What’s New in Configuration Manager 2012 “SCCM 2012”

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There is a very huge changes and enhancements from SCCM 2007 in Configuration Manager 2012, in this post series I will go through the main new changes and enhancements in System Center Configuration Manager 2012,

I will start in this post with addressing the main areas of changes as the following:

  • Configuration Manager Setup Options:

In this area there is a big change related to setup options like Site Recovery which is integrated in Configuration Manager 2012 Setup Wizard, also no more Setup Option to install secondary sites and secondary site can only be installed from the Configuration Manager 2012 console.

  • The New Configuration Manager Console:

The new SCCM 2012 Console is totally different from SCCM 2007 console, and the new console become more easier than before and looks like Operations Manager Console, the new console provides allot of benefits and as an example of these new benefits is Role Based Administration which allow a certain Administrator to see only the objects that he is allowed to see as defined by role-based administration.

  • Sites and Hierarchies Changes:

There are allot of changes from SCCM 2007 in SCCM 2012 related to Sites and Hierarchies, one of these changes in site mode, sites are no longer configured for mixed or native mode, instead you secure client communication endpoints by configuring individual site system roles to support client connections over HTTPS or HTTP.

  • Client Deployment and Operations:

There are some changes in Client Deployment and Operations, and as an example of these changes is that in Configuration Manager 2012 you can easily include or exclude the contents of another collection from a specified collection, also Software updates can be monitored now from Administrator Console to provide the following:

  • Key software updates compliance and deployment views.
  • Detailed state messages for all deployments and assets.
  • Software updates error codes with additional information to help identify issues.
  • Status for software updates synchronization.
  • Alerts for key software updates issues.
  • Software Deployment and Content Management Changes:

There is new features available in SCCM 2012 that provide improvements to Software updates deployment process, including Automatic Approval and Deployment for Software updates, so no more Administrative Action to approve updates from SCCM,

This plus other new features in SCCM 2012 related to Software Deployment.

  • Monitoring and Reporting Changes:

There are some enhancement in SCCM reporting and Monitoring, and one of the new monitoring features is “Alerts” which provide near real-time awareness of current site operations and conditions in the Configuration Manager console.

There is really a big change and enhancement in System Center Configuration Manager 2010 from 2007.

In the coming posts I will go through the details of each area and the related changes and features from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012, and how to use each new feature in SCCM 2012.

 

For Complete Post Series check here https://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2011/08/10/what-s-new-in-configuration-manager-2012-sccm-2012.aspx.

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