Client Management Part 1 and Part 2

Question 1

What are the 2 deployment types of applications?

Answer 1

1. MSI
2. EXE

Question 2

What are the 2 ways to deploy software in SCCM?

Answer 2

1. Create & Deploy Application
2. Create & Deploy Package

Question 3

What are the 2 Deployment Locations in SCCM?

Answer 3

1. User
2. Device Collection

Question 4

What’s a (Device) Collection?

Answer 4

Group of users or computers

Question 5

How does Application Deployment work?

Answer 5

1. You can deploy MSI, EXE and others. Default: MSI
2. You can detect if the deployed software has already been installed on your target computer
3. Approval Request: user has to request approval from Admin before the software is installed on their computer
4. Apps can be deployed from Google Store or Apple Store
5. More detail from reporting due to SQL storing data about SCCM infrastructure

Question 6

What are the cons of Application Deployment?

Answer 6

More complicated and time consuming to deploy

Question 7

How does Package Deployment work?

Answer 7

1. You can deploy MSI and EXE
2. Ideal for scripts because of reoccurring schedules
3. More straightforward and less time consuming
4. Way fewer requirements

Question 8

What are the cons of Package Deployment?

Answer 8

1. Limited configuration choices
2. Reporting is limited to success or failure
3. Can’t detect if software has already been deployed or not
4. No approval request feature

Question 9

What is OS Deployment?

Answer 9

The deployment of the Windows OS with all the drivers, software and tools injected into the image

Question 10

In SCCM, what’s an ‘Unknown Computer’?

Answer 10

It’s a computer where the Configuration Manager client is not installed, or the computer is unknown to the Configuration Manager Database

Question 11

What’s a task sequence?

Answer 11

A boot image that starts the destination computer and any additional content like apps and updates

Question 12

What can you do with a Software Upgrade Group?

Answer 12

Gather all your updates into one group, then deploy that group to a collection of computers

Question 13

What do Compliance Settings do?

Answer 13

Push out all security-related settings to all the computerss so they’re all compliant

Question 14

What are Configuration Items?

Answer 14

Devices that you can configure that are managed with or without CM installed on the device

Question 15

What can you do with Client Health in SCCM?

Answer 15

Set filters so you can view the health of SCCM clients in one glance

1. by collection: All systems is the default
2. by days: clients that have been communicating back and forth with the DB for x days
3. for offline clients: display only offline clients
4. Unhealthy Clients: they don’t have the latest Defender or Windows 10 updates and/or patches

Question 16

What does Client Health percentage do?

Answer 16

Show that all systems are 100% compliant

Question 17

What does Client versions show?

Answer 17

What version of Configuration Manager is installed

Question 18

What’s an Endpoint?

Answer 18

Any mobile device, laptop, tablet, PC that connects to a network

Question 19

What’s Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection?

Answer 19

Antimalware product for Windows that’s dependent on SCCM to deploy the SCEP agent to clients and distribute updates

Question 20

What does Power Management do?

Answer 20

1. Enables you to reduce the power consumption of the computers and monitors in your organization.
2. You can configure custom power plans that fit the need of your company