS X, UNIX, Linux, Windows Phone 8, WinRT, iOS, and Android • Understand the new cross-platform agent introduced in ConfigMgr 2012 R2 • Automate Windows setup with OSD • Prepare for, configure, install, and verify successful installation of the Windows Intune connector role • Respond to emerging challenges in mobile device management

Table of Contents:
Foreword     x Introduction     1 PART I:  OVERVIEW Chapter 1   People-Centric IT     5 Microsoft’s People-Centric IT Philosophy     6    Enabling Users for People-Centric IT     7    Unifying Your Environment for People-Centric IT     8    Protecting Your Data in a People-Centric IT World      9 People-Centric IT and ConfigMgr 2012 R2 with Windows Intune      9    Enabling Users with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 and Windows Intune     10    Unifying Your Environment with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 and Windows Intune     12    Protecting Your Data with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 and Windows Intune     13 People-Centric IT and Windows Server 2012 R2     14    Enabling Users with Windows Server 2012 R2     14    Unifying Your Environment with Windows Server 2012 R2     16    Protecting Your Data with Windows Server 2012 R2     16 People-Centric IT and Microsoft Azure Active Directory     17 Summary     18 Chapter 2   What’s Changed Since Configuration Manager 2012 RTM     19 Administration Changes     19    Configuring Database Replication     20    Configuring Internet Proxy Server on Each Site System     24    Windows Intune Integration and Extensions for Windows Intune     25    Software Update Points     25    Certificate Profiles     27    Client Settings     27    Security     28    Distribution Points (DPs)     28    Automatic Client Upgrade     31    Network Access Accounts     32    PowerShell Support     32 Assets and Compliance     34    Collections     34    Compliance Settings     37 Software Library     38    Application Management     38    Software Updates     39    Operating System Deployment     41 Monitoring Changes     42    Alerts     43    Reporting     43    Distribution Status     43    Deployment Status     44    Client Operations     44 Other Improvements     44    Setup and Recovery     45    Client and Client Experience     48 Summary     58 PART II:  DEEP DIVE Chapter 3   User Data and Profiles     61 User Data and Profiles Overview     61 User Data and Profiles Prerequisites     62 Configuring User Data and Profiles     64    Using Folder Redirection     64    Using Offline Files     67    Using Roaming User Profiles     70    Roaming Profiles, Folder Redirection, and Offline Files in a Mash-Up     74 Deploying User Data and Profiles Configuration Items     75 Reporting User Data and Profiles Compliance     76 Summary     76 Chapter 4   New Application Deployment Types     77 Application Overview     77    Definition of an Application     77    Defining Deployment Types     78 What’s New for Applications Since ConfigMgr 2012 RTM     78 Support for Write Filters in Windows Embedded     79 Working with Virtual Applications     81    Creating a Microsoft Application Virtualization 5 Deployment Type     82    Using App-V Virtual Environments     83    Creating an App-V Virtual Environment     84 Deploying Applications to Mobile Devices     85    Creating Application Store Deployment Types     86    Sideloading Applications     93    Using VPN Profiles in Your Applications     104 Deploying Software to OS X, Linux, and UNIX Platforms     105    Deploying Applications to Apple OS X Computers     105    Deploying Software to Linux and UNIX     108 Deploying Web Applications     111 Best Practices for Working with Applications     112    Best Practices for Installing Software     112    Best Practices for Working with Applications in Task Sequences     115 Summary     116 Chapter 5   On-Premise Cross-Platform Support     117 Supported Platforms     117    Cross-Platform Agent Architecture     119    Cross-Platform Agent Communication     120    Client Agent Settings     120 Cross-Platform Settings     121    Linux/UNIX Requirements     121    OS X Requirements     121    Firewall Ports     125    Downloading Client Agents     126 Cross-Platform Agent Deployment     126    Deploying the Linux/UNIX Client     127    Deploying the OS X Client     129    Uninstalling or Reinstalling Linux/UNIX     132    Uninstalling OS X     134 Cross-Platform Agent Components     134    Settings Management     134    Software Inventory     135    Hardware Inventory     136 Client Agent Commands     143 Troubleshooting with Log Files     143    Linux/UNIX Log Files     143    Verbose Logs     144    OS X Log Files     144 Summary     145 Chapter 6   What’s New in Operating System Deployment     147 The Alphabet Soup of Prerequisites     148    Operating System Version Support     149    Boot Images     151 Windows Setup Support Change     155 Deployment Control     160 Deployment Monitoring     164 New Task Types     166 New Built-In Task Sequence Variables     175 UEFI Support     176 Virtual Hard Disks and Windows To Go     180    Deploying to and Maintaining VHDs     180    Deploying WTG Media     183 Other Improvements     185    Offline Servicing     185    Driver Package Export and Import     186    Unknown Computer Cleanup     187    Prestaged Media     188    Content Prestaging     189    Task Sequence Size Ceiling     190 Troubleshooting Hints and Tips     190    Reviewing SMSTS.log     191    Using SMSPXE.log     191    SMSTSErrorDialogTimeout     192    Power Scheme     193    Pausing a Task Sequence     193    Windows 8.1 Wireless Network Prompt     195 Summary     . 196 PART III:  JOURNEY TO THE CLOUD Chapter 7   Using the Intune Connector     199 Getting Started with the Intune Connector     199 Synchronizing AD with Microsoft Azure AD     200    Creating a Windows Intune Instance and Azure AD Namespace     200    Installing the Directory Synchronization Tool     204 MDM Prerequisites     209    Managing Windows 8.1 Devices     210    Managing Windows Phone 8.x Devices     212    Managing iOS Devices     215 Installing the Windows Intune Subscription and Connector     220    Creating the Intune Subscription     220    Adding the Windows Intune Connector Site System Role     231    Confirming the Installation of the Subscription and Connecter Role     232    Removing or Overriding an Existing Intune Subscription     236 Receiving Feature Updates Using the Extensions for Windows Intune     238 Summary     241 Chapter 8   Mobile Device Management in Configuration Manager 2012 R2     243 Understanding Mobile Device Management Challenges     244 Prerequisites of Mobile Device Management     246 Enrolling Mobile Devices     248    Enrolling Windows Phone 8 Devices     249    Enrolling Windows 8.1 Devices     251    Enrolling iOS Devices     252    Enrolling Android Devices     254 Inventorying Mobile Devices     254    Available Discovery and Inventory Data     255    Personal Versus Company-Owned Devices     259 Managing Mobile Device Settings     259    Configuration Items for Mobile Devices     260    Creating Custom Configuration Items for Mobile Devices     267    Remote Connection Profiles     267    Company Resource Access     271 Deploying Applications to Mobile Devices     281    Defining Application Information     282    Using the Company Portal     285 Retiring/Wiping Mobile Devices     288 Troubleshooting     290    Log Files on Site Server     291    Log File on iOS Devices     291    Log File on Windows Phone 8.x Devices     291    Log File on Android Devices     291    Troubleshooting Windows 8.1 OMA-DM Devices     293 Summary     293 PART IV:  APPENDIXES Appendix A   About Windows Intune     297 Introduction to Windows Intune     297    Intune Comes Into Focus     298    Microsoft Strategic Direction Announcement     299 Mobile Device Management Features     300    Device Management     301    Device Inventory     301    Policy Settings Management     303    Application Distribution and the Windows Intune Company Portal     303    Device Retirement and Remote Wipe     310 Windows Intune Licensing and Supported Architectures     311    Unified Architecture     311    Cloud-Only Architecture     312 The Windows Intune Connector and Subscription     314 Appendix B   Reference URLs     315 General Resources     315 Microsoft’s Configuration Manager Resources     322 Other Configuration Manager Resources     327 Blogs     331 Public Forums     332 Utilities     333 Appendix C   Available Online     335 Setting SMSTSPreferredAdvertID     335 Creating an OfflineImageServicing Folder     335 Viewing the Current Drive Letter Set     336 Pausing a Task Sequence     336 Live Links     336 Index     337

