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straffin
Seasoned But Casual Onlooker
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 Posted - 07/25/2012 : 5:16:33 PM
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Anyone know where I can find more specifics about exactly what SCCM 2012 SP1 will allow you to manage on Macs? I mean, aside from installing it and exploring it myself, which I'll actually be doing very soon. My boss needs more information that MS is currently making easily discoverable for a meeting sooner than I'll have a POC up and running. All that MS is saying so far (that I can find, anyway) is:
"To help manage Mac OS X desktops, Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 CTP enables network discovery, along with hardware and software inventory capabilities. It also allows to you manage policy settings and distribute software and patches."
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"To secure these Mac OS clients, Endpoint Protection 2012 is now available to provide antimalware detection and remediation of viruses. It also offers real-time analysis of new content arriving on the Mac client, and the ability to scheduled disk scanning."
(both from http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/06/15/system-center-2012-extends-client-management-and-security-to-mac-and-linux.aspx)
Anyone know where I can find more specifics a la manuals, admin guides, how-tos, or the like? Thanks...
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Btil Entrails
Here To Stay
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Posted - 07/27/2012 : 3:43:56 PM
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First version of anything from MS / SCCM.... Not a huge fan to seeing it in action.
Current products you can use today, Casper Suite and how it plugs into SCCM (inventory and basic installation of updates) will cover the majority of your needs and when needed, Casper Suite has all the needed tools to completly manage the OSX machines and some improved support for iOS hardware if you get the extended Suite that includes iOS support.
In Iowa, many schools have gone 1 to 1 with many of them buying Mac or iPad technology. Almost all of these purchases are including Casper Suite (built into the purchase contract with Apple) and most schools have selected a teacher to be the person that is managing the settings in Casper for student management. If you can take a none techy person and have them take over the managment of hardware, it should say enough of what you will get by going with Casper.
While taking a look at the new SCCM that is to support OSX, may want to take a look at Casper.
For the record, I am not a fan of OSX or Apple. Have supported them for several years and would have loved to had Casper in all the locations I have done so. |
Chris
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Edited by - Btil Entrails on 07/27/2012 3:57:38 PM |
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straffin
Seasoned But Casual Onlooker
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Posted - 08/16/2012 : 10:51:14 AM
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| Thanks very much. We know about Casper, with several Mac-heavy/Mac-centric departments using it extensively. However, we're specifically being asked about SCCM's upcoming Mac capabilities. Also, although we're in an academic environment, our group has a Windows-to-Mac ratio more like 10-to-1 than 1-to-1. Anything we can do with our existing tools instead of paying for and standing up another tool just to support 9% of our customer base is vastly preferred. |
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JQuinn
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Posted - 05/09/2013 : 08:13:37 AM
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I do not have any experience with Casper although I have heard nothing but great things about it. We do use absolute manage in our environment and it works quite well for imaging, software updates and program packaging/installation. Up until now I have not heard of any tools from MS to be able to do much with the OSX platform. IMHO you are better managing apples with apples if you know what i mean. We have 80-20 split over 1000 machines all bound to AD. Yes it takes me two machines to manage separate platforms but it works pretty well. Just my two cents....
HTH,
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Seeking in-depth info re: SCCM 2012 SP1 & Macs
