Use this topic to track a summary of significant changes in the Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. After the release, the documentation might be updated for new information, to incorporate customer feedback, and to make any corrections that might be required. Typically, any documentation changes are announced each month on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog, and then periodically summarized in this topic.
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In the release publication of the library, the following guides include information to help you be successful with Configuration Manager:
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Getting Started with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
This guide helps you get started with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with an introduction to the product, what’s new and changed since Configuration Manager 2007, basic concepts, and some frequently asked questions. |
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Site Administration for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
This guide provides the information to help you plan, install, configure, and maintain System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. This information includes how to run Setup for the product. |
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Migrating Hierarchies in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
This guide provides information about migrating an existing Configuration Manager 2007 infrastructure to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
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Deploying Clients for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
This guide provides information to help you plan, install, configure, and manage client deployment in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. This information includes enrolling mobile devices with Configuration Manager and how to manage mobile devices by using the Exchange Server connector. |
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Deploying Software and Operating Systems in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
This guide provides information to help you plan, configure, and manage the deployment of software and operating systems in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
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Assets and Compliance in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
This guide provides information to help you manage your devices (computers and mobile devices) in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
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Security and Privacy for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
This guide contains security-related information from the other Configuration Manager guides and privacy statements for the product. |
For a glossary of terms and definitions, see Glossary for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
What's New in the Documentation Library
for May 2012
The following sections describe what's new in the Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager since the official documentation library release in March 2012. The topics that are listed are either new topics or topics that contain significant technical changes. Topics that contain minor changes are not listed.
In addition, you can now download a copy of this technical documentation from the Microsoft Download Center. Always use the TechNet online library for the most up-to-date information.
Getting Started with System Center
2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Getting Started with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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In the Sites and Hierarchies section, added a new section for Language Pack Support. This information is also clarified in the Client Deployment and Operations section, which contains the information that you no longer install International Client Packs (ICPs) when you want to support different languages on the client. |
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Updated for the latest support statements. |
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Updated for new questions that include the following:
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Updated the Search the Configuration Manager Documentation Library section to explain how to use the scoped search link, with examples and search tips. |
Site Administration for System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Site Administration for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Updated the site system role placement for secondary sites. |
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Updated for additional information about planning for language packs at Configuration Manager sites, clients, and the Configuration Manager console. |
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Updated for the new section, Best Practices for Discovery. |
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Updated for the information that the Application Catalog web service point, like the out of band service point, must reside in the same Active Directory forest as the site server. Other site system roles can be installed in other forests. This topic is also updated for a procedure how to manually publish management points to DNS on Windows Server. |
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Install Sites and Create a Hierarchy for Configuration Manager |
Updated for a new section, Decommission Sites and Hierarchies, for information about how to uninstall Configuration Manager. In addition, the /TESTDBUPGRADE option is updated in the Using Command-Line Options with Setup section to clarify that this switch is not supported on a production database. |
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Updated the Modify the Site Database Configuration section to clarify that Configuration Manager does not support changing the port for SQL Server after the site is installed. Added new sections, Manage Language Packs at Configuration Manager Sites and Configure Custom Locations for the Site Database Files. |
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Security and Privacy for Site Administration in Configuration Manager |
Updated the entry about the Security Configuration Wizard with the link to download the toolkit for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: System Center 2012 – Configuration Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions. This information is also updated in the Security and Privacy for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide. |
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Updated for the ports used by the new site system roles: the Application Catalog website point and Application Catalog web service point; the enrollment point and enrollment proxy point; and the Endpoint Protection point. Also clarified that Configuration Manager does not support dynamic ports for SQL Server. |
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Technical Reference for Language Packs in Configuration Manager |
New topic that provides technical details about language support in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
Migrating from Configuration Manager
