Tuesday November 13, 2012 – Tuesday November 13, 2012
141 Catherine St.
Description:
There is a good end point management story
If you’re new to Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager, here’s how it works: It surveys and discovers any devices (servers, client PCs and smartphones) connected to your network through Active Directory and installs the client software on each node. It builds up an inventory database with records on each asset and installed software and hardware specs. It uses this data to target application deployments to groups of devices or users.
The trend is to adopt role-based administrative security. In SCCM 2012, this means Primary Sites are no longer security boundaries as the new console is controlled by Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), hiding interface elements if the user doesn’t have legitimate access. The administrative tasks are grouped in Security roles and are combined with Security scopes to control exactly who can do what, where and when. There are default roles and you can supplement these with your own business-specific roles and scopes.
SCCM 2012 is a big change. Putting users in the center of its management philosophy and involving them is a clever move. Attend this session on November 13th to learn about some effects this will have on your investigations while improving the security on your internal infrastructure.
Bio
Colin Smith, Cistel Technology Inc. Colin is a Microsoft SCCM MVP who has been working with SMS since version 1.0. He has over 20 years of experience deploying Microsoft-based solutions for the private and public sector with a focus on desktop and data center management. Colin has been a consultant, solutions architect, and systems engineer with Microsoft, Statistics Canada, Configuresoft (purchased by VMware), and is currently the Manager of the Microsoft Consulting Practice at Cistel.
Agenda
5:30-6:15 PM Registration, Networking, Cash Bar and Grill
6:15-6:20 PM Introduction of Speaker
6:20-7:20 PM Presentation
7:20-7:35 PM Question Period
7:35-7:40 PM Closing remarks
Cost
Members: free, included in your annual dues
Non-Members: $15.00