Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Overview

Russ RimmermanSenior Premier Field EngineerMicrosoft Corporation

Matthew Hudson, MVPSystems EngineerSchlumberger

Upcoming Enhancements in SP1

Platform Support:Windows 8Windows 8 tablet (Intel System on a Chip SoC) supportMac OS XLinux and Unix

Operating System Deployment: Windows To Go supportApplication Delivery:

Metro style applicationsDeep link applicationsNetwork cost support

Empower

Upcoming Enhancements in SP1

Flexible hierarchy management:Ability to add a new Central Administration SiteMigration between ConfigMgr 2012 hierarchies

Hierarchy easier to control:When: Schedule replication for a given linkWhat: SQL Server distributed viewsHow much: Compression for SQL Server dataE-mail support for all in console alerts

Setting Management: User Profile and Data ManagementClient Side CachingRoaming User ProfilesFolder Redirection

Unify

Windows 8

Metro Apps deployment Deep link applicationsMetered Networks / Network CostWindows 8 tablet (Intel System on a Chip) support

Mac OS X

Intel Based Machines (Mac OS X Leopard 10.5, Snow Leopard 10.6, or a later version)

System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection for MacNo Remote managementNetwork Discovery of devicesHardware / Software InventorySoftware / Patch distribution

Linux & UNIX: Supported Operating Systems

•Version 5.3 (Power)

•Version 6.1 (Power)

•Version 7.1 (Power)

AIX•V

ersion 11iv2 (PA-RISC/IA64)

•Version 11iv3 (PA-RISC/IA64)

HP-UX

•Version 4 (x86/x64)

•Version 5 (x86/x64)

•Version 6 (x86/x64)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

•Version 9 (SPARC)

•Version 10 (SPARC/x86)

•Version 11 (SPARC/x86)

Solaris

•Version 9 (x86)

•Version 10 SP1 (x86/x64)

•Version 11 (x86/x64)

SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server

• Supported OS’s across both: • Configuration Manager• Operations Manager

• Newer versions of operating systems will be supported within 180 days of release

• Old versions will be supported as long as vendor provides support

• Broader Linux distro support being evaluated for future releases

Linux & UNIX: FeaturesHardware Inventory:

16 core classes viewable through Resource Explorer Extensible model – supports custom classes and pluggable providersARP shows all native installed software (e.g. rpm’s or pkg’s)Create collections of Linux/UNIX computers

Software DeploymentUsing the Package and Program modelDeploy/patch software, deploy OS patches and run maintenance scripts that target a collection

Secure and Authenticated communications

Consolidated reports

Endpoint Protection 2012

BitLocker changes:TPM and PINUsed Space BitLockerMBAM (Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring) *

Prestage media now supports additional content types:

Before: WIMNow: WIM, Applications, Drivers, Package/Programs

What’s new in SP1Operating System Deployment

Flexible Hierarchy Management

Primary Site

Houston Primary Site10,000 Clients

Central Administration Site

What’s new in SP1

Scenario 1: Hierarchy Expansion Must be a

new installation

Scenario 2:Merger

Primary Site

Miami Primary Site5,000 Clients

Migration

PowerShell

PowerShell ProviderCmdlets:

Scope: Tasks exposed in the Administration ConsoleHow:

Suitable experience for administrator (not the SDK)Align with PowerShell general conventions

ConfigMgr PowerShell SDK website (Kaido Järvemets, MVPS)

http://cm12sdk.net/

What’s new in SP1

Software Updates / Endpoint Protection

Fallback support to Windows Update site for contentEndpoint Protection definition updates applied 3 times pr. siteReal-time administrative actions from the console

SummaryEm

pow

er

Unify

Sim

plif

y Role-based Administration

Internet-based Client Management

Power Management

Software Update Management

Reduced Infrastructure Requirements

Mobile Device Management

Application Delivery

Compliance & Settings Management

Endpoint Protection

Unified Management of Virtual Clients

Operating System Deployment

Asset Intelligence, Client Health, and Inventory

End user platform support

Application Delivery 2007 R3

Device Centric

MDM licensing

2012

User Centric

Integrated

Windows and EAS

New

Improved

Integrated

Auto Remediation

Improved

New

2012 SP1

Metro style

Windows 8,Mac,Linux

Flexible hierarchies

Real-time actions

User Profile and Data

Improved

Improved

When will we see Sp1?

Windows 8 time frame

Release date: October 26, 2012

References

Mac Supporthttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2683548

Linux & Mac Supporthttp://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/06/15/system-center-2012-extends-client-management-and-security-to-mac-and-linux.aspx

TechEd ConfigMgr 2012 SP1http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/MGT309

Sp1 CTP2http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30133

References

Documentationhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj158919.aspx