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Overview
This four-day course describes how to use Configuration Manager and its associated site systems to efficiently manage network resources. In this course, you will learn day-to-day management tasks, including how to manage applications, client health, hardware and software inventory, operating system deployment, and software updates by using Configuration Manager. You also will learn how to manage compliance, and create management queries and reports.
Audience
In this course, you will learn day-to-day management tasks, this includes the following:
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
Outline
Module 1: Basics of Microsoft Configuration Manager
Microsoft Configuration Manager provides various features that can help you manage devices and users both on-premises and in the cloud.
Organizations that use Configuration Manager find that they can provide more effective IT services in relation to an integrated solution capable of software deployment, settings management, and asset management.
This module introduces you to the primary features, architecture, and management tools used with Configuration Manager. This module also provides a foundation that relates to all other features and management tasks discussed in this course.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 2: Configuration of Configuration Manager Sites and Clients
You can manage computer and user resources within a Microsoft Configuration Manager environment only when Configuration Manager has discovered these resources and assigned them to a site.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 3: Queries, Reports and CM Pivot
The Microsoft Configuration Manager database stores a large amount of data about the resources in your environment. You might not always want to perform all management tasks on all resources simultaneously.
Therefore, to help you locate devices or user objects in your environment that meet specific criteria, you can create queries.
You then can use these queries to create collections or to find additional information about specific resources. In addition to queries, you can run reports to view various types of information related to your Configuration Manager environment. To run Configuration Manager reports, you must install and configure a reporting services point.
This module also covers CMPivot which allows you to collect and view real-time data on all the connected devices in your environment. It will enable you to make real-time decisions.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 4: Inventory collection
The first feature that you are most likely to use when you implement Microsoft Configuration Manager is inventory collection.
You can use this feature to collect inventory from Configuration Manager clients. Once you collect details about hardware and software inventory, Software metering provides a way to monitor and collect software usage data from your Configuration Manager clients.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 5: Site maintenance
Microsoft Configuration Manager clients obtain content, such as packages, applications, software updates, and even operating system images, from a content infrastructure made up of distribution points and peer cache sources.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 6: Windows Updates
For many organizations, maintaining software updates is a top priority on the administrators’ network management tasks list. Software update management helps ensure that computer devices maintain operational efficiency, and helps maintain the stability of the network infrastructure.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 7: Operating System Deployment
You can use the operating system deployment feature in Microsoft Configuration Manager to create operating system images that you can deploy to unmanaged computers and those managed by Configuration Manager.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 8: Site Administration
Role-based administration determines the tasks that an administrative user can perform and the objects and resources on which the user can perform those tasks.
Performing remote administration on client systems also is important for efficient management. Microsoft Configuration Manager supports a number of remote administration options to help troubleshoot or support a managed client, including Remote Tools, Remote Desktop, and Remote Assistance.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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