Configuration Manager 2012 Course Availability!

2012-06-22 8 Comments

According to MSL Campaign Factory, the two new Configuration Manager courses should start shipping June 29, 2012.

Course 10747a: Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?ID=10747a) – 5 days. What do you need to know to manage and configure Configuration Manager 2012? This is the course you need. This course does not teach you to design and install SCCM hierarchies, it teaches day-to-day Configuration Manager administration skills.
Course 10748a: Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?id=10748ab)  – 3 days. What should your Configuration Manager 2012 hierarchy look like? Do you need a CAS? Do you need multiple primary sites or secondary sites? What’s involved in migrating your existing Configuration Manager 2007 hierarchy to 2012? This is the course you need.

Learning partners should be able to order the courseware by the end of this month. You should be able to sign up for the courses today.

I’ll be teaching these courses in Edmonton in July, and will try to provide some feedback here once they are done. From the looks of the two courses they provide great content and sufficient depth to give you a solid start in your Configuration Manager 2012 environment.

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It’s time to learn SCCM 2012 – get training now.

2012-06-09 Leave a comment

If you have been playing around with Configuration Manager 2012 you know that it’s definitely not Configuration Manager as you have known it. The new application delivery model revolutionizes software delivery and in so many ways is a giant leap forward from SCCM 2007 packages, programs, and advertisements. User-centric management has finally become a reality. Settlings which previously were configured per site can now be configured per collection greatly simplifying client management. Much of the complexity of Configuration Manager 2007 Software Update management has been removed, leaving update management in 2012 intuitive and simple. And the site hierarchy has been completely redesigned. While beta testing Configuration Manager 2012 and when demonstrating the product to clients l find myself repeating the words “FINALLY” again and again.

Will you need a Central Administration Site? Since you can now configure bandwidth settings, throttling settings, and schedule content distribution between the site server and distribution point, does your ConfigMgr 2007 hierarchy still make sense in 2012? Since there is no direct upgrade to Configuration Manager 2012, only  migration, how will your migration plan look? Sounds like this is a good time to get some training and guidance to ensure you get it right the first time!

Microsoft Learning is releasing two very good official System Center 2012 Configuration Manager courses;

  1. Course 10747: Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?id=10747ab) – 5 days. What do you need to know to manage and configure Configuration Manager 2012? This is the course you need.
  2. Course 10748: Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?id=10748ab)  – 3 days. What’s involved in planning and deploying Configuration Manager 2012? This is the course you need.

I think the reality is that many people will eventually need both courses. If you are up for a challenge, I’ll be teaching the 10747 and 10748 courses, combining and condensing the 8 days worth of content into 6 days. The combined course will be running in Edmonton the week of July 9, 2012 at Winding River Solutions (http://www.windingriver.ca). If you would like to register, or have questions get in touch with them.

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