Author(s): Santos Martinez (Author), Peter Daalmans (Author), Brett Bennett (Author)
Publisher: Sybex
Publication Date: 17 Mar. 2017
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 936 pages
ISBN-10: 9781119258452
ISBN-13: 9781119258452
Book Description
Get up to date quickly with clear, expert coverage of SCCM 2016
Mastering System Center Configuration Manager provides comprehensive coverage of Microsoft’s powerful network software deployment tool, with a practical hands-on approach. Written by Santos Martinez, Peter Daalmans, and Brett Bennett, this guide walks you through SCCM 2016 with in-depth explanations anchored in real-world applications to get you up to speed quickly. Whether you’re planning a new installation or migrating from a previous version of Configuration Manager, this book provides clear instruction and expert insight to get the job done right. Fully aligned with the latest release, the discussion covers the newest tools and features with examples that illustrate utility in a variety of contexts.
System Center Configuration Manager (formerly SMS) is one of Microsoft’s flagship products; the 2016 release has been updated with better Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 compatibility, improved tools for managing non-Microsoft mobile devices in the cloud, and more. This book provides start-to-finish coverage and expert guidance on everything you need to get your system up to date.
Deploy software and operating systems
Automate processes and customize configurations
Monitor performance and troubleshoot issues
Manage security in the cloud and on Virtual Machines
SCCM 2016 improves your ability to handle the bring-your-own-device influx in managing mobile, streamlining the latest hiccup right into the everyday workflow. Mastering System Center Configuration Manager provides the practical coverage you need to get up and running seamlessly.
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From the Inside Flap
Your Hands-On, Practical Guide to System Center Configuration Manager
System Center Configuration Manager is one of Microsoft’s flagship products. The newest version is fully updated with better Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 compatibility, improved tools for managing non-Microsoft and BYOD mobile devices in the cloud, and more. Mastering System Center Configuration Manager provides expert, step-by-step direction to guide you through a new installation or a migration from a previous version.
Written by a team of Microsoft insiders, it offers a hands-on approach to planning and installation, migration, deploying software and operating systems, security, monitoring and troubleshooting, automating, and customizing. Real-world scenarios show you how to use the tools in a variety of situations, enabling you to get right down to business.
Coverage includes:
Planning a configuration manager infrastructure
Planning and performing a migration
Implementing site servers and installing site system roles
Creating, configuring, and verifying client installation
Deploying applications
Managing the software update process
Preparing for and enacting operating system deployment
Installing SQL Server® reporting services
Handling compliance settings and endpoint protection
Restoring, recovering, and troubleshooting Configuration Manager
Manage Security in the Cloud and on Virtual Machines
Automate Processes and Customize Configurations
Monitor Performance and Troubleshoot Problems
Streamline Bring-Your-Own Devices into Your Everyday Workflow
Create a Complete Disaster Recovery Plan
From the Back Cover
Your Hands-On, Practical Guide to System Center Configuration Manager
System Center Configuration Manager is one of Microsoft’s flagship products. The newest version is fully updated with better Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 compatibility, improved tools for managing non-Microsoft and BYOD mobile devices in the cloud, and more. Mastering System Center Configuration Manager provides expert, step-by-step direction to guide you through a new installation or a migration from a previous version.
Written by a team of Microsoft insiders, it offers a hands-on approach to planning and installation, migration, deploying software and operating systems, security, monitoring and troubleshooting, automating, and customizing. Real-world scenarios show you how to use the tools in a variety of situations, enabling you to get right down to business.
Coverage includes:
Planning a configuration manager infrastructure
Planning and performing a migration
Implementing site servers and installing site system roles
Creating, configuring, and verifying client installation
Deploying applications
Managing the software update process
Preparing for and enacting operating system deployment
Installing SQL Server® reporting services
Handling compliance settings and endpoint protection
Restoring, recovering, and troubleshooting Configuration Manager
Manage Security in the Cloud and on Virtual Machines
Automate Processes and Customize Configurations
Monitor Performance and Troubleshoot Problems
Streamline Bring-Your-Own Devices into Your Everyday Workflow
Create a Complete Disaster Recovery Plan
About the Author
Santos Martinez has over fifteen years of experience and worked on major implementations and support of Configuration Manager and Enterprise Mobility and Security. He has been both a SQL Server MVP and Configuration Manager MVP. Currently, he is a Senior Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft. Peter Daalmans is a Senior Technical Consultant in the Netherlands with a primary focus on Configuration Manager and Enterprise Mobility. Peter has been awarded a Microsoft Enterprise Mobility MVP every year since 2012. Peter writes blogs, and shares his knowledge on his blog, ConfigMgrBlog.com. More information about Peter can be found at https://ref.ms/aboutme. Brett Bennett is currently a Senior Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft, and has been with Microsoft for over 10 years. Brett has worked with Systems Management Server/System Center Configuration Manager since 1994, and has provided consulting and advisory services to many Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies over his 30-year career in the computer industry.
