Gerry Hampson

System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch provides a total systems management solution for a people-centric world. It can deploy applications to individuals using virtually any device or platform, centralizing and automating management across on-premise, service provider, and Microsoft Azure environments. In System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch Unleashed, a team of world-renowned System Center experts shows you how to make the most of this powerful toolset. The authors begin by introducing modern systems management and offering practical strategies for coherently managing today’s IT infrastructures. Drawing on their immense consulting experience, they offer expert guidance for ConfigMgr planning, architecture, and implementation. You’ll walk through efficiently performing a wide spectrum of ConfigMgr operations, from managing clients, updates, and compliance to reporting. Finally, you’ll find current best practices for administering ConfigMgr, from security to backups. Detailed information on how to: Successfully manage distributed, people-centric, cloud-focused IT environmentsOptimize ConfigMgr architecture, design, and deployment plans to reflect your environmentSmoothly install ConfigMgr Current Branch and migrate from Configuration Manager 2012Save time and improve efficiency by automating system managementUse the console to centralize control over infrastructure, software, users, and devicesDiscover and manage clients running Windows, macOS, Linux, and UNIXDefine, monitor, enforce, remediate, and report on all aspects of configuration complianceDeliver the right software to the right people with ConfigMgr applications and deployment typesReliably manage patches and updates, including Office 365 client updatesIntegrate Intune to manage on-premise and mobile devices through a single consoleSecure access to corporate resources from mobile devicesManage Microsoft’s enterprise antimalware platform with System Center Endpoint ProtectionUsing this guide’s proven techniques and comprehensive reference information, you can maximize the value of ConfigMgr in your environment–no matter how complex it is or how quickly it’s changing.

Troubleshoot all the aspects of your Configuration Manager installation, from basic easy checks to the advanced log files and serious issues About This Book • Learn to troubleshoot Configuration Manager 2012 based versions of Microsoft System Center • Understand the usability of tools and find resolutions to all the issues of Configuration Manager • A step-by-step practical guide with the necessary screenshots and examples Who This Book Is For If you are new to Configuration Manager or have experience with it, and are interested in identifying, diagnosing and resolving the System Center Configuration Manager administration issues then this book is for you. What You Will Learn • Fix your clients and install them correctly • Understand how your Configuration Manager hierarchy works • Extend your error information • Troubleshoot Configuration Manager roles • Know your options when faced with problems • Prevent future problems occurring In Detail Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager is the most popular enterprise client management solution in the world with some of the best features available. Troubleshooting this product, however, is not always as simple as you might want, not least getting to know the hundreds of log files and understanding how the various components work. The book starts with discussing the most commonly used tools for troubleshooting the variety of problems that can be seen in Configuration Manager. It then moves to providing a high level view of the available log files, their locations, what they relate to and what they typically contain. Next, we will look at how we can fully utilize and extend all the available information from the console monitoring pane through to the status messages and down into error logging with some further reaches into WMI, SQL, registry and the file structure. You will then learn what the common error codes mean, how to make sense of the less common ones and what they actually mean with respect to Configuration Manager. Further to this, you will pick up widely acknowledged best practices both from a proactive stance when carrying out your daily administrative tasks and also from a reactive position when the green lights start to turn red right down to a complete failure situation. By the end of the book, you will be competent enough to identify and diagnose the root causes of System Center Configuration Manager administration issues and resolving them. Style and approach An easy to follow yet practical guide that will advise you on what tools and information you have available to troubleshoot with, if you can extend that information and what to look for solving the issues.