Hi all,
Great news, the System Center Configuration Manager 2012 & 2007 Documentation Library (SCCM2012-SCCM2007) have been updated ! :-)
What's New in the Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, June 2012:
The following information lists the topics that contain significant changes since the May 2012 update.
Supported Configurations for Configuration Manager
- Updated the SQL Server Requirements
section with information about database collation, that at each site,
both the instance of SQL Server in use for the site database and the
site database must use the following collation:
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. Also added to the Function-Specific Requirements
section that the minimal screen resolution supported for client
computers to run Software Center and the Application Catalog is 1024 by
769.
Planning for Security in Configuration Manager
- Updated the Planning for PKI Client Certificate Selection
section with the additional information that certificate selection now
skips certificates that are created with the version 3 certificate
template that is not compatible with Configuration Manager.
Planning for Communications in Configuration Manager
- Updated the Planning for Internet-Based Client Management section to clarify that secondary sites do not support client connections from the Internet.
Install Sites and Create a Hierarchy for Configuration Manager
- Updated the Configuration Manager Unattended Setup
section with the tip that because an unattended installation does not
run the Prerequisite Checker, manually run the Prerequisite Checker
before starting an unattended installation. Also corrected the command
line entries in the entries in the Using Command-Line Options with Setup
section that were missing a preceding slash character. This topic now
also notes that you can open the ConfigMgrPrereq.log file in the root of
the system drive to review the prerequisite checker results. This log
file can contain additional information that does not display in user
interface.
Technical Reference for Cryptographic Controls Used in Configuration Manager
- Updated to clarify that data stored on state migration points for
operating system deployment is always encrypted by the User State
Migration Tool (USMT) by using 3DES. Configuration Manager does not
support changing the encryption algorithm to AES.
Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Privacy Statement
- Updated for a new section about email notification alerts to
confirm that Microsoft does not collect information related to this
feature that you can configure for Endpoint Protection.
How to Install Clients on Computers in Configuration Manager
- Updated to clarify that automatic upgrade is not designed to be the
main method to install or upgrade clients because it cannot be
scheduled and might result in flooding the network. In addition, this
topic adds examples for How to Install Configuration Manager Clients
Manually, How to Install Configuration Manager Clients on Workgroup
Computers, and added an explanation to the example in How to Install
Configuration Manager Clients on Workgroup Computers.
How to Install Clients on Mobile Devices and Enroll Them by Using Configuration Manager
- Updated Step 10: Enrolling Mobile Devices
with the nformation that the mobile device enrollment process prompts
to enter a company email address and password. If the user does not have
a company email account that is integrated with Active Directory Domain
Services (for example, in a test environment), you can enter the UPN
for the email address (or use domain\user name format), and enter the password for the Active Directory account
About Client Settings in Configuration Manager
- Updated the Endpoint Protection section to clarify that setting Install Endpoint Protection client on client computers to False will not uninstall the Endpoint Protection client. To uninstall the Endpoint Protection client, you must set the Manage Endpoint Protection client on client computers client setting to False, and then deploy a package and program to uninstall the Endpoint Protection client.
Configuring the Application Catalog and Software Center in Configuration Manager
- Updated Step 4 instructions to include setting permissions explicitly on the CMApplicationCatalog\Content\Images\AppIcons folder, because this folder does not inherit permissions from the parent folder, CMApplicationCatalog.
If the permissions are not set correctly, users are prompted for
credentials. This topic is also updated in Step 6 with the tip that one
of the most typical reasons for the Application Catalog to not operate
correctly after installation is missing prerequisites. Check and confirm
the site system role prerequisites for the Application Catalog site
system roles by using the Site System Requirements section of the Supported Configurations for Configuration Manager topic.
The footnotes for the table include important information about
configuring WCF activation and the requirement to explicitly enable
ASP.NET.
How to Create Queries in Configuration Manager
- Updated with 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.
These examples are also published on the TechNet wiki, where you can add your own queries as additional examples to help other customers. Thanks to Saud Al-Mishari,
a Senior Premier Field Engineer in the UK, this page is updated with
his changes and additions. The additions include examples to identify
computers without a specific software package installed, identify
laptops, and identify virtual machines.
Information and Support for Configuration Manager
- Updated with information about the Configuration Manager suggestion box where you can share ideas for documentation and vote on suggestions.
Frequently Asked Questions for Configuration Manager
Updated for the new entry:
- To support computers in an untrusted forest, do I have to create a new primary site and configure a two-way forest trust?
What's New in the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library for June 2012
The following information lists the topics that contain significant changes since the May 2012 update.
Configuration Manager Site Capacity Planning
- Updated with the
information that the maximum number of management point servers that can
be configured as part of a NLB cluster is limited by number of
supported nodes that the operating system supports for the NLB cluster.
How to Add Windows Device Drivers to a Boot Image
- Update to clarify that if
you’re running Configuration Manager 2007 SP2, you must add only valid
NIC and mass storage device drivers that are intended for use with
Windows 7 because the version of Windows PE that is provided by
Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 is based on Windows 7 rather than Vista.
How to Install Configuration Manager Clients on Workgroup Computers
- Added examples for CCMSetup.exe that are suitable for installing
the client on workgroup computers. We see from the forums that many
times, customers specify properties that are not necessary for a
successful installation. Unfortunately, CCMSetup.exe is not very smart
about how it handles incorrectly specified properties and the more
properties you specify, the more likely you are to introduce a problem
such as a typo.
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