MMS 2011–Config Manager 2012 Deployment and Infrastructure Technical Overview

Main reason for Secondary Sites

    • Manage upward flowing WAN traffic
    • Tiered secondary sites for deep network topologies
  • When do you need a DP?
  • When DON’T you need a DP
    • when BITS provides enough control for WAN
    • Brachcache is enabled
  • Only one type of DP.  No more BDP’s!
    • DP’s include Multicast and PXE options
    • Schedule throttling
    • IIS is required on all DP’s
    • can manually copy the content to DP’s
  • Forest Discovery (NEW)
    • Disocover domains, sites and subnets
    • new discovery process:  AD Forest Discovery
    • subnets and / or AD Sites are assigned to a Boundary Group.  The clients are assinged to boundary groups.
    • can assing DP’s to subnets and / or AD Sites (kind of like a protected system)
  • Why do you need a Central Administration Site
    • If there is more than one Primary site
    • If you want to offload administration and reporting from the Primary site
  • How data gets replicated
    • Content – software packages, updates, boot images
      • Replication Type – File based to primary, secondary and / or distribtuion points
    • Site Data – collection members, HINV, alerts, etc
      • Replcaiton type – SQL
    • Global Data – collection rules, package metadatea, software updates metadata
      • Repliation type – SQL
  • No more SMS_DEF.MOF (you can still import MOF files though)
    • You can select the default WMI Classes to inventory as well as select collection specific WMI Classes
    • You can add WMI classes from ANY WMI Namespace!
  • Security rights are now inheirited.  It’s about time!

MMS 2011–Configuration Manger 2012 Technical Overview

User Centric

  • Used to manage a user on a device.  Now it is a state based design, for aps, deployment and content. 
  • Full application lifecycle mode.  Install revisions, supersecdence and uninstall
  • build a relationship between user systems
  • application model
    • required applications – reinstall if missing
    • prohibited application – uninstall if detected
    • requirement rules – evaluated at install
    • dependencies  – relationship with other apps
    • supersedence
    • revision management
  • Web based ‘software catalog’
    • my business hours – used to control when to install software
    • presentation mode – do not install or notify while presenting
    • remote control – users can control their experience
  • Applications
    • will have both install and uninstall methods
    • Can now have custom return codes!
  • Role based administration
    • class rights = security roles
    • instance permissions = security scopes
    • site specific resource permissions = collection limiting
  • What’s new in collections
    • Device collections
    • User collections
    • can not mix the above into one collection
    • reduce complexity of collection rules.  Exclude and include rules. 
    • Folders!!!!
    • Um…no more sub collections.
  • Replication between sites will be done using SQL Replication.  File based replication will be reserved for Distribution objects (mostly)
  • Why do I need a SCCM 2012 Primary Site
    • More than 100,000 clients
    • politics!
    • local point of connectivity for administration (though, the Central Administration Site should be used instead)
  • No more branch DP’s!!!  DP’s can be installed on clients and servers now!
    • Also, have the ability to deploy content to a DP group.  Well, that’s not new.  OK, how about brining up a new DP and you want it to have the same content as other DP’s in a group.  Just add it to the group!

MMS 2011–SCCM State of the Union

The Past Year

  • Config Mgr 2007 R3
    • Supports 300,000 machines
    • Delta discovery for AD
    • Power Management
  • Asset Intelligence
    • over 20k new titles each month
  • Forefront Endpoint Protection
  • Security Compliance Manager (SCM)
    • Version 2.0 = RTM May 2011
    • Golden master – snapshot and import GPO’s
    • monitor drift and compliance
    • Uses DCM as its core
  • Opalis is now System Center Orchestrator
    • Orchestration and automation tool
    • workflows
    • integration with all System Center products and 30 3rd party apps
      • Integration in Config Manager includes 12 built-in actions
  • Citrix XenApp integration with Config Manager
  • Adobe support

The Upcoming Year

  • Beta 2 for Config Manager 2012
    • SUM – Auto deployment of updates on schedule
    • Power Management – exclude virtual machines, all end-user to “opt out”
    • Collections – new include/exclude rules, organizational folders (HOLY COW!) incremental evaluation
  • Role Based Administration
  • You can now run two SCCM consoles at once with different credentials
  • Hey, guess what?  CTRL-ALT-DEL is back!
    • The remote keyboard and mouse can now be locked
  • Global Search – search throughout the entire SCCM console!
    • can get information and edit straight from Global Search
  • New feature in Beta 2 has a ‘supersede ’ option for applications
  • New monitoring tool allows for a Site Hierarchy map.  You can even have a map of the world and show where the servers are!
  • Video on how Microsoft rolled out Config Manager 2012 clients http://technet.microsfot.com/en-us/systemcenter/gg696074
  • Go to http://connect.microsoft.com for how-to-videos. 
    • They should be on TechNet as well.
  • New DCM packs
    • SQL Server 2008 R2
    • Exchange e2010
    • SharePoint 2007
    • Server 2008 R2 IIS, DHCP, TS
    • RTM – May 2011
  • Install shield and AdminStudio will have full integration 90 Post RTM Config Manager 2012
  • SCCM 2012 console uses the RIBBON.  WHO, WHO DOESN’T WANT TO WEAR THE RIBBON?
  • Package conversion manager
    • Converts packages to the SCCM 2012 model
    • CTP available to TAP customers
    • Beta in 2nd quarter CY 2011
  • ConfigMgr 2012 SDK Beta – Q2 2011
  • Powershell support coming…..keep waiting…wait for it….
  • SCUP 2011 – more better.
  • Config Manger 2012 will support and mange UNIX and Linux servers.
    • will not be available until “some month”  after SCCM 2012 RTM