Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- SECTION I: PLANNING THE SITE STRUCTURE -- Chapter 1 Introduction to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 -- Initial Release -- Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 -- Configuration Manager 2007 R2 -- Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 -- Configuration Manager 2007 R3 -- The Final Word -- Chapter 2 Planning the Site Hierarchy -- Preplanning Criteria -- Identifying Objectives -- Configuring a Test Lab -- Site Planning Options -- Planning Site Deployment -- Documenting the Details of Each Site -- The Final Word -- Chapter 3 Planning Site Maintenance and Management -- Working with Site Status -- Creating Status Message Queries -- Configuring Site Maintenance Tasks -- Status Summarizers -- The Final Word -- SECTION II: INSTALLING AND DEPLOYING COMPONENTS -- Chapter 4 Installing a Primary Site -- Quick Intro to Site Relationships -- Primary Site Installation Options and Prerequisites -- Configuring Prerequisites -- Installing a Primary Site -- Verifying the Installation -- Installing Configuration Manager 2007 R3 -- Post Installation Tasks -- The Final Word -- Chapter 5 Creating a Site Hierarchy -- Understanding Site Relationships -- Creating a Child Secondary Site -- Creating a New Central Site by Setting a New Primary Site -- Boundaries -- The Final Word -- Chapter 6 Configuring Site System Roles -- Site System Roles -- The Final Word -- Chapter 7 Deploying Clients -- Introduction to the Client -- Client Installation Options -- Configuring Client Installation Prerequisites -- Client Installation -- Client Approval -- Uninstalling the Client -- The Final Word -- Chapter 8 Managing Clients -- Internet Based Client Management -- Out of Band Management -- Out of Band Management Point -- Remote Tools -- The Final Word -- Chapter 9 Managing Assets -- Managing Hardware Inventory -- Managing Software Inventory.

Reviewing Inventory Information -- Managing Asset Intelligence -- Managing Software Metering -- The Final Word -- Chapter 10 Creating and Managing Queries and Reports -- Queries -- Reports -- The Final Word -- SECTION III: MANAGING THE SITE STRUCTURE -- Chapter 11 Managing Software Distribution -- Introduction to Software Distribution -- Understanding Collections -- Predefined Collections -- Creating Collections -- Adding Resources -- Removing Resources -- Managing Collections -- Software Distribution Site Settings -- Understanding Packages -- Creating a Package -- Components of a Package -- Advertisements -- Wake On LAN -- Receiving Software -- Monitoring Software Distribution -- The Final Word -- Chapter 12 Managing Software Updates -- Overview of the Software Update Process -- Overview of the Software Update Components -- Developing a Software Update Process -- Log Files -- The Final Word -- Chapter 13 Managing Operating System Deployment -- Introduction to Operating System Deployment -- Operating System Deployment Features -- Considerations for Operating System Deployment -- Walking Through the Process -- Configuring OSD Components -- Task Sequence Reports -- Log Files -- The Final Word -- Chapter 14 Managing Desired Configuration Management -- Just What Is DCM? -- DCM Components -- The Final Word -- Chapter 15 Managing Network Access Protection -- NAP and Configuration Manager 2007 -- NAP Fundamentals -- Methods of Enforcement -- NAP Enforcement Modes -- Configuring NAP -- NAP in Action -- Integrate Configuration Manager 2007 with NAP -- Configuration Manager NAP Policies -- Configuration Manager NAP Client Behavior -- The Final Word -- Chapter 16 Managing Mobile Devices -- Supported Platforms -- Configuring Device Management Support -- Mobile Device Management Settings -- Configuration Packages -- Installing the Client -- The Final Word.

SECTION IV: MAINTAINING AND TROUBLESHOOTING -- Chapter 17 Backup and Recovery -- Backup Options -- Recovery Options -- Log Files -- The Final Word -- Chapter 18 Using Configuration Manager Console Tools -- Resource Explorer -- Status Message Viewer -- Service Manager -- The Final Word -- Chapter 19 Using Tools from the Toolkit -- Working with SMS Trace -- Working with Policy Spy -- Working with Client Spy -- The Final Word -- Chapter 20 System Center Configuration Manager SDK -- Who Is This Chapter For? -- Programming Language -- Development Requirements -- SDK Fundamentals -- Getting Started -- Programming the SMS Provider with Managed Code -- The Final Word -- Chapter 21 Troubleshooting Common Issues -- Identifying Issues -- Site Issues -- Client Deployment -- Software Updates -- Software Distribution -- Operating System Deployment -- Desired Configuration Management -- Network Access Protection -- The Final Word -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.