2007 to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Migrating Hierarchies in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Planning for Migration to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
Updated for additional information about planning for overlapping boundaries if you will install new Configuration Manager 2007 client during the migration period. |
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Planning a Migration Job Strategy in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
Updated to clarify that when a collection migrates, Configuration Manager also migrates collection settings that include maintenance windows and collection variables, but cannot migrate collection settings for AMT provisioning. |
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Planning a Content Deployment Migration Strategy in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
Updated the Distribution Point Upgrade section to clarify the package migration behavior during a distribution point upgrade. |
Deploying Clients for System Center
2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Deploying Clients for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Prerequisites for Windows Client Deployment in Configuration Manager |
Updated to clarify that although most operating systems now include BITS, some operating systems, such as Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, do not. If you install the client on an operating system that does not already have BITS installed, you must first install it. |
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Best Practices for Client Deployment in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the new best practice to install additional client languages on the site before you deploy clients on computers and mobile devices. |
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Updated to clarify the assignment behavior for a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager client when it is assigned to a Configuration Manager 2007 site. |
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About Client Installation Properties in Configuration Manager |
Updated for information about file locations for the /config: and CCMENABLELOGGING installation properties. |
Deploying Software and Operating
Systems in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Deploying Software and Operating Systems in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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New topic that provides an example scenario for how you might deploy software updates in your environment. |
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How to Manage Applications and Deployment Types in Configuration Manager |
Updated to clarify that the Retire management task does not remove any installed copies of the application from client computers. |
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Updated for information about running task sequences in a maintenance window. |
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Updated for how to create a USMT package and how to restore the user state if the operating system deployment fails. |
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Updated the Updated Install Software Updates step for the information that the step cannot suppress restarts if the software update requires a restart. |
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Example Scenario for PXE-Initiated Operating System Deployment by Using Configuration Manager |
New topic that provides an example scenario for how you might deploy an operating system by using PXE in your environment. |
Assets and Compliance in System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Assets and Compliance in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Updated to clarify that a query that contains no criteria will return all devices in the All Systems collection. |
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Updated for the information that you must create a hardware inventory class for any MIF files you want to add to inventory. |
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How to Configure Software Inventory in Configuration Manager |
Updated for an example of how to specify a file type that you want to inventory. |
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Updated to include the reference to Example Scenario for Software Metering in Configuration Manager. |
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How to Manage AMT-based Computers Out of Band in Configuration Manager |
Updated to clarify that the out of band management power control commands are always available for a collection, even if the collection contains resources that are not provisioned for AMT. |
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How to Configure Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager |
Updated for information about using software updates automatic deployment rules to deploy definition updates for Endpoint Protection. |
What's New in the Documentation Library
for January 2013
The following sections describe what's new in the Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager since the documentation library was updated in May 2012. The documentation library now contains information for Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1). The topics that are listed are either new topics or topics that contain significant technical changes. Topics that contain minor changes are not listed.
In addition to these sections, the Glossary for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is updated for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1.
Getting Started with System Center
2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Getting Started with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Updated for Configuration Manager SP1. |
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New topic that lists the changes in Configuration Manager SP1, with links to additional information. |
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Updated for Configuration Manager SP1. For example, how you can use site expansion if you install a stand-alone primary site and later decide that you require additional primary sites. This topic also has diagrams added to illustrate example site designs, site system roles, and client settings. |
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Updated support statements for Configuration Manager with no service pack, and new support statements for Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated for new questions that include the following:
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New topic that outlines accessibility features for Configuration Manager and provides links to more information. |
Site Administration for System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Site Administration for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Interoperability between Different Versions of Configuration Manager |
New topic that contains information about interoperability between System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Configuration Manager 2007 and about interoperability between sites with different service pack versions in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
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Updated for the new certificates in Configuration Manager SP1, which includes certificates for Mac computers, cloud-based distribution points, and the Windows Intune connector and mobile devices that are enrolled by Windows Intune. This topic also includes a new entry for the specific certificate requirements when you use a SQL Server cluster for the Configuration Manager site database. |
