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System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed 1st Edition

by Kerrie Meyler (Author), Byron Holt (Author), Greg Ramsey (Author),
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
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This book is your most complete source for in-depth information about Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007!

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Unleashed is a comprehensive guide to System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007. ConfigMgr 2007 helps you manage servers and desktops, integrates SMS 2003 “feature pack” functionality, and adds new capabilities. It enables you to assess, deploy, and update servers, clients, and devices across physical, virtual, distributed, and mobile environments, including clients that connect only over the Internet. This book guides you through designing, deploying, and configuring ConfigMgr 2007 with detailed information on topics such as capacity planning, security, site design and hierarchy planning, server placement, discovery, native mode, and using Windows Server 2008. You will learn how to tackle challenges such as setting up DCM and OSD, customizing inventory, creating queries and using query results, and configuring asset intelligence.

Detailed information on how to…

• Understand how ConfigMgr works

• Plan your ConfigMgr deployment

• Manage Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

• Architect for performance

• Install or migrate to ConfigMgr 2007 with Windows 2003 or Windows 2008

• Discover and manage clients

• Create and distribute packages

• Understand patch and compliance management

• Create queries

• Use reports

• Deploy operating systems

• Secure ConfigMgr 2007

• Perform site maintenance

• Back up ConfigMgr components

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  1. ISBN-10
    0672330237
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0672330230
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Sams
  5. Publication date
    July 15, 2009
  6. Part of series
    Unleashed
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    7 x 1.75 x 9 inches
  9. Print length
    1190 pages
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About the Author

Kerrie Meyler, MVP, is the lead author of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Unleashed and System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed (Sams Publishing). She is an independent consultant and trainer with over 15 years of Information Technology experience. Kerrie was responsible for evangelizing SMS while a Sr. Technology Specialist at Microsoft, and has presented on System Center technologies at TechEd and MMS.

Byron Holt, an IT professional for over 15 years, has been a lead SMS and Configuration Manager engineer for several Global 5000 corporations and was part of the Active Directory and Enterprise Manageability support teams while working at Microsoft. Byron’s experience includes software development, security architecture, and systems management. Byron currently works for McAfee, in the security engineering team.

Greg Ramsey, Configuration Manager MVP, has worked with SMS and desktop deployment since 1998. He currently works for Dell, Inc., as a ConfigMgr administrator, and previously was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. Greg is a columnist for myITforum.com, cofounder of the Ohio SMS User Group and Central Texas Systems Management User Group, and creator of SMSView. Greg previously coauthored SMS 2003 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Apress, 2006).

About the Contributors

Jason Sandys, a Senior Consultant at Catapult Systems, has over 10 years of experience in development and systems management. Jason concentrates on implementing and supporting Microsoft-centric solutions for a wide variety of customers, focusing primarily on Configuration Manager and Operations Manager. Jason presented at MMS and TechEd in 2009 on ConfigMgr native mode.

Cameron Fuller, MVP, is a Managing Consultant for Catapult Systems, an IT consulting company and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. He focuses on management solutions, with 15 years of infrastructure experience. Cameron is the coauthor of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Unleashed and System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed.

Anthony Puca, MVP, is a Senior Solution Architect for EMC, a Global System Integrator and Gold Certified Partner focused on information infrastructure. Anthony concentrates on management technologies, and presents frequently on System Center management technologies.

Peter Zerger, MVP, is a consulting partner with AKOS Technology Services. He has 10 years of experience in the IT industry. Pete is webmaster of System Center Central (http:// systemcentercentral.com), a popular community site focusing on the Microsoft System Center suite.

Jannes Alink, ConfigMgr consultant, works at Inovativ, a European consultancy with a dedicated focus on the System Center family. Jannes began as a support engineer and now consults in infrastructure management with System Center, with a primary focus on SMS 2003 and Configuration Manager 2007.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sams; 1st edition (July 15, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1190 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0672330237
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0672330230
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.14 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.75 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 33 ratings

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    Anthony Puca started in working in technology in 1989 as a Mainframe Librarian for American Express. after attending Florida Atlantic University, Anthony moved to Denver, CO and went to work for Ryder TRS/Budget assisting them in migrating from Novell 3.x to Windows NT 4.0 and he migrated their entire remote workforce from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95. Anthony then went to work for Perot Systems and filled numerous consulting roles including Systems Management, Datacenter Management, Network Engineering and Database Administration to name a few. In 2000, Anthony went to work for Avanade, the joint-venture between Microsoft and Accenture. There, Anthony co-authored the original draft of Microsoft's Operations Framework (MOF). In 2003, Anthony went to work for Interlink Group, who was later acquired by EMC, and provided numerous consulting services including Active Directory (AD) and Exchange migrations, SMS/SCCM implementations and migrations, Operation System Deployments (OSD) and migrations, network and VPN deployments, etc... for a variety of customers in health care, mining, manufacturing, transportation, justice and public safety, etc... Anthony has presented at a number of events including the 2004 Microsoft Security Summit, 2007 TechEd, 2008 Microsoft Management Summit and the 2010 VMware VMworld. In 2008 Anthony co-authored "System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Unleashed". In 2010 Anthony authored EMC whitepapers and VMware delivery guidance on VMware View 4.5, there Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Technology. Anthony was awarded the Microsoft MVP award from 2004 through 2011. Anthony has been working for Microsoft since 2010 as a Datacenter Specialist in the government sector. In 2013 Anthony co-authored his second book and 4th writing, "Microsoft Office 365 Administration Inside Out" (O’Reilly).

