Hi All :
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RC is coming , you can through this link to download RC image : http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27841
About official document please access this link : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682129.aspx
I found more changed and improve in RC , like fully support SQL Server 2008 R2 , and integration System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection (Formerly known as Forefront Endpoint Protection).
Some snapshot provide to your reference .
Integration Server and Client mutil-language :
Need open or setting FW 4022 port for SQL Server Service Broker to replicate data between sites
RC Version :
Adjusted console workspace :
Advanced security mode ! need to config certificates.
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager deployment document will publish when RTM.
Enjoy !
Justin Gao
Microsoft (China)
Hi all :
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is coming , Application management is very strong , user-centric management , UDA , Supersedence , Simulate Deploy ... they are so cool !!!
However , lots of classic software like *.exe still running in our environment . So we maybe loss these new features.
How to change this situation ?
I will to say : PCM is good idea !
PCM (Package Conversion Manager) is a new SC2012 - ConfigMgr feature pack , you can use it to convert *.exe software to support application management new features .
Now , i will to show you how to use PCM convert WinRAR.exe , i created WinRAR.exe to a package , you can see we do not to convert this package :
First , i need to analyze this package :
Analysis completed , you can see readiness result :
Now i will to fix this issue and convert this package :
Click Fix And Convert , the Package Conversion Wizard is display:
Click Next , Into Dependency Review page :
Click Next , into Deployment Type page :
Because Package is not have Deployment Type concept , so we will to create and fix this error , click Edit Detection Method , create a new deployment type :
Create finish , click OK , the error is gone ,
Now , you can click Summary to finish this convert :
Click Close . Now you can see this software in Applications node :
Click Package Conversion Manager node , you can see Package Conversion Dashboard :
Go ahead to more effective management of your applications !
If you need to try PCM , you can download it from Connect.microsoft.com .
TechED 2011 session video is online , you can access this link :
http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/hh529899(l=zh-cn)
Enjoy!