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Planning to Upgrade System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
New topic to help you plan to upgrade System Center 2012 Configuration Manager to Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Determine Whether to Extend the Active Directory Schema for Configuration Manager |
Updated for the information that there are no new schema changes in Configuration Manager SP1. The topic also lists the clients that do not use the Configuration Manager schema extensions. |
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Updated for the new Planning to Expand a Stand-Alone Primary Site section for Configuration Manager SP1 information about how to expand a stand-alone primary site into a new hierarchy with a central administration site. |
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Updated for the new best practice to not run Active Directory Forest Discovery at multiple sites when you plan to automatically create boundaries from the discovery data, because this can create duplicate boundary objects. Also updated to clarify that when Active Directory Forest Discovery discovers a supernet that is assigned to an Active Directory site, Configuration Manager translates the supernet into a boundary as an IP address range. This information is also added to Planning for Boundaries and Boundary Groups in Configuration Manager. |
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Updated for the new Configuration Manager SP1 site system roles, proxy server configuration, cloud-based distribution points, and the Windows Intune connector. |
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New topic that contains planning information for cloud-based distribution points in Windows Azure. |
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Updated for how to use database replication controls and distributed views in Configuration Manager SP1. The Planning How to Wake Up Clients section is also updated for the new wake-up proxy functionality in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Configuring Settings for Client Management in Configuration Manager |
Updated the Configure Wake on LAN section for the new wake-up proxy functionality in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Install Sites and Create a Hierarchy for Configuration Manager |
The topic that contains information about how to run Setup has the following updates:
In addition, the following information is updated for unattended installations:
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Expand a Stand-Alone Primary Site into a Hierarchy with a Central Administration Site |
New topic that provides information about the new site expansion functionality in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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New topic that contains information about how to upgrade to the latest service pack, such as Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated with the new information that for Configuration Manager SP1, you can configure email subscriptions for all alerts whereas in Configuration Manager with no service pack, email subscriptions were restricted to Endpoint Protection. |
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Install and Configure Site System Roles for Configuration Manager |
Updated for the new site system roles in Configuration Manager SP1 and the information that when you install a site system on a domain controller that does not host the site server, the new site system role does not complete the installation until the Kerberos ticket refreshes. |
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Updated for a new section to uninstall a database replica. The “Configuring the Database Replica Server” section is also updated for the information that the SQL Server service on the replica database server must run as the System account. This topic is also updated for the required configurations to use a database replica; you must configure databases to support a Max Text Repl Size of 2 GB. |
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New topic to help you manage cloud-based distribution points in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated to add the new Using Data Protection Manager to Back up Your Site Database section and updated the Recover a Secondary Site section. |
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New topic that explains how to install update bundles if you require hotfixes to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
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Updated to add the section “Supported SQL Server Versions for the Reporting Services Point”. |
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Updated to add the new section Reporting Services Security Roles for Configuration Manager. |
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Updated for the new ports used by Configuration Manager SP1, which includes the client notification, cloud-based distribution point, and the Windows Intune connector. Also added the ports used by the Exchange Server connector. |
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Updated to include the AppDiscovery.log and AppEnforce.log log files, which are used with application management. Also updated for the new log files in Configuration Manager SP1, which includes log files for Mac computers, Linux and UNIX servers, and cloud-based distribution points. |
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Technical Reference for Cryptographic Controls Used in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the new security controls in Configuration Manager SP1, which includes content hashing support for the new devices that Configuration Manager SP1 supports, the encryption algorithm used by client notification, and certificates used by cloud-based distribution points and for Windows Intune. |
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Technical Reference for Language Packs in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the new languages supported by Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Technical Reference for the Prerequisite Checker in Configuration Manager |
Updated the information about prerequisite checks for Configuration Manager, which includes the prerequisite checks for Configuration Manager with no service pack, new prerequisite checks for Configuration Manager SP1, and prerequisite checks for upgrading to Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated for new procedures for deploying the client certificate for Mac computers and the service certificate for cloud-based distribution points in Configuration Manager SP1. |
Migrating Hierarchies in System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
This guide was previously named “Migrating from Configuration Manager 2007 to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager” and is now renamed to reflect the new functionality in Configuration Manager SP1 that now also lets you migrate a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 hierarchy to another System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 hierarchy. Topics in this guide are updated to reflect this new functionality, where applicable.
