Hi,
I have done a book review on the Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook which I wanted to share with you.
The auther, Andrew Plue, has done a great job on explaining the latest and greatest anti-virus and anti-malware product of Microsoft, Endpoint Protection.
The book was published by Packt Publishing and can be found here!
Microsoft Forefront EndPoint Protection 2010 Cookbook
Have fun with it, I did!
Hi,
in the last post (here) we set up the Application Catalog Website. But it is still empty.
As stated before we can now provide software to users, and be able to approve requests.
Let’s deploy some applications.
– XML Notepad, free to use for users;
– Google Chrome, needs approval from a manager.
I have setup the 2 applications.
Application Catalog in SCCM2012
Now we need to deploy them.
Application Deployment - Request needed
Application Deployment - Request needed
That’s one:
Application Deployment - Request needed
Now the other. No need for administrator approval!
Application Deployment - No Request needed
That’s two 😉
Application Deployment - No Request needed
Oke so the Applications have been added, how does this look like from a user perspective?
The user goes to the Software Center.
SCCM2012 client start menu
Software Center
Software Center
All empty?! But wait there is an option ‘Track my application requests’ or ‘Find additional applications from the Application Catalog’.
Application Catalog Website
Now i can request Google Chrome or install XML Notepad. Nice 🙂
Hi,
First of all, things have changed. And for the better.
In SCCM 2007 an user would get his/her software mandatory (pushed) or published via RAP (Run Advertised Programs) or Add/Remove Programs, both found in the Control Panel. For most system administrators and users this was not so nice.
Now we still have the possibility of pushing out software, but the RAP is gone.
Actually it is not gone but replaced with something smarter, the Software Center.
So how dows this work?
Create Application SCCM2012
With the application wizard we have a few options:
– Windows Installer (Native) –> MSI
– Microsoft Application Virtualization — App-V
– Windows Mobile Cabinet –> Windows Mobile
– Nokia SIS/JAR –> Symbian sis/jar packages
Application Wizard step 1
The application is imported successfully.
Application Wizard step 2
Continue with the wizard. I have created an Administrative category “Tools”, will come in handy later 😉
Application Wizard step 3
And there it is, our application:
Application Wizard step 4
SCCM2012 Deploy Application
Deploy Application Wizard
This is where we set the Required or Available option, and whether to Install or Uninstall the application. Rather cool huh!
Deploy Application Wizard
So that’s pretty cool and easy!
Hi,
Microsoft has released Beta 2 of System Center Configuration Manager 2012.
The anticipated release is Q4 of 2011, and this is a first look.
Let’s start with: I’m impressed!
Being a Beta means there are a couple of things that needs some attention:
Then there are the Prerequisites:
And WSUS 3.0 SP1 if you want to manage Software Updates with SCCM 2012 (and you want that, don’t you?).
One thing that directly caught my attention, no more need for WebDAV, nice.
After the installation fire up the Console:
SCCM 2012 UI
Wow!
SCCM 2012 Ribbon
First thing that is cool, the ribbon is fully integrated throughout the product. It takes some time to get used to it, but it saves a lot of ‘right-clicks’. Very handy.
So now what?
Clicking through the console you can see the shift towards User Centric Management. This means putting the User first then the Systems. And that’s eventually what it is all about.
We need to support Users in their jobs, providing them with the right tools to do their work.
Also there is Role-Based Security, no more full console with no rights. If you are assigned a role, you will just see what you need to see, uh cool and handy!
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Efficient Application Management.
Sounds cool, but what is it? It means that a single application can now be deployed with multiple deployment methods!
So let’s say you have an application XYZ. You want to deploy this application to your Baseline desktop PC’s as a native application, stream it as an App-v program to your Laptops and make it available as an Remote Desktop Application when an user logs on to a server. All from 1 application, nice!
To uninstall applications SCCM 2012 now uses ‘retirement’, the application can also be ‘reinstated’.
Retired Application
Reporting.
Reporting is taken out of SCCM 2012 and is done by SQL 2008 by means of Reporting Services. This is how it should be. Of course in SCCM 2007 it was also possible, but in SCCM 2012 the Reporting Point does no longer exists.
And, of course, there are standard more reports 😉
(411 in SCCM 2012 B2 to 389 in SCCM2007R3)
Reports
This was the very first peek in SCCM 2012 B2, more to come!
Hi,
this is the System Center Road map as released by Microsoft for 2011.
Looks like an exciting year :-)!
System Center Roadmap 2011
