Course 20696C : Administering System Center Configuration Manager and Intune - TED Learning

About this course

Get expert instruction and hands-on practice configuring and managing clients and devices by using Microsoft System Centre v1511 Configuration Manager, Microsoft Intune, and their associated site systems.

In this 4-day Intensive Boot-Camp, you will learn day-to-day management tasks, including how to manage software, client health, hardware and software inventory, applications, and integration with Intune.

You also will learn how to optimize System Center Endpoint Protection, manage compliance, and create management queries and reports. Additionally, this course, in conjunction with Microsoft Official Course 20695C, also helps certification candidates prepare for Exam 70-696: Managing Enterprise Devices and Apps.

Audience profile

This course is for experienced information technology (IT) professionals, typically described as Enterprise Desktop Administrators (EDAs). 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 and Intune to manage and deploy PCs, devices, and applications.

By using Configuration Manager with Intune, EDAs also can support either domain-joined or non-domain-joined Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) scenarios, mobile-device management, and secure data access on common operating-system platforms, such as Windows, Windows Phone, Apple iOS, and Android.

This course also is for individuals who are interested in taking exam 70-696: Managing Enterprise Devices and Apps.

After completing this course, students 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.
• Prepare a management infrastructure, including configuring boundaries, boundary groups, and resource discovery, and integrating mobile-device management with Microsoft Exchange Server.
• 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.
• Use Configuration Manager to implement Endpoint Protection.
• 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 mobile devices by using Configuration Manager and Intune.
• Manage and maintain a Configuration Manager site.

Course Outline 

Module 1: Managing computers and mobile devices in the enterprise

This module describes the features that Configuration Manager and Intune include, and it details how you can use these solutions to manage PCs and mobile devices in an enterprise environment.

• Searching in the Configuration Manager console
• Using Windows PowerShell with Configuration Manager
• Using Configuration Manager Service Manager to manage components
• Monitoring site and component status
• Reviewing log files by using the Configuration Manager Trace tool
• Creating data queries
• Creating subselect queries
• Configuring a Reporting Services point
• Creating a report by using Report Builder

Module 2: Preparing the management infrastructure to support PCs and mobile devices 

This module explains how to prepare the management infrastructure, including configuring boundaries, boundary groups, and resource discovery. Additionally it describes how Configuration Manager interacts with the Microsoft Exchange Server environment to discover and manage mobile devices.

• Configuring boundaries and boundary groups
• Configuring Active Directory discovery methods
• Creating a device collection
• Creating a user collection
• Configuring a maintenance window

Module 3: Deploying and managing clients

 This module explains the supported operating systems and devices, the software requirements, and the different methods for installing the Configuration Manager client. This module also describes some of the default and custom client settings that you can configure. After installing the client software, you can configure the client settings to perform routine management tasks.

• Preparing the site for client Installation
• Deploying the Configuration Manager client software by using client push installation
• Configuring and monitoring client health status
• Configuring client settings

Module 4: Managing inventory for PCs and applications

This module describes the inventory collection process. Additionally, it details how to configure, manage, and monitor hardware and software inventory, and use the Asset Intelligence and software metering features.

• Configuring and managing hardware inventory
• Configuring software metering
• Preparing the site for Asset Intelligence
• Configuring Asset Intelligence
• Monitoring license agreements by using Asset Intelligence
• Viewing Asset Intelligence reports

Module 5: Distributing and managing content used for deployments

This module explains how to identify and configure the most appropriate method to distribute and manage content that is used for deployments.

• Installing a new distribution point
• Managing content distribution

Module 6: Deploying and managing applications 

This module explains describes the methods for creating, deploying, and managing applications with Configuration Manager. Also it explains how to use the Software Center and the Application Catalog to install available applications and manage deployments on unconventional applications. In addition, it describes how to install Windows 10 apps and virtualized applications.

• Installing and configuring the Application Catalog roles
• Creating applications with requirements
• Deploying applications
• Managing application supersedence
• Uninstalling the Excel Viewer application
• Configuring support for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)
• Deploying virtual applications
• Configuring support for sideloading Windows Store apps
• Configuring a Windows Store app
• Deploying Windows 10 apps to users

Module 7: Maintaining software updates for managed PCs 

This module explains how to use the software updates feature in Configuration Manager to implement an end-to-end management process for the complex task of identifying, deploying, and monitoring software updates to your Configuration Manager clients.

• Configuring and synchronizing the software-update point
• Determining software-update compliance
• Deploying software updates to clients
• Configuring automatic deployment rules

Module 8: Implementing Endpoint Protection for managed PCs

This module explains how to use Configuration Manager to implement Endpoint Protection.

• Configuring the System Center Endpoint Protection point and client settings
• Configuring and deploying Endpoint Protection policies
• Monitoring Endpoint Protection

Module 9: Managing compliance and secure data access 

This module explains how to manage configuration items, baselines, and profiles to assess and configure compliance settings and data access for users and devices.

• Managing configuration items and baselines
• Viewing compliance settings and reports
• Configuring remediation in compliance settings
• Using compliance information to create collections

Module 10: Managing operating-system deployments 

This module explains how to use Configuration Manager to create a strategy for operating-system deployments.

• Managing the site system roles used to support operating-system deployment
• Managing packages to support operating-system deployment
• Preparing the operating-system image
• Creating a task sequence to deploy an image
• Deploying an image

Module 11: Mobile device management using Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune

 This module explains how to manage mobile devices by using Configuration Manager and Intune.

• Preparing Configuration Manager prerequisites for on-premises mobile-device management
• Enrolling and configuring a Windows Phone 10 mobile device

Module 12: Managing and maintaining a Configuration Manager site

This module explains how to use manage and maintain a Configuration Manager site. It describes role-based administration, Remote Tools, and the site maintenance tasks that you can manage by using Configuration Manager. Additionally it explains how to back up and recover a Configuration Manager site system.

Configuring a new scope for Toronto administrators

• Configuring a new administrative user
• Configuring the Remote Tools client settings and permissions
• Managing desktops by using Remote Control
• Configuring maintenance tasks in Configuration Manager
• Configuring the site backupBackup Site Server task
• Recovering a site from a backup

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