Kent Agerlund, Microsoft MVP and world-class consultant/instructor has developed this advanced class based on real-life scenarios. It’s based on his many years of experience from the field implementing Config Mgr and now also with Windows 10.
In this hands-on class you will work with the following:
- Fault tolerance and high availability
- Installing and troubleshooting client deployment
- Inventory management
- Application deployment
- Software updates
- Compliance Settings
- Operating System Deployment
- Windows 10 management options
- Windows 10 security options
- Troubleshooting tools
Level
400
Prerequisite Knowledge
Basic understanding of Active Directory, WSUS, and SQL. Basic knowledge and working experience with Configuration Manager 2012/Current Branch. We will take you through the advanced design, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of the main features in Configuration Manager based and Windows 10. After class, you will have a solid understanding of the design options, the flow of the main features, and troubleshooting techniques. Likewise, you will have a solid understanding of how Configuration Manager can be used to secure Windows 10 deployments.
Target
Being able to design, deploy, manage and troubleshoot Configuration Manager and Windows 10 in your environment. In the class, there will be a high focus on automation and understanding how you can optimize your Windows 10 management using Configuration Manager. The class is always based on the latest available public builds.
Material
Student Lab Manual, Slide deck, and lab files
Details
Designing Configuration Manager hierarchies
- Recovery options, restore primary sites
- Design fault tolerance and high availability environments
- Working with HTTP and HTTPS site systems
- Working with DMZ/multi-domain and workgroup environments
- Configure and optimize SQL
Troubleshooting tools and techniques
- Understanding log files
- Status Filter Rules
- Introducing WMI
- Using SQL Profiler
Configuration Manager client management
- Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting clients
Content distribution
Working with content distribution in distributed environments
- WIN PE Peer caching
- Peer to Peer technologies
- Working with the client cache
Managing Windows 10 security
- Understand and implement the Windows 10 security options
Deploying Windows 10 with operating system deployment
- Upgrading to Windows 10
- Creating and maintaining reference images
- Customizing the boot images
- Integrating custom frontends
- Deploying images
- Troubleshooting operating system deployment
Windows Servicing
- Develop a Windows Servicing model
Working with Visualizations
- Working with SQL reporting services
- Integrating Microsoft Power BI
Inventory management
- Deep dive into the inventory process
Application deployment
- Working with the application model
- Troubleshooting application deployments
Software Updates
- Creating and designing the software update infrastructure
- Deploying and troubleshooting Microsoft software updates
- Deploying 3rd. party updates
- Monitoring software update using custom reports and Power BI
Compliance Settings
- Creating and implementing configuration items and baselines
- Remediate non-compliant computers and users
- Troubleshooting compliance settings
Managing Windows 10 using the MDM agent
- Develop a Windows 10 management strategy
- Understanding the Windows 10 MDM management options
- Manage modern Windows 10 devices