Mastering System Center Configuration Manager

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.

• Introduction xxiii Chapter 1 • Overview of System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune 1Chapter 2 • Planning a Configuration Manager Infrastructure 17Chapter 3 • Migrating to Configuration Manager 63Chapter 4 • Installation and Site Role Configuration 103Chapter 5 • Client Installation 185Chapter 6 • Client Health 229Chapter 7 • Application Deployment 247Chapter 8 • Software Updates 319Chapter 9 • Operating System Deployment 407Chapter 10 • Inventory and Software Metering 479Chapter 11 • Asset Intelligence 513Chapter 12 • Reporting 533Chapter 13 • Compliance Settings 565Chapter 14 • Endpoint Protection 633Chapter 16 • Disaster Recovery 683Chapter 17 • Troubleshooting 711Chapter 18 • Enterprise Mobility and Configuration Manager 759Appendix • The Bottom Line Answers 859Chapter 2: Planning a Configuration Manager Infrastructure 859Chapter 3: Migrating to Configuration Manager 860Chapter 4: Installation and Site Role Configuration 862Chapter 5: Client Installation 864Chapter 6: Client Health 865Chapter 7: Application Deployment 866Chapter 8: Software Updates 867Chapter 9: Operating System Deployment 868Chapter 10: Inventory and Software Metering 869Chapter 11: Asset Intelligence 870Chapter 12: Reporting 871Chapter 13: Compliance Settings 872Chapter 14: Endpoint Protection 873Chapter 15: Role-Based Administration 874Chapter 16: Disaster Recovery 875Chapter 17: Troubleshooting 876Chapter 18: Enterprise Mobility and Configuration Manager 877Index 879