Deploying Clients for System Center
2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Deploying Clients for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Updated for information for Configuration Manager SP1 information about Windows Embedded, Mac computers, and Linux and UNIX servers. This topic is also updated to include a list of client checks that Windows-based clients make when Configuration Manager monitor clients and remediates any issues. |
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Prerequisites for Windows Client Deployment in Configuration Manager |
Updated for Configuration Manager SP1, which includes the following:
This topic is also updated to clarify that BITS is not automatically downloaded during client installation. |
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Best Practices for Client Deployment in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the following best practices:
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New topic that provides planning information to help you install the client on Linux and UNIX server in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Determine the Site System Roles for Client Deployment in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the information that you require an enrollment point and enrollment proxy point to manage Mac computers in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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How to Configure Client Communication Port Numbers in Configuration Manager |
Updated for information about ports for client notification in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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How to Install Clients on Windows-Based Computers in Configuration Manager |
This topic was previously named “How to Install Clients on Computers in Configuration Manager” and renamed because Configuration Manager SP1 supports the installation of clients on other operating systems, such as Mac OS X, and Linux and UNIX. Other updates to this topic include the following:
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How to Install Clients on Mac Computers in Configuration Manager |
New topic that explains how to install and enroll Mac computers that so that you manage these computers similarly to how you manage other clients in the Configuration Manager hierarchy. |
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How to Install Clients on Linux and UNIX Computers in Configuration Manager |
New topic that explains how to install the Configuration Manager client on Linux and UNIX servers that so that you manage these computers similarly to how you manage other clients in the Configuration Manager hierarchy. |
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How to Manage Mobile Devices by Using Configuration Manager and Windows Intune |
New topic for Configuration Manager SP1 that explains how to manage mobile devices that run Windows Phone 8, Windows RTM, iOS, and Android. This mobile devices management solution requires a subscription to Windows Intune and uses the Windows Intune connector site system role. |
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Updated to include information about how to notify computers to download policy as soon as possible when they run the Configuration Manager SP1 client. |
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How to Manage Linux and UNIX Clients in Configuration Manager |
New topic that explains how to manage the Configuration Manager SP1 client on Linux and UNIX servers. |
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How to Monitor Linux and UNIX Clients in Configuration Manager |
New topic that explains how to monitor the Configuration Manager SP1 client on Linux and UNIX servers. |
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Updated for the following security best practices:
This topic also has the following new security issues listed:
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Updated throughout to incorporate the change in Configuration Manager SP1 where the True and False values in Configuration Manager with no service pack are now Yes and No. Other updates include the following:
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About Client Installation Properties in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the following:
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Administrator Checklist: Deploying Clients in Configuration Manager |
Updated for references to the new devices that are supported in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Windows Firewall and Port Settings for Client Computers in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the new wake-up proxy and client notification communication in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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New topic that provides an example scenario of how to manage write filters on Windows Embedded devices when you manage these clients in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Technical Reference for the Configuration Manager Client for Linux and UNIX |
New topic that contains technical reference information that you might require if you install the Configuration Manager SP1 client on Linux or UNIX servers. |
Deploying Software and Operating
Systems in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Deploying Software and Operating Systems in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Updated for information about the Configuration Manager content library, which includes a new section, “About the Content Library on the Central Administration Site” to help you plan for content storage on a central administration site. More information about this requirement appears in the Planning for Content Management in Configuration Manager. This topic, and the Planning for Content Management in Configuration Manager topic is also updated for information about how to move the content library. |
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Updated for planning information for cloud-based distribution points and pull distribution points in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated the Install and Configure the Distribution Point section for additional information about the Allow clients to connect anonymously setting. |
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Security and Privacy for Content Management in Configuration Manager |
Updated for security best practices and security issues for cloud-based distribution points in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Introduction to Application Management in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the following new functionality in Configuration Manager SP1:
This topic also has a new section to explain how mobile devices that are managed by the Windows Intune connector use the company portal so that users can download apps that you make available. |
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New topic to help you plan for deploying Windows 8 apps in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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New topic that contains planning information to help you deploy virtual applications by using Configuration Manager. |
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Configuring the Application Catalog and Software Center in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the following:
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Updated to include information about the new application types in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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How to Create and Deploy Applications for Mac Computers in Configuration Manager |
