System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 Unleashed

Bok av Kerrie Meyler
This book is your most complete source for in-depth information about Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007!   System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed is a comprehensive guide to System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007. ConfigMgr 2007 helps you manage servers and desktops, integrates SMS 2003 feature pack functionality, and adds new capabilities. It enables you to assess, deploy, and update servers, clients, and devices across physical, virtual, distributed, and mobile environments, including clients that connect only over the Internet. This book guides you through designing, deploying, and configuring ConfigMgr 2007 with detailed information on topics such as capacity planning, security, site design and hierarchy planning, server placement, discovery, native mode, and using Windows Server 2008. You will learn how to tackle challenges such as setting up DCM and OSD, customizing inventory, creating queries and using query results, and configuring asset intelligence.   Detailed information on how to    Understand how ConfigMgr works  Plan your ConfigMgr deployment  Manage Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)  Architect for performance  Install or migrate to ConfigMgr 2007 with Windows 2003 or Windows 2008  Discover and manage clients  Create and distribute packages  Understand patch and compliance management  Create queries  Use reports  Deploy operating systems  Secure ConfigMgr 2007  Perform site maintenance  Back up ConfigMgr components