Learning Microsoft Configuration Manager
3h 11mBeginner2024-07-23
Authors

Robert McMillen
35+ Certifications, Networking Consultant, Consultant for U.S. Government
Course details
Microsoft Configuration Manager is a tool that provides administrators with a way to manage all aspects of an organization's Windows-based desktops, servers, and devices from a single hub. In this course, professor Robert McMillen helps system administrators efficiently manage a Microsoft environment and deliver more effective IT services. Robert goes over the basics of the Microsoft Configuration Manager, and highlights new features, covers the prerequisites for installation, and shows how to configure boundaries, boundary groups, and users. He demonstrates how to deploy operating systems (including Windows 11) and packages, as well as how to manage clients through the Configuration Management console. Plus, he explains how to use Configuration Manager for inventory, set up a compliance baseline, and monitor distributions.
Skills covered
TelecommunicationsSoftware DeploymentLearningNetwork and System Administration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Windows management with Microsoft Configuration Manager
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Lab Setup
1. Getting Started with Microsoft Configuration Manager
- 04 - Configuration Manager overview and history
- 05 - What's new in the current version of Configuration Manager
- 06 - Configuration Manager hierarchy
- 07 - Prerequisites for installation
- 08 - Configuration Manager security
- 09 - Installing SQL Server
- 10 - Installing prerequisites for CM
- 11 - Installing Configuration Manager
- 12 - Confirm container security settings
- 13 - Get hands-on experience
2. Set Up Discovery and Client Agents
- 14 - Configure boundaries and boundary groups
- 15 - Create a device collection
- 16 - Create a user collection
- 17 - Set up discovery methods
- 18 - Client agent installation
- 19 - Default and custom client settings
- 20 - User access and roles
- 21 - Software and distribution points
- 22 - Get hands-on experience
3. User and Device Management
- 23 - Linking Intune to Configuration Manager
- 24 - Manage users in Configuration Manager
- 25 - Manage mobile devices
- 26 - Get hands-on experience
4. Software Development
- 27 - Software library overview
- 28 - Create software packages
- 29 - Deploying packages and programs
- 30 - Get hands-on experience
5. Distribution Management
- 31 - Service connection points and site roles
- 32 - Software updates
- 33 - Deploy Windows updates
- 34 - Get hands-on experience
6. Configuration Manager Business Functions
- 35 - Software inventory
- 36 - Compliance baselines
- 37 - OS build and image capture
- 38 - Endpoint protection
- 39 - Get hands-on experience
7. Configuration Manager Monitoring
- 40 - Configuring alerts
- 41 - CM reporting
- 42 - Client health and operations
- 43 - Learning CMPivot
- 44 - Get hands-on experience
8. Next Steps
- 45 - Conclusion
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- Configuration Manager: Maintain Inventory and Operating Systems
- Manage Apps with Configuration Manager
- Learning System Center Configuration Manager
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- Configuration Manager: Configure and Maintain a Management Infrastructure
- Learn System Center 2016: Operations Manager
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