About the Author :
Kerrie Meyler, System Center MVP, is the lead author of numerous System Center books in the Unleashed series, including System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed (2012), System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (2009), System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed (2013), System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed (2013), and System Center 2012 Service Manager Unleashed (2014). She is an independent consultant with more than 17 years of Information Technology experience. Kerrie was responsible for evangelizing SMS while a Sr. Technology Specialist (TSP) at Microsoft. She was a member of the Management Insiders Group and has presented on System Center technologies at TechEd and MMS. Jason Sandys, Enterprise and Client Management MVP, is a Technology Evangelist and Principal Consultant for Catapult Systems LLC, with just under 20 years of experience in a wide range of technologies, environments, and industries. He has extensive knowledge about implementing and supporting all things SMS and Configuration Manager beginning with SMS 2.0. He is a coauthor for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Unleashed (2012), a contributing author to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (2009), and is a frequent presenter at Microsoft TechEd and MMS, as well as various other events and user groups nationwide. Jason blogs at blog.configmgrftw.com and is active in the online support community. Greg Ramsey, Enterprise and Client Management MVP, is the Enterprise Tools Strategist at Dell, Inc. He has a B.S. in Computer Sciences and Engineering from Ohio State University. Greg coauthored System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Unleashed (2012), Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook (Packt, 2012), and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (2009). Greg is a cofounder of the Ohio SMS Users Group and the Central Texas Systems Management User Group.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780133847239
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Unleashed
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0133847233
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2014
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Sub Title: Supplement to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM) Unleashed


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