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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator's Companion | 
 enlarge | Authors: Steven D. Kaczmarek, Microsoft System Center Team
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Category: Book
List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 23809
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 850
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.6 x 1.8
ISBN: 0735623856
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.71
EAN: 9780735623859
ASIN: 0735623856
Publication Date: March 2, 2008
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Product Description
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, and manage mission-critical software updates and help maximize your organization s productivity. This comprehensive administrator s reference drills into Configuration Manager 2007 features and capabilities for change and configuration management for Windows based desktop and server systems, providing easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics for everyday, on-the-job results. The author, a Configuration Manager 2007 expert who has written extensively about the technology, provides in-depth information for remotely installing, administering, diagnosing, and troubleshooting applications, and deploying patches, monitoring system usage, and tracking assets must-know details for protecting and optimizing your technology investment. The companion CD features a fully searchable eBook and job aids.
Delivers expert, end-to-end guidance from a leading System Center Configuration Manager expert
Features easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics
Includes a fully searchable eBook and job aids on CD
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 Excellent Administrators Reference June 1, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Everything is easy to find and well laid out.
A must have for trouble free deployment of configuration manager 2007.
 Concise April 14, 2008
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.
 Good for a someone new to Config Manager / SMS April 5, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Just like the SMS 2003 Administrators Companion, this book is really for someone who has little to no knowledge of the product. It is not really intended to help a seasoned admin or someone who needs to architect a large environment. As a book for someone new to Configuration Manager and having no experience with SMS, I would recommend it.
Use Technet instead April 2, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been planning a SCCM 07 install for a while and was using the technet site and webinars to learn the product. I was eagerly waiting for a book laid out in plain english to help me in the process. I am somewhat disappointed.
The author says in the intro that the book is not intended to cover every nuance of the product and then praises the Technet writing team for already having done that. He says "In fact you'll find many references throughout the book that point you to the core documentation for more detailed information."
In many cases when I look up a topic in the book I need clarification on, I find a short paragraph that ends with a URL of a technet article.
The book has helped me organize a better outline in which steps to take to install and configure the product. But it seems the purpose it really serves is to help in finding appropriate articles in the massive technet library easier. But is that worth $59.99?
Its basic, but comprehensive and helpful March 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review 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.
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