This is the comprehensive reference and technical guide to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch. A team of expert authors offers step-by-step, end-to-end coverage of related topics in every feature area, organized to help IT professionals rapidly optimize Configuration Manager Current Branch for their requirements, and then deploy and use it successfully.



The authors begin by introducing Configuration Manager Current Branch and its goals, and explaining how it fits into the broader System Center product suite. Next, they fully address planning, design, and implementation. Finally, they systematically cover each of Configuration Manager Current Branch's most important feature sets. You'll find detailed, expert coverage of these and many other topics:



Managing clients and compliance
Creating and managing applications, deployment types, packages, and programs
Distributing and deploying applications and packages
Managing software updates
Integrating Intune Hybrid
Managing mobile devices
Providing conditional access
Protecting endpoints
Querying and reporting with Configuration Manager
Deploying operating systems
Enforcing security and delegation
Performing backup, recovery, and maintenance

The first book on Configuration Manager 2016, System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch Unleashed joins Sams' market-leading series of books on Microsoft's System Center product suite: books that have achieved go-to status amongst IT implementers and administrators worldwide.