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
environments
- Optimize ConfigMgr architecture, design, and deployment plans to
reflect your environment
- Smoothly install ConfigMgr Current Branch and migrate from
Configuration Manager 2012
- Save time and improve efficiency by automating system management
- Use the console to centralize control over infrastructure, software,
users, and devices
- Discover and manage clients running Windows, macOS, Linux, and UNIX
- Define, monitor, enforce, remediate, and report on all aspects of
configuration compliance
- Deliver the right software to the right people with ConfigMgr
applications and deployment types
- Reliably manage patches and updates, including Office 365 client
updates
- Integrate Intune to manage on-premise and mobile devices through a
single console
- Secure access to corporate resources from mobile devices
- Manage Microsoft's enterprise antimalware platform with System Center
Endpoint Protection
Using 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.
