The Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager database stores a large amount of data  about the resources in your environment. You might not always want to perform all  management tasks on all resources simultaneously. Therefore, to help you locate devices or  user objects in your environment that meet specific criteria, you can create queries. You then  can use these queries to create collections or to find additional information about specific  resources. This module describes queries and methods of creating and running them. In  addition to queries, you can run reports to view various types of information related to your  Configuration Manager environment. To run Configuration Manager reports, you must install  and configure a reporting services point, which this module details. This module also covers 
CMPivot, which allows you to collect and view real-time data on all the connected devices in  your environment. It will enable you to make real-time decisions. 

Lessons 
• Introduction to queries 
• Configuring SQL Server Reporting Services 
• Analyzing the real-time state of a device by using CMPivot 
Lab: Creating and running queries 
• Creating data queries 
• Creating subselect queries 
Lab: Configuring SSRS 
• Configuring a reporting services point 
Lab: Analyzing the real-time state of a device by using CMPivot 
• Using CMPivot to Analyze the current state of devices.

You can manage computer and user resources within a Microsoft System Center  Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager) environment only when Configuration  Manager has discovered these resources and assigned them to a site. In this module, you will  learn about boundaries and boundary groups that help create logical network locations  containing computer devices that you need to manage in your Configuration Manager  infrastructure. You can use these boundary configurations for automatic site assignment and  to help clients find content and services from associated site systems. You will also learn 
about the discovery processes that you can use to identify computers, users, and the  network infrastructure within your network environment. You will then learn about  collections that support logical groupings of resources. You use these groupings for  management tasks, such as targeting software updates, managing application deployments,  or deploying compliance settings to resources. 

Lessons 
• Configuring site boundaries and boundary groups 
• Configuring resource discovery 
• Organizing resources using device and user collections 
Lab: Configuring boundaries and resource discovery 
• Configuring boundaries, boundary groups, and fallback relationships 
• Configuring Active Directory discovery methods 
Lab: Configuring user and device collections 
• Creating a device collection 
• Creating a user collection 
• Configuring a maintenance window

You can install the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager)  client software on windows-based devices such as servers, workstations, and laptops. You  then can manage these devices and perform operations such as reporting hardware and  software inventory information, installing and updating software, and configuring settings  required for compliance. Configuration Manager provides several options for installing the  client software. This module explains the supported operating systems and devices, software  requirements, and different methods for installing the client software. This module also  describes some of the default and custom client settings that you can configure. After  installing the client software, you can configure client settings and control how the various  client components interact between the managed device and the Configuration Manager  environment. 

Lessons 
• Overview of the Configuration Manager client 
• Deploying the Configuration Manager client 
• Configuring and monitoring client status 
• Preparing the site for client installation 
• Managing client settings and performing management operations 
Lab: Deploying the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager client software 
• 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 
• Performing management operations

This module provides an overview of inventory collection, and explains how you can manage  the information collected. You also will learn about the process of collecting hardware and  software inventory, initiating inventory cycles, and initiating and securing inventory  collection. This module also covers the use of software metering to monitor program usage,  and the configuration and management of Asset Intelligence.

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 

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager) clients obtain  content, such as packages, applications, software updates, and even operating system images, from a content infrastructure made up of distribution points and peer cache sources.  In this module, you will review the content distribution and management features, configure  distribution points, and learn how to distribute and monitor content. You also will perform  content validation and content prestaging. 

Lessons 
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager) clients obtain  content, such as packages, applications, software updates, and even operating system  images, from a content infrastructure made up of distribution points and peer cache sources.  In this module, you will review the content distribution and management features, configure  distribution points, and learn how to distribute and monitor content. You also will perform  content validation and content prestaging. 
• Preparing the infrastructure for content management 
• Distributing and managing content on distribution point 
Lab: Distributing and managing content for deployments 
• Installing a new distribution point 
• Managing content distribution 

In this module, you will learn about the methods for creating, deploying, and managing  applications with Configuration Manager. You also will learn to use the Software Center and  the Application Catalog to install available applications. You will learn about managing  deployments on unconventional applications. In addition, you will learn to install Windows  10 apps and virtualized applications. 

Lessons 
• Overview of application management 
• Creating applications 
• Deploying applications 
• Managing applications 
• Deploying virtual applications by using System Center Configuration Manager (Optional) 
• Deploying and managing Windows Store apps 
Lab: Creating and deploying applications 
• Creating applications with requirements 
• Deploying applications 
Lab: Managing application supersedence and removal 
• Managing application supersedence 
• Uninstalling the Excel Viewer application 
Lab: Deploying virtual applications by using Configuration Manager (Optional) 
• Deploying virtual applications 
Lab: Using Configuration Manager to deploy Windows Store apps 
• Configuring support for sideloading Windows Store apps 
• Configuring a Windows Store app 
• Deploying Windows 10 apps to users 

• This module explains how to use the software updates feature in Configuration Manager to  implement an end-to-end management process for the complex task of identifying,  deploying, and monitoring Microsoft and third-party software updates to your Configuration  Manager clients. 