Mastering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Author(s): Steve Rachui (Author), Kent Agerlund (Author), Santos Martinez (Author), Peter Daalmans (Author)
Publisher: Sybex
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 816 pages
ISBN-10: 1118128982
ISBN-13: 9781118128985
Book Description
Expert coverage of Microsoft’s highly anticipated network software deployment toolThe latest version of System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) is a dramatic update of its predecessor Configuration Manager 2007, and this book offers intermediate-to-advanced coverage of how the new ConfigMgr boasts a simplified hierarchy, role-based security, a new console, flexible application deployment, and mobile management. You’ll explore planning and installation, migrating from ConfigMgr 2007, deploying software and operating systems, security, monitoring and troubleshooting, and automating and customizing ConfigMgr 2012 with scripts.
Features an unparalleled team of authors, two of whom are insiders at Microsoft and have worked with ConfigMgr since nearly its inception
Provides in-depth coverage and offers a hands-on approach to learning all there is to know about ConfigMgr
Explores why ConfigMgr 2012 is the most significant update in its 16-year history
Packed with real-world scenarios to show you how to use ConfigMgr in various contexts, Mastering System Center 2012Configuration Manager covers all aspects of this powerful and complete network software deployment tool.
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From the Back Cover
An Expert, Hands-on Guide to ConfigMgr 2012
If you’re responsible for Microsoft’s new System Center 2012Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr), you’ll want this detailed guideon hand. It offers intermediate and advanced coverage of the topicsyou need most—planning and installation, migrating fromConfigMgr 2007, deploying, setting up security, monitoring andtroubleshooting, and automating and customizing ConfigMgr 2012 withscripts. Hands-on exercises and practical advice from the expertauthor team bring real-world scenarios into sharp focus, helpingyou master skills you can put to use right away.
Coverage includes:
Developing a plan for configuration and deployment
Asking the right questions to make sure you cover all thebases
Getting up to speed on a new hierarchy, console, andsecurity
Migrating, installing, and site role configuration
Converting legacy packages to the new Application Model
Distributing, deploying, and updating software
Reporting, compliance settings, and inventory
Securing your devices with Endpoint Protection
Managing non-Windows mobile devices and virtual machines
Troubleshooting and setting up disaster recovery
Master Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Plan, Install, Deploy, Monitor, and Troubleshoot anInstallation
Roll Out Patches and Updates and Manage Inventory
Meet the Needs of the PC Configuration Lifecycle Management(PCCLM) Market
Learn in the Context of Real-World Scenarios and Tasks
About the Author
Steve Rachui, Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft, has supported System Center products at Microsoft for 13 years, working with Systems Management Server/System Center Configuration Manager since version 1.2. Steve blogs at blogs.msdn.com/steverac.
Kent Agerlund is Senior IT Consultant, Trainer, and Cofounder of System Center User Group in Denmark. He is also an MVP for ConfigMgr and has been working with it since SMS version 1.2. Kent blogs at blog.coretech.dk/kea.
Santos Martinez, Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft, has been working with ConfigMgr since it was known as SMS. Before joining Microsoft, he was also awarded an MVP for ConfigMgr two years in a row and has been a SQL Server MVP four times. Santos blogs at blogs.technet.com/smartinez.
Peter Daalmans, MCTS: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Configuration, is a Senior Technical Consultant at IT-Concern, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in the Netherlands. He is also a MVP for ConfigMgr and has been part of the Community Evaluation Program for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, evaluating early versions of the product since 2010. Peter blogs at systemcenterblog.nl.
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