Meyler K. - System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM) Unleashed

Kerrie Meyler
Byron Holt
Marcus Oh
Jason Sandys
Greg Ramsey
with Niall Brady
Samuel Erskine
Torsten Meringer
Stefan Schrling
Kenneth van Surksum
Steve Thompson

800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed

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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33437-5
ISBN-10: 0-672-33437-2

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System center 2012 configuration manager / Kerrie Meyler ... [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-672-33437-5
1. Microsoft System center configuration manager--Computer programs. 2. Computer
networks--Management--Computer programs. 3. Software configuration management
-Computer programs. I. Meyler, Kerrie.
TK5105.5.M487 2013
004.65--dc23
2012020282

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Kerrie Meyler, System Center MVP, is the lead author of numerous System Center books in the Unleashed series, including System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed (2008), System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (2009), System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Unleashed (2010), System Center Opalis Integration Server 6.3 Unleashed (2011), and System Center Service Manager 2010 Unleashed (2011). She is an independent consultant and trainer with more than 15 years of Information Technology experience. Kerrie was responsible for evangelizing SMS while a Sr. Technology Specialist at Microsoft, and has presented on System Center technologies at TechEd and MMS.

Byron Holt, CISSP and an IT professional for more than 15 years, has been a lead SMS and Configuration Manager engineer for several Global 5000 corporations and was part of the Active Directory and Enterprise Manageability support teams while working at Microsoft. Byrons experience includes software development, security architecture, and systems management. He currently works for McAfee managing internal deployment and validation. Byron coauthored System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (Sams, 2009).

Marcus Oh, System Center MVP, is IT Manager of Directory and Systems Management for a large telecommunications provider, running directory services and management infrastructure for ~30,000 systems. He has been a MVP since 2004 in System Center, specializing in Configuration Manager and Operations Manager. Marcus has written numerous articles for technology websites as well as his own blog. He coauthored Professional SMS 2003, MOM 2005, and WSUS (Wrox, 2006), and was a contributing author to System Center Opalis Integration Server 6.3 Unleashed (Sams, 2011). Marcus is also a coauthor to the upcoming System Center 2012 Orchestrator Unleashed (Sams).

Jason Sandys, ConfigMgr MVP, is currently the Director for Solutions Engineering for Adaptiva (Adaptive Protocols, Inc.) where he is responsible for delivery of ConfigMgr-centric solutions. Jason was formerly a managing consultant for Catapult Systems Inc. and has more than 15 years of experience in a wide range of technologies, environments, and industries with extensive experience implementing and supporting SMS and Configuration Manager beginning with SMS 2.0. Jason is also active in the online support community, was a contributing author to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (Sams, 2009), and is a frequent presenter at Microsoft TechEd and MMS.

Greg Ramsey, ConfigMgr MVP, has worked with SMS and desktop deployment since 1998. He currently works for Dell, Inc., as a ConfigMgr administrator, and previously was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. Greg is a columnist for myITforum.com, cofounder of the Ohio SMS User Group and Central Texas Systems Management User Group, and creator of SMS View. Greg previously coauthored SMS 2003 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Apress, 2006) and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed (Sams, 2009).

Niall Brady, ConfigMgr MVP, began working with SMS in 2003 and Forefront Endpoint Protection since it was first integrated with Configuration Manager 2007. Niall is a senior consultant at Enfo Zipper in Sweden and blogs extensively about using and configuring System Center 2012 Configuration Manager according to best practices on windows-noob.com.

Samuel Erskine, MCT, MCTS, is a senior IT consultant specializing in Configuration Manager and Service Manager. He holds an ITIL V3 foundation certification. Samuel has worked with the product since SMS 2003 and was an early tester for System Center 2012 Service Manager. With more than 15 years of IT experience, he focuses on providing training and consultancy services in the United Kingdom and other international locations.

Torsten Meringer, ConfigMgr MVP, is a self-employed senior consultant in Germany, starting his own business in 1999. His primary focus is to design, migrate, deploy, train, and troubleshoot Microsofts deployment and management solutions, such as System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, in small to large-scale companies of more than 200,000 clients. Torsten manages the German ConfigMgr blog http://www.mssccmfaq.de and holds various MCSA, MCSE, MCTS, and MCITP:EA certifications.