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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook Over 60 applicable recipes to administer and manage System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785881206
Length 354 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Samir Hammoudi Samir Hammoudi
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Brian Mason Brian Mason
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Greg Ramsey Greg Ramsey
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Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren
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Matthew Hudson Matthew Hudson
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Designing a System Center Configuration Manager Infrastructure FREE CHAPTER 2. Deploying Windows 10 with Operating System Deployment 3. Deploying Applications and Software Updates 4. Managing Compliance Settings 5. Managing Mobile Devices using Configuration Manager with Microsoft Intune 6. Managing Sites 7. Managing Clients 8. Managing Inventory 9. Managing Reports and Queries

Building Configuration Items the old way


Assume your company requires all machines to adhere to the following four items:

  • Users are required to use Ctrl + Alt + Delete to log in

  • The local guest account must be disabled

  • The Internet Connection Sharing service must be disabled

  • A recent antivirus definition file

Each of these settings can be verified with a single CI returning a single compliant or noncompliant state, or each setting can get its own CI and return a state for each setting. The latter generates more state messages, but it can provide more detail in reporting. In this scenario, we'll just put all these settings into a single CI.

Getting ready

Create a text file called virus.def in the Windows\Temp folder of the computer running the CM admin console. You can replace this file and location with the correct file of your company's antivirus definition file as needed in the following How to do it... section.

How to do it...

  1. In the admin console, navigate to Assets and Compliance | Compliance...

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