Configuring SCCM Configuration Items and Baselines

Introduction

Welcome to the Configuring SCCM Configuration Items and Baselines Practice Lab. In this module you will be provided with the instructions and devices needed to develop your hands-on skills.

Learning Outcomes

In this module, you will complete the following exercises:

• Creating a Windows configuration item for compliance settings in SCCM 2012
• Creating and deploying a configuration baseline
• Importing configuration data in SCCM 2012

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Create Configuration Items
• Create and Deploy a Configuration Baseline
• Import Configuration Data

Exam Objectives

The following exam objectives are covered in this lab:

• CAS-003 1.4 Analyze risk metric scenarios to secure the enterprise.

Lab Duration

It will take approximately 1 hour to complete this lab.

Exercise 1 - Create Windows Configuration Items for Compliance Settings

In this exercise, you will learn how to create configuration items to define configurations for managing and accessing compliance on devices.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Create a Configuration Item

Exercise 2 - Create Configuration Baseline and Deploy the Baseline

You can evaluate compliance in SCCM by defining configuration baselines. Configuration baselines contain predefined configuration items that you want to evaluate. It can also contain another configuration baseline. In this exercise, you will create a configuration baseline for a Windows configuration item.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Create and Deploy a Configuration Baseline

Exercise 3 - Create Windows Configuration Items for Compliance Settings

You can import configuration data from the Microsoft site in SCCM Configuration Packs. Microsoft and other vendors define these configuration data.

In this exercise, you will learn to import configuration data in SCCM Configuration Manager Packs from the web into Configuration Manager.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Import Configuration Data