Mastering System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 (eBook)

Chris Mosby started his career with SMS when he was atemporary employee with a subcontractor of the Department of Energyon the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Chris, who had never even heardof SMS, was told ''Here is the software and aserver;make it work.'' After a fewmonths of testing,his first SMS site went online in August of 1999, and he has beenworking with SMS and Configuration Manager ever since. Chris is an active member of the 200,000-member myITforum(www.myitforum.com/), the premier site for the SMS andConfiguration Manager community, since day one. He has written ahandful of articles (www.myitforum.com/contrib/default.asp?cid=271)and posts several times a day to his myITforum blog about varioustopics such as security and patch management(http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/cmosby/default.aspx). In addition,Chris was awarded the Most Valuable Professional award inConfiguration Manager from Microsoft, for the third time, for theperiod of April 2008 to June 2009. Ron Crumbaker is the CTO of myITforum and is very activein the community space. Ron is currently a four-time MVP in theMicrosoft System Center Configuration Manager area. Ron has writtenblogs, articles, and another book on various Microsoft topics. Hehas spoken at many Microsoft Management Summit conferences. Inaddition, Ron has three wonderful children, Nate, Abby, and Cole,as well as a lovely wife, Martha. Ron is very active in his churchand is an ordained deacon and youth minister at his local church.Ron is a huge Camaro fan and is very excited to see the rereleaseof the Camaro in 2010! Christopher W. Urban is a management tools productspecialist working within the Midwest district for Microsoft. Hestarted his computer endeavors during high school while programmingCOBOL, RPG, and Basic. After serving in the United States MarineCorps, Christopher started his professional computer career in thepublic education sector doing technology integration. In 1994, Christopher received his first Microsoft CertifiedProfessional designation under Windows 3.51. Through the years,Christopher has attained various certifications and achievementssuch as MCSE, MCT, and MVP. Christopher was the founder ofLearnSMS.com, which provided task-based, online video training,prior to joining Microsoft. In 2007, he was awarded the ManagementInsider Top Gun Award. Christopher currently runs theMicrosoftManagement track within the Chicago Windows User Group (http://portal.cwug.net). Christopher resides in southern Wisconsin with his wife, Ruthie, of11 years; his son, Noah; and his daughter, Olivia. When not workingon technical information or solutions, he can be found gaming onXbox, tinkering with home automation, or sport fencing.

Foreword.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Overview of Operations Management.

Chapter 2: Planning a Configuration Manager Infrastructure.

Chapter 3: Interoperability with Systems Management Server2003.

Chapter 4: Installation and Site Role Configuration.

Chapter 5: Client Installation.

Chapter 6: Software Distribution.

Chapter 7: Software Updates.

Chapter 8: Operating System Deployment.

Chapter 9: Asset Intelligence.

Chapter 10: Inventory and Software Metering.

Chapter 11: Reporting.

Chapter 12: Desired Configuration Management.

Chapter 13: Mobile Device Management.

Chapter 14: Network Access Protection.

Chapter 15: Troubleshooting.

Chapter 16: Disaster Recovery.

Appendix: The Bottom Line.

Index.