New topic that contains information about how to deploy applications to Mac computers in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated for information about the new Configuration Manager SP1 option Allow clients on a metered Internet connection to download content after the installation deadline, which might occur additional costs. |
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Updated to include information about the new deployment types in Configuration Manager SP1. This topic is also updated for information about how to create a script to detect if an application is already installed. |
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How to Create App-V Virtual Environments in Configuration Manager |
New topic that contains information about how to create and manage App-V virtual environments in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Deploying Software to Linux and UNIX Servers in Configuration Manager |
New topic that contains information about how to deploy applications to Linux and UNIX servers in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated to add information about the new software update point functionality in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated to include changes to software update point functionality that is introduced in Configuration Manager SP1, such as the ability to install more than one software update point at a site. |
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Updated for the new and changed configuration options in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Prerequisites For Deploying Operating Systems in Configuration Manager |
Updated the “Dependencies External to Configuration Manager” section to include new dependencies for Configuration Manager SP1. This includes details about the Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) for Configuration Manager with no service pack, and its replacement by the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated for information about a new setting that lets you configure the Windows PE scratch space in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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New topic that provides information about deploying operating systems when sites in your hierarchy have different versions of Configuration Manager. |
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Security and Privacy for Deploying Operating Systems in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the following security improvement in Configuration Manager SP1:
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Updated to add the following variables:
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New topic that provides information and procedures about how to use Configuration Manager SP1 so that users can boot to Windows 8 from a USB drive. |
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Prestart Commands for Task Sequence Media in Configuration Manager |
New topic that provides information and procedures about how to use a script or executable as a prestart command that runs before a task sequence is selected and can interact with the user in Windows PE. |
Assets and Compliance in System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Assets and Compliance in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Updated for some example WQL queries that you can easily import and modify for your own use. For example, you could create your own collections by using these queries. |
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Hardware Inventory for Linux and UNIX in Configuration Manager |
New topic that explain how to inventory computers in Configuration Manager SP1 that run Linux or UNIX. |
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Introduction to Compliance Settings in Configuration Manager |
Updated for information about the new user data and profiles configuration items in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Prerequisites for Compliance Settings in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the required permissions to manage user data and profiles configuration items in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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How to Create Windows Configuration Items for Compliance Settings in Configuration Manager |
Updated to include more information about how to create Active Directory settings. |
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How to Create User Data and Profiles Configuration Items in Configuration Manager |
New topic about how to create user data and profiles configuration items in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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How to Create Mac Computer Configuration Items in Configuration Manager |
New topic that provides information about how to create and deploy configuration items for Mac computers in Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Updated to add a link to the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Configuration Pack. |
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Security and Privacy for Compliance Settings in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the following security best practices:
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Introduction to Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager |
Updated for a new workflow diagram that shows the steps and processes required to configure Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager. |
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How to Configure Definition Updates for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager |
New topic that contains information about how to configure update sources for Endpoint Protection definitions. |
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How to Create and Deploy Antimalware Policies for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager |
Updated for new information about exclusion settings that you can use to prevent folders from being scanned by Endpoint Protection. |
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Updated for new information about the available management tasks to remediate detected malware. |
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Updated to add a new section named Malware Alert Levels, which contains a description of the various malware alert levels that you might see in the console and reports. |
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New topic that provides an example scenario for how you can implement Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager to protect computers in an organization from malware attacks. |
Security and Privacy for System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Security and Privacy for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Security and Privacy for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
Updated the information about the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) so that it includes the toolkit for Configuration Manager SP1. |
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Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Privacy Statement |
Updated for Configuration Manager SP1. There are no updates for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Privacy Statement - Mobile Device Addendum. |
Scenarios and Solutions Using System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The Scenarios and Solutions Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide is new and contains example scenario and solutions documentation from the other Configuration Manager guides.
