This course describes how to use Configuration Manager and its associated site systems to efficiently manage network resources. In this five-day course, you will learn day-to-day management tasks, including how to manage applications, client health, hardware and software inventory, operating system deployment, and software updates by using Configuration Manager. You also will learn how to optimize Endpoint Protection, manage compliance, and create management queries and reports. Although this course and the associated labs are written for Windows Server 2022, the skills taught will also be backwards compatible for Server 2016 and Server 2019. This course replaces retired Microsoft course 20703-1.

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Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:
Describe the features Configuration Manager and Intune include and explain how you can use these features to manage PCs and mobile devices in an enterprise environment.
Analyze data by using queries and reports.
Prepare a management infrastructure, including configuring boundaries, boundary groups, and resource discovery, and integrating mobile-device management with Intune.
Deploy and manage the Configuration Manager client.
Configure, manage, and monitor hardware and software inventory, and use Asset Intelligence and software metering.
Identify and configure the most appropriate method to distribute and manage content used for deployments.
Distribute, deploy, and monitor applications for managed users and systems.
Maintain software updates for PCs that Configuration Manager manages.
Implement Endpoint Protection for managed PCs.
Manage configuration items, baselines, and profiles to assess and configure compliance settings and data access for users and devices.
Configure an operating-system deployment strategy by using Configuration Manager.
Manage and maintain a Configuration Manager site.

1

  • MODULE 1: MANAGING COMPUTERS AND MOBILE DEVICES IN THE ENTERPRISE

  • Overview of systems management by using enterprise management solutions

    Overview of the Configuration Manager architecture

    Overview of the Configuration Manager administrative tools

    Tools for monitoring and troubleshooting a Configuration Manager site

2

  • MODULE 2: ANALYZING DATA USING QUERIES, REPORTS, AND CMPIVOT

  • Introduction to queries

    Configuring SQL Server Reporting Services

    Analyzing the real-time state of a device by using CMPivot

3

  • MODULE 3: PREPARING THE CONFIGURATION MANAGER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Configuring site boundaries and boundary groups

    Configuring resource discovery

    Organizing resources using device and user collections

4

  • MODULE 4: DEPLOYING AND MANAGING THE CONFIGURATION MANAGER CLIENT

  • Overview of the Configuration Manager client

    Deploying the Configuration Manager client

    Configuring and monitoring client status

    Managing client settings and performing management operations

5

  • MODULE 5: MANAGING INVENTORY FOR PCS AND APPLICATIONS

  • Overview of inventory collection

    Configuring hardware and software inventory

    Managing inventory collection

    Configuring software metering

    Configuring and managing Asset Intelligence

6

  • MODULE 6: DISTRIBUTING AND MANAGING CONTENT USED FOR DEPLOYMENTS

  • Preparing the infrastructure for content management

    Distributing and managing content on distribution points

7

  • MODULE 7: DEPLOYING AND MANAGING APPLICATIONS

  • Overview of application management

    Creating applications

    Deploying applications

    Managing applications

    Deploying and managing Windows apps

8

  • MODULE 8: MAINTAINING SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR MANAGED PCS

  • The software updates process

    Preparing a Configuration Manager site for software updates

    Managing software updates

    Configuring automatic deployment rules

    Monitoring and troubleshooting software updates

    Enabling third-party updates

9

  • MODULE 9: IMPLEMENTING DEFENDER PROTECTION FOR MANAGED PCS

  • Overview of Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager

    Configuring, deploying, and monitoring Endpoint Protection policies

    Configuring and deploying advanced threat policies

10

  • MODULE 10: MANAGING COMPLIANCE AND SECURE DATA ACCESS

  • Overview of Compliance Settings

    Configuring compliance settings

    Viewing compliance results

    Managing resource and data access

11

  • MODULE 11: MANAGING OPERATING SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT

  • An overview of operating system deployment

    Preparing a site for operating system deployment

    Deploying an operating system

    Managing Windows as a service

12

  • MODULE 12: MANAGING AND MAINTAINING A CONFIGURATION MANAGER SITE

  • Configuring role-based administration

    Configuring Remote Tools

    Overview of Configuration Manager site maintenance and Management Insights

    Backing up and recovering a Configuration Manager site

    Updating the Configuration Manager infrastructure

13

  • MODULE 13: WHAT’S NEW IN MICROSOFT ENDPOINT CONFIGURATION MANAGER

  • Whats new in Microsoft Endpoint Manager covering each semiannual release.

Audience

This course is for experienced information technology (IT) professionals, typically described as Enterprise Desktop Administrators (EDAs). These EDAs deploy, manage, and maintain PCs, devices, and applications across medium, large, and enterprise organizations. A significant portion of this audience uses, or intends to use, the latest release of Configuration Manager to manage and deploy PCs, devices, and applications.

Language

English

Prerequisites

Networking fundamentals, including common networking protocols, topologies, hardware, media, routing, switching, and addressing. Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) principles and fundamentals of AD DS management. Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting for Windows-based personal computers. Basic concepts of public key infrastructure (PKI) security. Basic understanding of scripting and Windows PowerShell syntax. Basic understanding of Windows Server roles and services. Basic understanding of the configuration options for iOS and Android Mobile device platforms.

$3,275

Length: 5.0 days (40 hours)

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