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Customers are mixed about the practicality of the book. Some mention it's very useful and an outstanding SCCM resource that covers many scenarios you might run into. However, others say it''s not very practical.

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Chris Lee Mullins
5.0 out of 5 stars The SCCM book you were looking for
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2009
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This is the third Configmgr-centric book on the market. And they finally got it right. While the previous books (from Sybex and Microsoft) were passible, they weren't a real **deep dive** into the app. Reading through this book, I get the impression some real love and care when into writing it.

I think OSD get short-shrifted again. Not nearly as bad as in the MS and Sybex books, but still gets less attention than it deserves. That said, its a minor quibble.

Being an SCCM admin for a company with 48k+ desktops and servers, I've been waiting for a good ConfigMgr reference guide. "SCCM2007 Unleashed" sits right in between my laptop and my monitor.
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Alan
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Learning tool for SCCM
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2011
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When I was looking for a book to learn SCCM from I could not find any reviews, not a very popular subject.
For the small group of people looking to learn this great program, I can recommend this book to learn the basics.
It teaches you all the steps to deployments and is a good refereance guide.
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L. G. Poe
3.0 out of 5 stars tedious reading
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2012
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This seemed like a good book at first but picking out what's needed as far as information is tedious at best. I'm only about 20% finished in the Kindle edition. I usually do well on the Microsoft exams but didn't with this one for 70-401. I had taken an on-line course and did well with it but I can't seem to wade through the book and have given up for awhile.Lot's of luck if you try to read it. I doubt that I'll try the Unleashed version for SCCM 2012.
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Michael Head
5.0 out of 5 stars SCCM Unleashed has real class.
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2010
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As a Microsoft Trainer who has been teaching SMS and Configuration Manager combined for over 12 years I found this book a must have for anyone who's working with System Center Configuration Manager. The content is complete and specific in detail. During all my classes on SCCM I bring to book to class to add to the content covered by the class material.

Without this book around your just not going to be able to traverse the day to day challenges of working with SCCM.
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Dustin Gardiner
4.0 out of 5 stars sufficient
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2015
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this is a good reference for administering SCCM 2007. The main knock is the material is presented in a very dry manner. Nothing exciting or even slightly entertaining.
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Brady Watkins
3.0 out of 5 stars Gives the basics to learn the commands, doesn't have good examples or demos.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018
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Standard details of MS products, not many examples. Has the basic info, just doesn't compare to actual usage as well. Does help with the commands and results of commands.
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Ian
2.0 out of 5 stars Not Great So Far
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2011
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I've read about 200 pages so far, and I don't love it. The writing style is very academic, and jumps around a lot. It comes across to me as more of a 1000-page theoretical whitepaper than a down-and-dirty book for getting things done. I would definitely choose a different book if I were starting over. Since I have it already, I'll see how it goes.
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Jenny Alley
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2010
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Outstanding SCCM resource that covers many scenarios you might run into while setting up or configuring SCCM. It is well set up and a great reference book. It is a bit dry so reading it from cover to cover might be tough. I recommend it as a above, a reference book.
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picchiolino
4.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo per prepararsi all'esame di SCCM 2007
Reviewed in Italy on October 10, 2013
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Scritto bene e con molte situazioni reali, molto utile anche per il lavoro quotidiano, presente esempi che sono efficaci .
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Amazon-Kunde
3.0 out of 5 stars Eine gute Einführung für Administratoren
Reviewed in Germany on June 12, 2012
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Anders als viele andere Titel der Unleashed-Reihe wendet sich dieses Buch an Administratoren und deckt die meisten Aufgaben in deren Tagesgeschäft ab. Leider werden Entwickler-Themen wie die Berichtentwicklung mit SCCM-Bordmitteln und Informationen über die Datenstrukturen, die man für die Berichtentwicklung mit SQL-Server Reporting Services braucht, nur angeschnitten. Weiterhin hätten wie für unser Projekt Beispiele und Erläuterungen zur Enstellung von Scripten (VBScript oder PowerShell) im Desired Configuration Management benötigt. Auch hier geht das "Unleashed"-Buch weniger tief, als man es von dieser Reihe gewohnt ist. Auch im Bereich Troubleshooting hätte ich mehr nützliche Hintergrundinformationen erwartet.
Im Verglich mit anderen Titeln zu SCCM 2007 ist dieses Buch aber durchaus detailiert - andere Autoren kratzen wohl nur an der Oberfläche und vergessen auch viele nützliche Features wie z.B. die Suchordner für SCCM-Objekte überhaupt zu erwähnen. Es wäre schön, wenn die 2012-Ausgabe ein wenig mehr technische Details bingen würde.
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V. A. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars Needs to catch up
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2009
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Though this book is for SCCM R2 there is little about the App-V client and its integration. Of course, as in most of books like this, the index can always be improved. I would have preferred to see more on the resiliency aspects of the components of the system as I wanted to see it cover more for an enterprise-class usage of SCCM

But the book does cover a lot, and seemed the most modern. But it will need to catch up on some of the current aspects of SCCM 2007 R2.
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Lance
4.0 out of 5 stars Great for Reference Material
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2013
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Lovely Book - which isn't just a read for passing the exams but the benefit of having this book is that it can always be used for referencing.
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Oneteechi
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2010
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I went on the official course, this book adds weight to the material I learn't, even the instructor had a copy
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