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Deploying Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
Deploying Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager

Deploying Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager: Manage complex and heterogeneous workloads with ConfigMgr 1706

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Deploying Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager

Installing Configuration Manager

Well-thought hierarchy and properly planned configuration of the server is the foundation of success while deploying ConfigMgr server.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • The process of installing all prerequisites and configuring the environment before installing the ConfigMgr server
  • Preparation for the ConfigMgr server installation
  • The ConfigMgr installation process in the primary site type

Configuration Manager installation process

This chapter covers topics related to the installation of ConfigMgr in the primary site type. Firstly, it will take you through all the prerequisites that the environment must fulfill for the installation to be successful, and then it will introduce the process of server installation.

The requirements that need to be met are not especially hard to achieve either.

Here are the core steps when installing ConfigMgr:

  1. The installation of an operating system.
  2. Configuration and updating the operating system.
  3. Granting permissions for the creation of the System Management container.
  4. Granting permissions for the computer account to save configuration in the Active Directory database.
  1. The installation of the Web Server (IIS) role and additional components.
  2. The installation of Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit.
  3. The installation of the ConfigMgr...

Summary

This chapter covered how to properly go through the process of ConfigMgr 1706 installation, which is not a hard task if you're well prepared. Main tasks included installing the operating system, MS SQL Server, and the rest of the prerequisites. Some configuration data also needs to be prepared, along with a few fundamental decisions that need to be made, which has been also covered in this chapter.

The next chapter covers configuring sites, boundaries, and boundary groups. Boundaries define networks for managed devices, while boundary groups are logical groups of boundaries. Proper configuration of these components is a cornerstone for successful installation and communication between server and clients.

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Key benefits

  • •The most up-to-date resource on deploying or migrating to System Center Configuration Manager 1706 within your IT infrastructure
  • •Plan, design, and deploy ConfigMgr 1706 with ease, both on primary and multiple-hierarchy sites
  • •Master the new features of ConfigMgr 1706, including Windows 10 support
  • .

Description

It becomes important to plan, design, and deploy configurations when administrators know that Configuration Manager interacts with a number of infrastructure components such as Active Directory Domain Services, network protocols, Windows Server services, and so on. Via real-world-world deployment scenarios, this book will help you implement a single primary site or multiples sites. You will be able to efficiently plan and deploy a multiple-site hierarchy such as central administration site. Next, you will learn various methods to plan and deploy Configuration Manager clients, secure them and make the most of new features offered through ConfigMgr 1706 like compliance, deploying updates operating systems to the endpoints. Then, this book will show you how to install, configure, and run SQL reports to extract information. Lastly, you will also learn how to create and manage users access in an ConfigMgr environment By the end of this book, you will have learned to use the built-in mechanism to back up and restore data and also design maintenance plan.

Who is this book for?

If you are a system engineer or an administrator planning to deploy Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 1706, then this book is for you. This book will also benefit system administrators who are responsible for designing and deploying one or more System CenterConfiguration Manager 1706 sites in their new or existing systems.

What you will learn

  • ? Install ConfigMgr servers and the necessary roles
  • ? Design and scale ConfigMgr environments
  • ? Configure and administrate essential ConfigMgr roles and features
  • ? Create software packages using .msi and .exe files
  • ? Deliver detailed reports with an automatic patching process
  • ? Apply proper hardening on your deployment and secure workstations
  • ? Deploy operating systems and updates leveraging ConfigMgr mechanisms
  • ? Create high-availability components using the built-in mechanism for backup and recovery

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Table of Contents

13 Chapters
Design Planning Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installing Configuration Manager Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Configure Sites and Boundaries Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Configuration Manager Agent Installation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating Client Settings for Servers and Workstations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Compliance Settings Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Software Distributions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Software Update Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Endpoint Protection Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Operating System Deployment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Configuration Manager Assets Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Role-Based Administration and Security Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Site Server Maintenance Tasks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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woejillis Feb 19, 2018
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I got this book and I use it quite often.I'm a system enginner and administrator of Microsoft systems with more than 15 years of experience.This book allowed me to set my SCCM/ConfigMgr knowledge in order. Starting from explaining basic ConfigMgr terms and a possible scenarios of using, through the process of planning and deploying the server and agents, up to the daily system's management.If you would like to use ConfigMgr features like the Compliance Settings, Software Distribution, Update Management, Operating Systems Deployment or Endpoint Protection efficiently, this book is for you.
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Norbert Blonkowski Apr 02, 2018
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The book explains the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager by colliding the theoretical knowledge with author's deployment experience. As I was more interested in that second part, the described scenerios consists of range from basic to complex cases and allow to create own solutions of using SCCM in our own production environment.Although the book is based on version 1706 of ConfigMgr, the usability of few earlier version aspects is explained alongside the new possibilities of previously mentioned 1706. I believe, that the content will be up-to-date for a few years from now.If you are interested in using SCCM, this book can settle your current knowledge and show the way to some tested, known scenerios, that will help your own environment
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Just Asking Oct 12, 2017
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This book serves no purpose. From the preface, "It is not strictly for administrators and operators as we do not go very deep into the details of the configuration and administration of individual system components."This book delivers a cursory overview of the features of SCCM. You could find more useful information from any number of blog posts on the internet. $40.00 is a lot of money for so little information.
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