Empower Users Unify Infrastructure Simplify Administration

Empower people to be Reduce costs by unifying IT Improve IT effectiveness and

productive from anywhere on management infrastructure efficiency
whatever device they choose
Configuration Manager 2007
Optimized for Systems Management scenarios
• Challenging to manage users:
• Forced to translate a user to a device
• Explicit: run a specific program on a specific device
• Software Distribution is a glorified script execution
Configuration Manager 2012
• Still committed and focused on System Management
scenarios
• Embrace User Centric scenarios:
• Moving to a state based design, for apps, deployments,
content on DPs.
• Full application lifecycle model. Install, Revision Mgt,
Supersedence and Uninstall
• Understand and intelligently target the relationships between
user systems
• Management solution tailored for applications
User preferences to control ConfigMgr
behaviors:
“My business hours” – used to control
when to install software
Presentation mode – don’t notify when
presenting
Remote control settings – when allowed,
end user can control their experience
 Empower Users Unify Infrastructure Simplify Administration

Empower people to be Reduce costs by unifying IT Improve IT effectiveness and

productive from anywhere on management infrastructure efficiency
whatever device they choose
Functionality ConfigMgr 2007 ConfigMgr 2012
What types of objects can I see and what Class rights Security roles
can I do to them?
Which instances can I see and interact with? Object instance permissions Security scopes
Which resources can I interact with? Site specific resource Collection limiting
permissions
Unique ConfigMgr 2007 Primary Site for: ConfigMgr 2012 solutions (no unique
primary sites):

Decentralized administration Role Based Administration

Logical data segmentation Role Based Administration

Client settings Client settings for the hierarchy and unique

collections

Language Language packs

Content routing for deep hierarchies Secondary Sites or Distribution Points

 Empower Users Unify Infrastructure Simplify Administration

Empower people to be Reduce costs by unifying IT Improve IT effectiveness and

productive from anywhere on management infrastructure efficiency
whatever device they choose
Power Management
Phase 1: Monitor
•Enable client management agent
•Begin monitoring usage and activity

Non-Peak & Peak

Phase 2: Plan
•Continue monitoring on usage and activity
•Begin to develop Power Plan

Mid-Month:
•Power Plan has been confirmed

Phase 3: Apply Power policy

•Begin applying Power Plan

Phase 4: Compliance & Analyze

•Review before and after usage and activity
•Determine savings in Kwh and Co2 saved
 Copy settings

Enhanced versioning and audit tracking

Ability to specify specific versions to be used in baselines
Audit tracking includes who changed what
IS BACK!
 Assist with Migration of Objects
Assist with Migration of Clients

Minimize WAN impact

Maximize Re-usability of x64 Server Hardware

Assist with Flattening of Hierarchy
Component Minimum Requirement
Site Server and Site Roles Windows Server 2008 (64-bit )
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Database SQL Server 2008 SP1 & Cumulative Update 10+ (64-bit)
Distribution Point Windows Server 2003 (including 32-bit) with limited functionality
Windows Vista SP2 and later (including 32-bit)
Client Windows XP SP2 & SP3 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Vista SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 7 RTM (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 2008 SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 2008 R2 RTM (64-bit)
Windows 2008 R2 SP1(64-bit)
Admin Console Vista SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 7 RTM (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 2008 SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 2008 R2 RTM (64-bit)
Windows 2008 R2 SP1(64-bit)
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