Lessons
• The software updates process 
• Preparing a Configuration Manager site for software updates 
• Managing software updates 
• Configuring automatic deployment rules 
• Monitoring and troubleshooting software updates. 
• Enabling third-party updates 
Lab: Configuring the site for software updates 
• Configuring and synchronizing the software update point 
Lab: Deploying and managing software updates 
• Determining software update compliance 
• Deploying software updates to clients 
• Configuring automatic deployment rules 

This module explains how to use the security-related features provided by Configuration  Manager to help protect client computers from malware threats, and to configure specific  Windows Defender Firewall settings for clients. Based on System Center Endpoint Protection  (Endpoint Protection) functionality, Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager supports  the deployment, management, and monitoring of antimalware policies, Windows Defender  Firewall settings, Windows Defender Application Guard policies, Windows Defender Exploit  Guard policies, and Windows Defender Application Control policies on client computers. 

Lessons 
• Overview of Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager 
• Configuring, deploying, and monitoring Endpoint Protection policies 
• Configuring and deploying advanced threat policies 
Lab: Implementing Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection 
• Configuring the System Center Endpoint Protection point and client settings. 
• Configuring and deploying Endpoint Protection policies 
• Monitoring Endpoint Protection 
Lab: Implementing advanced threat policies 
• Creating and deploying advanced threat protection policies

Many enterprise organizations require systems, such as servers, laptops, desktop computers,  and mobile devices, to meet specific configuration and compliance requirements.  Compliance settings in Configuration Manager can play a key role in identifying existing  configurations, discovering systems that have adverse configuration changes, and  remediating these settings automatically when necessary. Compliance settings also can help  control how users manage and access data in the enterprise network environment. For  computers that run Windows 8 and newer operating systems, you can manage data using  folder redirection, offline files, and roaming profiles. You also can control access to data  using remote connection profiles, virtual private network (VPN) profiles, Wi-Fi profiles, and  certificate profiles. This module describes the compliance settings that you can manage using  Configuration Manager. You will learn to use these settings to maintain configuration  requirements and to provide secure data access to enterprise resources. 

Lessons 
• Overview of Compliance Settings 
• Configuring compliance settings 
• Viewing compliance results 
• Managing resource and data access 
Lab: Managing compliance settings 
• Managing configuration items and baselines 
• Viewing compliance settings and reports 
• Configuring remediation in compliance settings 
• Using compliance information to create collections. 

This module explains how to use the operating system deployment feature in Configuration  Manager to create operating system images that you can deploy to unmanaged computers  and those managed by Configuration Manager. There are several scenarios in which you can  deploy operating systems by using Configuration Manager, including when you are working  with new systems or when you are upgrading existing ones. Operating system deployment  uses both Configuration Manager and Windows components to manage and deliver  operating system images. You can configure settings on a reference computer prior to  capturing an image of its operating system or by using task sequences that Configuration  Manager creates after you deploy the image to a target system. This module also explains  how to use Configuration Manager to create a strategy for operating-system deployments.  And also, it explains and how to manage Windows as a service. This module explains how to  manage Windows as a service. 

Lessons 
• An overview of operating system deployment 
• Preparing a site for operating system deployment 
• Deploying an operating system 
• Managing Windows as a service 
Lab: Preparing thea site for operating -system deployment 
• Managing the site system roles used to support operating system deployment. 
• Managing packages to support operating system deployment. 
Lab: Deploying operating -system images for bare-metal installations 
• Preparing the operating system image 
• Creating a task sequence to deploy an image. 
• Deploying an image 

This module describes role-based administration, Remote Tools, and the site maintenance  tasks that you can manage by using Configuration Manager. This module also describes how  to back up and recover a Configuration Manager site system and use the recommendation(s)  from Management Insights to simplify administration. 

Lessons 
• Configuring role-based administration 
• Configuring Remote Tools 
• Overview of Configuration Manager site maintenance and Management Insights 
• Backing up and recovering a Configuration Manager site 
• Updating the Configuration Manager infrastructure 
Lab: Configuring role-based administration 
• Configuring a new scope for Toronto administrators 
• Configuring a new administrative user 
Lab: Configuring Remote Tools 
• Configuring the Remote Tools client settings and permissions 
• Managing desktops by using Remote Control 
Lab: Maintaining a Configuration Manager site 
• Configuring maintenance tasks in Configuration Manager 
• Configuring the Backup Site Server task 
• Recovering a site from a backup