What's New in the Documentation Library
for November 2013
The following sections describe what's new in the Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager since the documentation library was updated in January 2013. The documentation library now contains information for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. The topics that are listed are either new topics or topics that contain significant technical changes. Topics that contain minor changes are not listed.
In addition to these sections, the Glossary for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is updated for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.
Getting Started with System Center
2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Getting Started with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Updated for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. |
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New topic that lists the changes in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, with links to additional information. |
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Updated for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. For example, the new site system role, the certificate registration point. |
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Updated support statements for Configuration Manager with no service pack and Configuration Manager SP1, and also new support statements for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. |
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Updated for new questions that include the following:
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Site Administration for System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Site Administration for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Interoperability between Different Versions of Configuration Manager |
New topic that contains information about interoperability between System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Configuration Manager 2007 and about interoperability between sites with different versions in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
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Planning for Hardware Configurations for Configuration Manager |
Updated to add a note to the table in the Disk Space Configurations section to make clear that the minimum disk space listed does not include the space required for source content that is located on the site server. You can find more information about this in the Plan for Content Libraries section of the Planning for Content Management in Configuration Manager topic. |
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Updated the guidance for planning a hierarchy to reflect consideration of options to later expand a stand-alone primary site into a larger hierarchy; an option that did not exist when this documentation was first released. |
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Updated to include Active Directory Certificate Services on Windows Server 2012. This topic is also updated for the new certificate requirement for servers running the Configuration Manager Policy Module with the Network Device Enrollment Service. |
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Planning to Upgrade System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
Updated for a new section, Planning to Upgrade to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, which helps you plan to upgrade Configuration Manager SP1 to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. |
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Determine Whether to Extend the Active Directory Schema for Configuration Manager |
Updated for the information that there are no new schema changes in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. |
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Updated to include the new System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager information:
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Planning for Boundaries and Boundary Groups in Configuration Manager |
Updated to add best practice guidance about using IP address ranges as boundaries only when other boundary types are not sufficient for your environment. |
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Updated the Planning for Maintenance Tasks for Configuration Manager section for the following maintenance tasks that were introduced with Configuration Manager SP1:
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Install Sites and Create a Hierarchy for Configuration Manager |
The topic that contains information about how to run Setup has the following updates:
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Configuring Settings for Client Management in Configuration Manager |
Updated the Configure Wake on LAN section for the information that if you run System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, you no longer have to manually configure Windows Firewall to allow the inbound ICMP ping commands that are required for wake-up proxy. This update is also reflected in the Windows Firewall and Port Settings for Client Computers in Configuration Manager topic. |
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Install and Configure Site System Roles for Configuration Manager |
Updated for the following:
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Updated to remove the guidance for the required configuration of the SQL Server cluster. This information is moved to, and is kept up-to-date, in Supported Configurations for Configuration Manager. |
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Updated for the support information that the reporting services point supports SQL Server 2012 SP1. Also clarified that the database for the reporting services point must be on a 64-bit installation of SQL Server. |
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Updated the details for SQL Server to SQL Server connections to clarify that Configuration Manager does not require the SQL Server Browser (UDP 1434). Also updated the details in the Connections to Microsoft SQL Server section to clarify that for intersite communications, the SQL Server Service is in use, and that it defaults to port TCP 1433. This topic is also updated for the new ports used by certificate enrollment in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. |
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Updated to include new log files for new features in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager: |
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Technical Reference for Cryptographic Controls Used in Configuration Manager |
Updated for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. |
Migrating Hierarchies in System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Migrating Hierarchies in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Introduction to Migration in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
Updated for the new migration scenario: System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. Updates for this scenario can also be found in Migrating Hierarchies in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and in Prerequisites for Migration in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. |
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Prerequisites for Migration in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
Updated for the permissions that are required by the Source Site Database Account, which is used during migration. |
