Core Features
Windows Deployment
Operating System build, customisations, deployment and provisioning using the Task Sequence engine and driver catalog.
Software Update Management
SCCM provides granular management and rich compliance reporting of Microsoft and third party updates to Servers and workstations; leveraging WSUS and the windows update engine.
Application Management
SCCM allows the management and deployment of installable and App-V, virtual applications to servers, workstations and devices. Bandwidth control and distributed resources allow SCCM to manage and deploy to remote offices over slow WAN links with minimal impact.
Asset Management
SCCM provides an extensible inventory of hardware and software throughout an organisation. Asset intelligence allows the grouping of like applications and provides extensive reporting and licensing compliance information.
Desired Configuration Management
SCCM can measure and manage configuration drift of an organisation's computers by comparing against configurable baselines.
NAP Integration
SCCM provides out of the box integration with Windows Server 2008 NAP. SCCM extends this powerful capablity to provide validation of the presence of software updates.
Benefits
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Full lifecycle management of SOE images and applications
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SCCM adds robust automation, explicit targetting and security enhancements to an organisation
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SCCM can grow with an organisation and is scalable up to 300,000 clients per hierarchy
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Single pane view of all computer assets
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Report on license compliance
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Report and manage update compliance
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Manage SOE drift
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Integrates App-V applications without any additional infrastructure
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Integrates FEP without any additional infrastructure