Course duration: 5 Days

Cost: £1495 + VAT

Overview

This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to plan, deploy, and manage Configuration Manager 2007. The course focuses on planning and deploying sites and clients, configuring software distribution, deploying operating systems, and managing software updates. It also focuses on remote tools and managing mobile devices.

This course is intended for Systems Engineers with one to three years of experience supporting multiple desktop and server computers running Microsoft Windows in medium to large enterprise organizations, and who have a need to plan a Configuration Manager 2007 deployment.

Additionally, this course is intended for Administrators who are responsible for configuring and managing one or more Configuration Manager 2007 sites and all supporting systems. They have one to three years of experience supporting multiple desktop and server computers running Microsoft Windows Server in medium to large enterprise organizations.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

A base-level understanding of Systems Management Server 2003.

System Administrator–level working knowledge of:

Deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting for Windows-based personal computers
TCP/IP networking
SQL Server
Active Directory
Basic Public Key Infrastructure concepts

Delegates will learn how to

After completing this course, students will be able to plan, deploy, and manage Configuration Manager 2007 for their enterprise environment.

Course outline

Module 1: Overview of Configuration Manager 2007
Module 2: Planning and Deploying a Single-Site Architecture
Module 3: Planning and Deploying Configuration Manager 2007 Clients
Module 4: Collecting Inventory and Metering Software Usage
Module 5: Querying and Reporting Data
Module 6: Preparing for and Managing Software Distribution
Module 7: Deploying Operating Systems Using Configuration Manager 2007
Module 8: Deploying and Managing Software Updates
Module 9: Working with Desired Configuration Management in Configuration Manager 2007
Module 10: Using Remote Tools and Wake On LAN Features
Module 11: Managing Mobile Devices Using Configuration Manager 2007
Module 12: Maintaining and Troubleshooting Configuration Manager 2007
Module 13: Planning and Configuring a Multiple Site Hierarchy