Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
暫譯: 微軟系統中心配置管理器

Microsoft Configuration Manager can promote high reliability and performance for your computers and mobile devices, and this book will give you the skills to deploy it effectively using best practices.

Overview

• Deploy highly available Configuration Manager sites and roles
• Backup, restore, and copy Configuration Manager to other sites
• Get to grips with performance tuning and best practices for Configuration Manager sites

In Detail

Microsoft Configuration Manager is both extensive and complex, and for many, it is the primary tool for Enterprise management. With each new release, Configuration Manager continually proves itself to be the ultimate solution for managing both clients and mobile devices.

This book covers in detailed and easy-to-understand steps how to set up highly available Configuration Manager roles and backend services such as SQL, DNS, and AD. You will learn how to plan for high availability, what kind of roles there are, and how they scale.

The book starts by examining what needs to be taken into account when planning for high availability before moving on to focus on the different roles and how they can be set up. The book will also go through different scenarios as well as various backup and recovery procedures. You will learn how to identify bottlenecks within the different components and create sample design scenarios for high availability on Configuration Manager. The book will also look at the different high availability options and how to deploy them.

What you will learn from this book

• Discover the different availability options for Windows roles
• Set up backup and recovery options with Configuration Manager
• Understand the planning for high availability hardware and SQL layouts
• Set up high availability AD, ADCS, DNS, DHCP, and SQL server
• Set up high availability Configuration Manager roles
• Create sample design scenarios
• Identify bottlenecks within Windows Server

Approach

This book is a step-by-step tutorial that guides you through the key steps in implementing best solutions for high availability and performance tuning. It is split into two distinct approaches: client and site side HA and optimization.

Who this book is written for

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager is for IT professionals and consultants working with Configuration Manager who wish to learn the skills to deploy a redundant and scalable solution.