Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator's Companion

By Steven D. Kaczmarek and Microsoft System Center Team

Get the definitive guide for administering System Center Configuration Manager 2007 straight from an expert. This comprehensive reference delivers all the information you need to plan, design, deploy,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735623856
• ISBN13: 9780735623859
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Nice book for learning basic features of SCCM

This book is nice for have an overview of SCCM. There is not a lot off information about native mode. It's easy to read it. And enough for the certification. Samuel PS: It's better then the official Microsoft trainning.

Excellent Administrators Reference

Everything is easy to find and well laid out. A must have for trouble free deployment of configuration manager 2007.

Concise

Gives the info I need in a format that is easy to use as a reference document. While I would still recommend training for those who are going to SC:CM from nothing at all, this book is great for Administrators of existing SMS infrastructures. Gives a good look at the new capabilities. If you are new to SMS and looking for a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know, you may want to look elsewhere.

Its basic, but comprehensive and helpful

Like the last guy said, this book is fairly basic. I haven't read the Beta docs, so I can't say if this is just a rehash of the initial white papers. But really...I can't remember a single MS book that's ever been 50-layers below the surface like many experienced Admins want. There's no way you could cover **everything** about SMS/SCCM in one volume. Provided he/she has a good working knowledge of (a) AD (b) PKI and (c) SMS2003, I'd bet a mid-level Admin could deploy SCCM based on what he/she gets from this book. Right now, we are in the middle of migrating a (very large) SMS infrastructure over to SCCM. I've found this book to be an invaluable resource. But lets face it - a good SMS/SCCM admin knows where to go if he/she is facing a weighty problem. The depth and breadth of SMS is just that....deep and broad. I honestly can't think of another MS application aside from AD that can do more. Want to know MS best-practice for designing your upcoming SCCM-infrastructure, plan an SMS-SCCM migration, how to leverage DCM or Software Metering, etc...? Well, here's your book. Want to figure out how to troubleshoot SMS/SCCM-related WMI issues, troubleshoot your Management Point, trick out your MOF to start collecting DIMM bank info, figure out why you are getting all those SQL errors after making said MOF change? Well, that's where the internet comes in. MYITforum or the Blogcast Repository in particular. Like I said, SMS/SCCM is a very deep and broad application. No one book is going to tell you how to do **everything**. Steve and team did a good job here painting the 30,000FT view and giving perspective on all the new features. Like I said, its been an invaluable resource.