Administering System Centre Configuration Manager and Intune (M20696)

By achieving this Microsoft Technical Course Certification you will receive expert instruction and hands-on practice of configuring and managing clients and devices by using Microsoft System Center v1511 Configuration Manager, Microsoft Intune, and their associated site systems. 

In this five-day training course, 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 optimise System Center Endpoint Protection, manage compliance, and create management queries and reports. 

Administering System Centre Configuration Manager and Intune (M20696) Training Course Objectives
 

After completing this training course, and earning the certification, 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.

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.
• Lessons
• 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
• Introduction to queries and reports
• Lab:Exploring the Configuration Manager tools
• 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
• Lab: Creating queries, and configuring Reporting Services
• Creating data queries
• Creating subselect queries
• Configuring a Reporting Services point
• Creating a report by using Report Builder
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Explain how to use Configuration Manager to address the challenges of managing systems and users in today’s enterprise.
• Describe the Configuration Manager architecture.
• Describe the management tools that you use to perform administrative functions for Configuration Manager.
• Describe the tools that you use to monitor and troubleshoot a Configuration Manager site.
• Describe the Configuration Manager queries and reports.
• 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.
• Lessons
• Configuring site boundaries and boundary groups
• Configuring resource discovery
• Configuring the Exchange Server Connector for mobile-device management
• Configuring user and device collections
• Lab: Configuring boundaries and resource discovery
• Configuring boundaries and boundary groups
• Configuring Active Directory discovery methods
• Lab: Configuring user and device collections
• Creating a device collection
• Creating a user collection
• Configuring a maintenance window
• After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Configure boundaries and boundary groups.
• Configure resource discovery.
• Configure the Exchange Server connector.
• Configure the Microsoft Intune connector for mobile device management.
• Configure user and device collections.
• 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.
• Lessons
• Introduction to Configuration Manager client
• Deploying the Configuration Manager client
• Configuring and monitoring client status
• Managing client settings in Configuration Manager
• Lab: Deploying the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager client software
• Preparing the site for client Installation
• Deploying the Configuration Manager client software by using client push installation
• Lab: Configuring and monitoring client status
• Configuring and monitoring client health status
• Lab: Managing Client Settings
• Configuring client settings
• Describe the requirements and considerations for installing the Configuration Manager client software
• Deploy the Configuration Manager client software
• Configure and monitor client status
• Manage 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.
• Lessons
• Overview of inventory collection
• Configuring hardware and software inventory
• Managing inventory collection
• Configuring software metering
• Configuring and managing Asset Intelligence
• Lab: Configuring and managing inventory collection
• Configuring and managing hardware inventory
• Lab: Configuring software metering
• Configuring software metering
• Lab: Configuring and managing Asset Intelligence
• Preparing the site for Asset Intelligence
• Configuring Asset Intelligence
• Monitoring license agreements by using Asset Intelligence
• Viewing Asset Intelligence reports
• Describe inventory collection
• Configure and collect hardware and software inventory
• and more