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A Tour of System Center Configuration Manager

A Tour of System Center Configuration Manager. Adam Duffy Edina Public Schools. What is SCCM?. A systems management product by Microsoft Manages large groups of Windows computers Used to be Systems Management Server (SMS), first released in 1994. What can you do with SCCM?.

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A Tour of System Center Configuration Manager

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  1. A Tour of System Center Configuration Manager Adam Duffy Edina Public Schools

  2. What is SCCM? • A systems management product by Microsoft • Manages large groups of Windows computers • Used to be Systems Management Server (SMS), first released in 1994

  3. What can you do with SCCM? • Remote management • Patch management • Software distribution • Operating system deployment • Hardware and software inventory • Reports and queries

  4. Why did we start with SCCM? • Forefront Endpoint Protection • Our version of Altiris didn’t support Windows 7

  5. Getting started with SCCM • Get help • A few AD changes • Windows server(s) • SQL database • Management console • SCCM client

  6. Some basic terms • Collection • Package • Advertisement

  7. Software packages • We currently have 230 packages • MSI installers easily converted to package • Build custom solutions • Lots of resources available • Packages don’t have to be full programs

  8. Advertisements • Can push out software to collections as we choose • Users can easily install software as needed

  9. Forefront Endpoint Protection • Deploy the Forefront Endpoint Protection client as a software package • Can push out policies

  10. Operating System Deployment • Power and flexibility in task sequences • Custom settings based on computer model • Our current OSD process • Base image • Updates • Software and tweaks • Thick image or thin image

  11. Drivers • 23 models of computers that will run Windows 7 • Built-in detection problematic • Third party tools

  12. Reports / Queries • Gather information about your systems • Build collections

  13. Remote Management Tools • Consolidates multiple tools in one place • Remote desktop • Quick access to C: share and log files • Resource Explorer • Remote command prompt

  14. And More • Hardware and software inventory • Software updates • Network Access Protection

  15. When things go wrong • Log files, log files, log files • One computer, 83 log files, 96,786 lines

  16. Problems with SCCM • Some things are slow • Unintuitive terms • Designed for large organizations • Steep learning curve

  17. Other Tools / Resources • User groups • SCCM for Education User Group • MNSCUG • Right Click Tools • Trace32 (now CMTrace.exe) • Orca • AdminStudio • IT Ninja

  18. SCCM 2012 • Improved administrator interface • User Centric Management • Role-Based Administration • And more!

  19. Questions? • adaduffy@edina.k12.mn.us • 952-848-4993

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