Day 1
• Introduction to System Center
• Installing and Configuring CM2012
o Installing CAS site server
o Installing primary site server
o Installing secondary site server
• Introduction to new UI
• Configuring Role Based Security (RBAC)
• Migrating from Configuration Manager 2007
• Installing and supporting ConfigMgr clients
o Installing and configuring clients
o Maintaining and remediating clients
o Monitoring client health status
Day 2
• Inventory management
o Working with hardware and software inventory
o Extending hardware inventory
o Working with asset intelligence
• Working with queries and reports
o Creating basic and advanced queries
o Introduction to creating custom SQL reports
· Working with SQL reporting services
· Working with subscriptions
· Modifying existing reports
· Importing and creating new reports
• Application deployment
o Understanding the difference between traditional software packages and Applications
o Working with the application model
o Working with deployment types
· Application metadata
· Detection methods
· Requirements
· Dependencies
· Supersedence
· Uninstall
o Global conditions
o Software catalog
· Prepare applications to be installed via the web portal
• User Device Affinity
Day 3
• Software Updates
o Creating and designing the software update infrastructure
o Deploying Microsoft software updates
o Monitoring the software update deployment process
o Custom Updates
o Installing and configuring Custom Updates Publisher
o Installing and deploying 3rd. party updates
• Settings Management
o Introducing Settings Management
• Operating System Deployment Changes and Migration
o Changes in ConfigMgr 2012 OS Deployment
o Migration from OSD in ConfigMgr 2007
o Integration with MDT 2012
• Creating the perfect reference image using MDT 2012
o Creating and configuring Task Sequences
o Configuring Rules
o Building reference images in a virtual environment
Day 4
· Deployment of Windows 7 using MDT 2012 and ConfigMgr 2012
· Migrating Windows XP to Windows 7
· Create and configure Task Sequences for Production Deployment
· Assign applications
· Assign Drivers in production evironment
· Configuring rules.
· Understand the new PXE components in ConfigMgr 2012
· Troubleshooting and advanced diagnostics/logging
· Adding Bitlocker to the deployment process
Day 5
· MDT 2012 Zero Touch and ConfigMgr 2012 continued
· Customizing USMT 4.0 for user state and data migration
· Advanced customization of MDT 2010 Zero Touch
· Using variables
· Create custom scripts
· Use Frontends
· Use web services.
· Extend the MDT database with more columns, views and stored procedures.
§ Advanced Deployment – Understanding the foundation
· The Windows 7 Setup Engine explained
· Drivers, drivers and drivers
· Understanding offline servicing
· Customizing Windows PE 3.0
o Adding components
o Adding Drivers
§ Troubleshooting
· Effective troubleshooting in ConfigMgr 2012
· Log files and locations
· Tips & Tricks and Common issues
