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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Advanced Deployment

You're reading from   Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Advanced Deployment Design, implement, and configure System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 with the help of real-world examples

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782172086
Length 290 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Designing Complex Hierarchies FREE CHAPTER 2. Implementing Security with Certificates 3. Working with Inventory, Asset Intelligence, and Software Metering 4. Security with Endpoint Protection 5. Advanced Content Management 6. Application Deployment 7. Deploying Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 8. Deploying Security Updates 9. Advanced Reporting 10. Preventing Configuration Drift 11. Managing Bring Your Own Device and Mobility 12. Advanced Troubleshooting Index

Deploying endpoint protection agents


Once your policies have been set up and you have configured the automatic deployment of definition updates, the next step is to deploy the endpoint protection agent. The agent can be deployed in numerous ways. In this section, we will look at deploying the agent by configuring the settings in client policies and also deploying the agent in task sequences during operating system deployment.

Deploying agents using client settings policies

If you are enabling a global deployment of endpoint protection, then the following changes can be made to the default policy or your own default policy, if you have one. If you only plan to deploy endpoint protection to a subset of machines for testing for example, then create a new policy that only configures those settings we will configure and deploy that policy to your test collection.

As you can see from the preceding screenshot, not many settings need changing. You can find all of these settings under the endpoint protection...

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