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Operations for Migrating to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager |
Updated for a new section, Migrate Clients in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, to clarify that although you can migrate client data, you don’t migrate clients. Instead, you uninstall them from the source hierarchy and reinstall them from the destination hierarchy. |
Deploying Clients for System Center
2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Deploying Clients for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Determine the Site System Roles for Client Deployment in Configuration Manager |
Updated to clarify that that the Application Catalog web service point and the Application Catalog website point site system roles are required for Windows-based computers when you want to deploy software with a deployment purpose of Available. |
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How to Install Clients on Mac Computers in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the following:
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Updated for the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Resultant Settings option that displays calculated resultant settings for devices, users, and user groups. |
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How to Manage Mobile Devices by Using Configuration Manager and Exchange |
Updated for the following:
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How to Manage Mobile Devices by Using Configuration Manager and Windows Intune |
Updated for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. |
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Updated to add information about the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Change Ownership option for clients. |
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Updated to add the mobile device security issue that a wipe acknowledgment does not verify that the device has been successfully wiped. The following security best practices and security issues are also added for Mac computers:
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About Client Installation Properties in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the CCMSetup.exe property of /ExcludeFeatures, which is new for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, and lets you prevent a feature from being installed during client installation. |
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New topic that summaries the high-level steps required to configure the Windows Intune connector to manage mobile devices such as Windows RT, Windows Phone 8, iOS, and Android. |
Deploying Software and Operating
Systems in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Deploying Software and Operating Systems in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Updated for the information that System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager supports the configuration of multiple Network Access Accounts for each site. |
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Operations and Maintenance for Content Management in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the information that System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager has new options in content status monitoring to help you manage content distributions. |
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Updated to clarify that App-V 5.0 SP1 is now supported by Configuration Manager. |
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Updated for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager:
This topic now includes how to create deployment types, which was previously in a separate topic. |
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Security and Privacy for Application Management in Configuration Manager |
Updated to add the following security best practices and security issues for application management:
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How to Manage Virtual Hard Disks in Configuration Manager |
New topic for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, which contains information about how to manage virtual hard disks (VHDs) from the Configuration Manager console and integrate the VHDs that you create into your datacenter. |
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Updated for the following built-in variables that were added for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager:
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Updated to include the following task sequence steps that were added for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager:
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Assets and Compliance in System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The following new or updated topics are from the Assets and Compliance in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide.
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Updated for the information about the new client notification management tasks that allow you to download user or computer policy to all members of the selected device collection. |
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Updated for the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager new option, apply this schedule, which lets you define whether the maintenance window applies to all deployments, software updates, or task sequences. |
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How to Create Mac Computer Configuration Items in Configuration Manager |
Updated for the following information:
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New section for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager to help you create, deploy, and monitor remote connection settings to devices in your organization. |
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New section for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager that contains information about how you can minimize the end-user configuration required to connect to resources on the company network. For more information, see the following new sections: |
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Introduction to Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager |
Updated to include information about where to find the Endpoint Protection client for Mac and for Linux. |
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How to Provision the Endpoint Protection Client in a Disk Image in Configuration Manager |
New topic that helps you to install the Endpoint Protection client on a computer that you intend to use as a disk image source for Configuration Manager operating system deployment. |
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How to Create and Deploy Antimalware Policies for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager |
Updated for new and changed antimalware policy settings in Configuration Manager SP1. |
Security and Privacy for System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager
The Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Privacy Statement and Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Privacy Statement - Mobile Device Addendum are now moved from the Security and Privacy for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager guide to the System Center 2012 R2 Privacy Statement topic.
See Also
For additional information, see Information and Support for Configuration Manager.
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