Description
Audience
This course is intended for Administrators who are planning to migrate to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM 2012)/vNext
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of Active Directory, WSUS and SQL. Basic knowledge of System Center Configuration Manager 2007/2012 or SMS 2003 is highly recommended.
What you will learn
After the training you will have a solid understanding off the product and be able to use and design these features:
- Installing different site servers
- Working with multiple sites
- Migrate from Configuration Manager previous versions
- Upgrade from Configuration Manager vNext
- Role based security
- Configuring, maintaining and installing clients
- Inventory Management
- Visualizing data using reports & queries
- Application management
- Software update management
- Settings management
- Operating System Deployment
- Endpoint Protection
Course Outline
Day 1
Installing and Configuring CM vNext
- Installing a Configuration Manager hierarchy
- Installing and configuring site system roles
Migrating from Configuration Manager 2007 and Configuration Manager 2012
Upgrading from Configuration Manager vNext
- Planning the upgrade
Configuring Role Based Security
ConfigMgr clients
- Installing and configuring clients
- Maintaining and remediating clients
- Monitoring client health status
Day 2
Inventory management
- Working with hardware and software inventory
- Extending hardware inventory
- Working with asset intelligence
Visualizing data using queries and reports
- Creating basic and advanced queries
- Working with SQL reporting services
- Modifying existing reports
- Introduction to creating custom SQL reports
Content Management
- Working with distribution points and distribution point groups
- Working with remote distribution points
- Understanding the content flow
- Application deployment
Understanding the difference between traditional software packages and Applications
Working with the application model
Working with different deployment types
- Dependencies
- Global conditions
- User Device Affinity
- Requirements
Advanced application scenarios
Day 3
Software Updates
- Creating and designing the software update infrastructure
- Deploying Microsoft software updates
- Monitoring the software update deployment process
- Installing and configuring Custom Updates Publisher – SCUP 2011
- Publish 3rd. party updates
Deploying Windows 10 operating systems
- Introducing the prerequisites
- Creating and maintaining images
- Working with task sequences
- Deploying images
- Handling drivers
- Performing in-place upgrade of Windows 7 to Windows 10
- Performing bare metal deployments of Windows 10
Endpoint Protection
- Installing and configuring Endpoint Protection
- Enabling Endpoint Protection on clients
- Creating and modifying Endpoint Protection policies
- Monitoring the status
Compliance Settings
- Introducing Compliance settings
- Creating and implementing configuration items and baselines
- Remediate non-compliant computers and users
