Microsoft System Center 2012 Unleashed
eBook Details:
- Paperback: 1032 pages
- Publisher: Sams; 1st edition (June 11, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 067233612X
- ISBN-13: 978-0672336126
eBook Description:
Microsoft System Center 2012 Unleashed
This is the definitive real-world guide to Microsoft System Center 2012, Microsoft’s newest and most powerful version of System Center. Authored by consultants who’ve deployed System Center in hundreds of enterprises and innovative smaller businesses, this book brings together up-to-the-minute tips, tricks, and techniques you just won’t find anywhere else.
Organizations that deploy the entire Microsoft System Center 2012 Enterprise Suite and leverage its powerful integration capabilities have an extraordinarily strong platform for managing everything from clients to servers, mobile infrastructure to data centers. Now, for the first time, there’s a comprehensive, expert guide to using Microsoft’s entire system management suite together, in order to drive maximum business value from it. Authored by two of the world’s most experienced Systems Center implementers, this book covers every step of design, planning, implementation, migration, administration, and reporting. Chris Amaris and Rand Morimoto cover every component of the Microsoft Systems Center 2012 Enterprise Suite, demonstrating how to utilize the newest versions’ most valuable improvements, and take full advantage of interoperability both across the suite and beyond.
This is the definitive real-world guide to Microsoft System Center 2012, Microsoft’s newest and most powerful version of System Center. Authored by consultants who’ve deployed System Center in hundreds of enterprises and innovative smaller businesses, this book brings together up-to-the-minute tips, tricks, and techniques you just won’t find anywhere else.
You’ll learn how to use System Center’s powerful capabilities to build highly-efficient managed environments that encompass datacenters, cloud environments, client computers, mobile devices, and more. The authors address planning, design, implementation, integration, and administration, and cover every component, including Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, Data Protection Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, Service Manager, and Orchestrator.
- Use Configuration Manager 2012 to deliver software and updates in highly-distributed environments including datacenters, clouds, and mobile devices
- Reliably manage and report on assets with Configuration Manager 2012
- Perform monitoring, alerting, operations, and security reporting with Operations Manager 2012
- Use Data Protection Manager 2012 to protect file systems, SQL, Microsoft Exchange, and SharePoint
- Leverage Data Protection Manager 2012’s improved central monitoring and remote recovery
- Run Hyper-V virtualized environments with VMM 2012 including new private clouds and mixed private/public fabrics
- Use Service Manager 2012 to provide top-down integration, and use Orchestrator 2012 for bottom-up process automation and integration “glue”
- Give users an efficient self-service portal for creating service and incident requests and browsing service catalogs
- Manage service offerings and implement enterprise-wide change control with Service Manager 2012
- Ensure compliance by creating, executing, and repeating auditable, documented processes with Orchestrator 2012
Microsoft System Center 2012 Unleashed
This is the definitive real-world guide to Microsoft System Center 2012, Microsoft’s newest and most powerful version of System Center. Authored by consultants who’ve deployed System Center in hundreds of enterprises and innovative smaller businesses, this book brings together up-to-the-minute tips, tricks, and techniques you just won’t find anywhere else.
Organizations that deploy the entire Microsoft System Center 2012 Enterprise Suite and leverage its powerful integration capabilities have an extraordinarily strong platform for managing everything from clients to servers, mobile infrastructure to data centers. Now, for the first time, there’s a comprehensive, expert guide to using Microsoft’s entire system management suite together, in order to drive maximum business value from it. Authored by two of the world’s most experienced Systems Center implementers, this book covers every step of design, planning, implementation, migration, administration, and reporting. Chris Amaris and Rand Morimoto cover every component of the Microsoft Systems Center 2012 Enterprise Suite, demonstrating how to utilize the newest versions’ most valuable improvements, and take full advantage of interoperability both across the suite and beyond.
- Readers will learn how to get the best possible results with:
- Configuration Manager 2012 (patching, software deployment, asset inventory, and remote support)
- Operations Manager 2012 (monitoring and alerts)
- Data Protection Manager 2012 (snapshot backups)
- Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (Hyper-V R2 management)
- Service Manager 2012 (helpdesk support, incident tracking, and change control)
- Orchestrator 2012 (runbook and process automation)
You’ll learn how to use System Center’s powerful capabilities to build highly-efficient managed environments that encompass datacenters, cloud environments, client computers, mobile devices, and more. The authors address planning, design, implementation, integration, and administration, and cover every component, including Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, Data Protection Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, Service Manager, and Orchestrator.
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