70-696 Administering System Center Configuration Manager and Intune
Published: January 23, 2015
Languages: English
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Intune
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSE
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Deploy and manage virtual applications (14%)
Prepare virtual applications
Sequence applications, install and configure the sequencer environment, prepare
applications for deployment in different environments, configure virtual
application interaction and sharing
Manage application virtualization environments
Configure App-V, manage application cache, configure System Tray/SFTTray.exe
switches, configure application extensions with virtualized applications,
configure application settings using group policies
Deploy and manage RemoteApp
Configure RemoteApp and Desktop Connections settings, configure Group Policy
Objects (GPOs) for signed packages, subscribe to the RemoteApp and Desktop
Connections feeds, export and import RemoteApp configurations, support iOS and
Android, configure Remote Desktop web access for RemoteApp distribution
Deploy and manage desktop and mobile applications (15%)
Plan an application distribution strategy
Considerations, including impact on clients due to offline access, deployment
infrastructure, and remote locations; choose the appropriate application
distribution method; plan to distribute applications to mobile devices,
including Windows Phone, Windows RT, iOS, and Android, by using Microsoft Intune;
plan to distribute applications to desktops
Deploy applications using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Choose and configure deployment types, configure user device affinity, configure
requirements, manage the software library and application catalog
Deploy applications using Microsoft Intune
Choose between automatic and manual deployment, configure application deployment
policies, add software packages, configure the company portal
Plan for application upgrades
Considerations, including application version co-existence, compatibility
issues, and migrating application settings and configurations;
re-sequence/redeploy applications
Monitor applications
Monitor offline application usage; monitor real-time sessions; monitor
application licensing usage; configure Asset Intelligence in Configuration
Manager; monitor applications, using Software Center
Manage content distribution
Manage distribution points, distribution point groups, and Content Library;
monitor log files
Plan and implement software updates (16%)
Plan and deploy third-party updates
Plan for third-party support, integrate System Center Updates Publisher with
Configuration Manager
Deploy software updates by using Configuration Manager and Windows Server Update
Services (WSUS)
Configure software update point synchronization to Windows Update, use reports
and In Console Monitoring to identify required updates, create update groups,
create and monitor deployments, analyze log files, configure Automatic
Deployment Rules (ADR), provide secondary access to Windows Update, configure
GPO settings
Deploy software updates by using Microsoft Intune
Use reports and In Console Monitoring to identify required updates, approve or
decline updates, configure automatic approval settings, configure deadlines for
update installations, deploy third-party updates
Manage compliance and Endpoint Protection settings (15%)
Build a Configuration Item (CI)
Create a CI, import a CI, set CI versioning, remediate rules
Create and monitor a baseline
Deploy a baseline, import a configuration pack, build a custom baseline
Configure Endpoint Protection
Create and manage the Endpoint Protection policy; configure definitions within
the client policy; export policies; choose which template to use; select
exclusions; configure Endpoint Protection, using Microsoft Intune; use In
Console Monitoring to monitor client compliance
Manage Configuration Manager clients (15%)
Deploy and manage the client agent
Identify deployment methods, manage client agent settings
Manage collections
Plan the collection structure; define rules for collections; customize
collection-specific settings, including maintenance windows and power management
Configure and monitor client status
Configure client status settings, use In Console Monitoring to determine client
health, configure alert thresholds, configure client health auto-remediation
Manage inventory using Configuration Manager (12%)
Manage hardware and software inventory
Extend hardware inventory WMI classes, export and import WMI class settings,
configure standardized vendor names, analyze the identified inventory and
generate reports
Manage software metering
Create software metering rules, enable or disable auto-generated rules, report
software metering results
Create reports
Clone and modify reports, create custom reports, import and export reports,
manage asset intelligence, install the asset intelligence sync point, enable the
WMI classes, modify categories and labels, analyze reports
Provision and manage mobile devices (12%)
Integrate Configuration Manager with the Exchange ActiveSync Connector
Configure and apply ActiveSync policies, view inventory on mobile devices,
configure connection to an on-premises or Hosted Exchange server environment,
monitor the Exchange connector log file
Manage devices with Microsoft Intune
Provision user accounts, enroll devices, integrate Microsoft Intune with
Configuration Manager, view and manage all managed devices, configure the
Microsoft Intune subscriptions, configure the Microsoft Intune connector site
system role
Manage connection profiles, by using Configuration Manager
Configure Remote Desktop profiles, certificate profiles, email profiles, and
Wi-Fi profiles
