What’s New in System Center Configuration Manager 2012?

1. What’s New in System Center Configuration Manager 2012? Mayank Mehta Operations Engineer Microsoft India (R&D)

2. Session Objectives And Takeaways • Session Objective(s): • ConfigMgr 2012 Infrastructure Enhancements • Site Server Characteristics • Data Replication Models • Role-based Administration • User Centric Client Management • Other Features (Client health, S/W Updates and Settings Management)

3. Infrastructure Enhancements • Modernizing Architecture • Minimizing infrastructure for remote offices • Consolidating infrastructure for primary sites • Scalability and Data Latency Improvements • Central Administration Site is just for administration and reporting – Other work distributed to the primaries as much as possible • System-generated data (HW Inventory and Status) can be configured to flow to the Central Administration Site directly • File processing occurs once at the Primary Site and uses replication to reach other sites (no more reprocessing at each site in the hierarchy) • Simplified Infrastructure • Replace cumbersome object replication and cost associated to troubleshooting • Industry standard SQL replication sub-system simplifies troubleshooting and reduces operational costs

4. Modernizing Architecture (Sites)

5. Modernizing Architecture (DP & SQL) • Improved Distribution Point Groups • Content distribution to individual Distribution Points or Groups • Automatically add or remove content from Distribution Points based on Group membership • Automated content staging by associating Distribution Point Groups with a collection • Enhanced investment in SQL technologies • New replication methods for site to site communications • SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) only

6. Modernizing Architecture (Content Distribution) • Use Distribution Points with throttling and scheduling • The DP will be remotely located from a primary site • You want to throttle or schedule downward flowing traffic to that location • Use Branch DPs • You have 100 or fewer clients to manage and expect <=10 concurrent connections • Can assign at least one workstation as a Branch DP – can run on Win 2008 or client Operating systems • BITS meets your network traffic control needs for content distribution • You want download on demand capabilities • Utilize BranchCache™ • You have a distribution point running on Windows Server 2008 R2 • Your clients are running a compatible OS

7. Data Replication

8. Data Replication (Data Types)

9. Conceptual Replication Model • Global Data • Available at: Central Administration Site and all Primary Sites • Examples • Collection rules • Package metadata • Deployments • Security Scopes • Site Data • Available at: Central Administration Site, Replicating Primary • Examples: • HINV • Status • Collection Membership Results Content Available where content has been distributed to a Distribution Point Central Administration Site (Bangalore) Bangalore Hyderabad Mumbai Delhi • Global Data subset • Examples • Packages metadata and status • Program metadata Content routing between Secondaries

10. Role-Based Administration

11. Role-Based Administration (RBAC) Example ‘Read Program’‘Deploy Program’ ‘Read Collection’ ‘Advertise to Collection’ • Simplified administration of security permissions • Security Role • Group sets of permissions together that collectively define an administrative span of control • Supports assignment of Security Roles to Users • Also supports instance level controls • ConfigMgr 2012 provides default Security Roles • Supports custom Security Roles • Removes clutter from the console • Supports “Show me what’s relevant to me” based on my Security Role and Scope Software Distribution Administrator

12. RBAC Illustrated Jamie assigns the ‘Application Deployment’ role to Meg Meg is responsible for deploying software Meg has a limited view

13. User Centric Client Management

14. System and User-Centric : Paradigm Shift

15. Embracing User Centric: Admin. Promises • Let the administrator think of ‘user first’ • Ease of managing user and system relationships • Set conditions to control installations • Schedule ‘Pre-deploy’ to users’ primary devices for WOL, off-hrs., workgroup, etc. • Application model captures ‘administrative intent’ • State based, Auto revision update, Supersedence and intent (install/uninstall) based • Manage apps, not scripts • State-based – re-evaluated for presence, and if gone can be reinstalled • Requirement rules – evaluated at install time to ensure the app only installs in places it can, and should • Dependencies – Relationships with other apps that are all evaluated prior to installing anything

16. Embracing User Centric: End User Promises • “A Fitting End-User Experience” • Web based ‘Software catalog’ • Easily search, install or request software • Choose software intelligently • Clear, consistent information about applications and their impact, supported by App model • “The ability to define relationships to software” • User preferences control ConfigMgr behaviors (e.g. “my business hours”) • Manage impact from software installation and system restarts

17. Other Enhancements

18. Client Health • Server-side metrics covering policy requests, HW & SW Inventory, Heartbeat DDRs and Status Messages • Customizable monitoring/remediation for • Client prerequisites • ConfigMgr client reinstallation • Dependent Windows Services • WMI Repository, Namespace, Class, and Instance health evaluation and repair • ‘In-console’ alerts when healthy/unhealthy ratio drops below configurable threshold

19. Software Updates • State-based Update Groups • Deploy updates individually or in groups • Updates added to an update group automatically deploy to collections targeted with the group • Auto Deployment Rules • Use search criteria to identify class of updates to automatically deploy: category, products, language, date revised, article id, bulletin id, etc. • Schedule content download and deployment based on sync schedule or define a separate schedule per rule

20. Settings Management • ConfigMgr 2007 could report all your setting drift vs. ConfigMgr 2012 can “set” for Registry, WMI and Script-Based • Improved usability in CI and baseline creation to include • Re-use of settings across CI boundary • Define compliance SLAs for Baselines to trigger console alerts • Improved reporting to include troubleshooting, conflict, remediation • Unified settings management across servers, desktops and mobile devices • Improved CI versioning and audit tracking • Control CI versions to be used in baselines • Audit tracking, who changed what

21. Prepare for Configuration Manager 2012 • Flatten hierarchy wherever possible • Plan for Windows Server 2008, SQL 2008, and 64-bit • Start implementing BranchCache™ with Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 • Move from Web Reporting to SQL Reporting Services

22. Remote Control Send Ctrl-Alt-Del to host device to regain previous feature parity IS BACK!

23. DEMO Configuration Manager 2012 Console Walkthrough

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