System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Release Candidate 2 (SCCM 2012 RC2) available now ! (ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 Build 7703)
Hi all,
Great news, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is available in Release Candidate 2 RC2 !!!
You can download System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Release Candidate 2 RC2 HERE
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Reminder:
What's SC2012CM RC:
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 helps IT empower people
to use the devices and applications they need to be productive, while
maintaining corporate compliance and control.
What's news in this release:
- Improved endpoint protection functionality, with
integrated setup, management and reporting for System Center 2012
Endpoint Protection.
- Improved application catalog
design that provides a better, more responsive experience when
requesting and downloading applications.
- New
support for Windows Embedded devices, including Windows Embedded 7 SP1,
POSReady 7, Windows 7 Think PC, and Windows Embedded Compact 7.
- Improved client status checks for Configuration Manager services and features.
- Improved
compliance enforcement and tracking, with the ability to create dynamic
collections of baseline compliance and the generation of hourly
compliance summaries.
- Platform support for deep
mobile device management of Nokia Symbian Belle devices. Pending a
platform update by Nokia later this calendar year for these devices,
customers will be able to try out the management of these Nokia devices
with ConfigMgr.
- Additional scalability and performance improvements.
What's System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection :
- System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection (previously known as
Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012) protects client and server operating
systems against the latest threats using industry-leading malware
detection technologies. It is built on System Center 2012 Configuration
Manager, giving customers a unified infrastructure for client security
and compliance management. This shared infrastructure lowers ownership
costs while providing improved visibility through user-centric malware
reporting and control over endpoint management and security.
New features in the release candidate include:
- Support for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, including integrated setup, management, and reporting.
- Role-based management across security and operations.
- Improved alerting and reporting, with near real-time and user-centric data views.
- More efficient delivery of signature updates using new automatic software deployment model.