Answer: B,E 

Explanation: 

B: To import configuration data in Configuration Manager 

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Assets and Compliance. 

2. In the Assets and Compliance workspace, expand Configuration Items or Configuration Baselines, and then in the Home tab, in the Create group, click Import Configuration Data. Etc. 

Reference: How to Import Configuration Data in Configuration Manager 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh691016.aspx 

E: To deploy a configuration baseline 

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Assets and Compliance. 

2. In the Assets and Compliance workspace, expand Compliance Settings, and then click Configuration Baselines. 

3. In the Configuration Baselines list, select the configuration baseline that you want to deploy, and then in the Home tab, in the Deployment group, click Deploy. 

4. In the Deploy Configuration Baselines dialog box, select the configuration baselines that you want to deploy in the Available configuration baselines list. Click Add to add these to the selected configuration baselines list. 

Reference: How to Deploy Configuration Baselines in Configuration Manager 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh219289.aspx 

Answer: A 

Explanation: 

Answer is From Server1, run the Configuration Manager 2012 Setup Wizard. Recover a Configuration Manager Site 

A Configuration Manager site recovery is required whenever a Configuration Manager site 

fails or data loss occurs in the site database. Repairing and resynchronizing data are the 

core tasks of a site recovery and are required to prevent interruption of operations. Site 

recovery is started by running the Configuration Manager Setup Wizard from installation 

media or by configuring the unattended installation script and then using the Setup 

command /script option. Your recovery options vary depending on whether you have a 

backup of the Configuration Manager site database. 

Site Database Recovery Options 

When you run Setup, you have the following recovery options for the site database: 

* Recover the site database using a backup set: Use this option when you have a backup of the Configuration Manager site database that was created as part of the Backup Site Server maintenance task run on the site before the site database failure. When you have a hierarchy, the changes that were made to the site database after the last site database backup are retrieved from the central administration site for a primary site, or from a reference primary site for a central administration site. When you recover the site database for a stand-alone primary site, you lose site changes after the last backup. When you recover the site database for a site in a hierarchy, the recovery behavior is different for a central administration site and primary site, and when the last backup is inside or outside of the SQL Server change tracking retention period. 

Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712697.aspx 

Backup and Recovery in Configuration Manager 

Answer: C 

Explanation: 

Methods Used to Deploy Operating Systems There are several methods that you can use to deploy operating systems to Configuration Manager client computers: 

* PXE initiated deployments: PXE-initiated deployments let client computers request a deployment over the network. In this method of deployment, the operating system image and a Windows PE boot image are sent to a distribution point that is configured to accept PXE boot requests. 

Note: 

A protected distribution point will limit deployment to a predefined boundary. (the perimeter network) With PXE enabled the servers will be installed when they boot. 

Reference: Introduction to Operating System Deployment in Configuration Manager 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682108.aspx 

Answer: B 

Explanation: 

Custom reports are intended for advanced users who are comfortable creating their own 

reports by using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and SQL Server Business 

Intelligence Development Studio. 

Configuring a Report Server for E-Mail Delivery 

Reporting Services includes an e-mail delivery extension so that you can distribute reports 

through e-mail. 

Depending on how you define the e-mail subscription, a delivery might consist of a 

notification, link, attachment, or embedded report. 

Incorrect: 

Not A: One idea is to Create an alert subscription. 

However, the question says that you need to receive an email "every day", not instantly. 

You might call it a daily digest. 

When you set up an alert subscription, you receive an email alert instantly, whenever that 

alert happens. So this might not be the answer that this question is looking for. 

Reference: Overview of Custom Reports 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg508710.aspx 

Answer: D 

Explanation: 

How to Exclude Folders from Software Inventory in Configuration Manager You can create a hidden file named Skpswi.dat and place it in the root of a client hard drive to exclude it from System Center 2012 Configuration Manager software inventory. You can also place this file in the root of any folder structure you want to exclude from software inventory. This procedure can be used to disable software inventory on a single workstation or server client, such as a large file server. Note: Software inventory will not inventory the client drive again unless this file is deleted from the drive on the client computer. 

Reference: How to Exclude Folders from Software Inventory in Configuration Manager 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh691018.aspx 

Answer: C 

Explanation: 

SELECT computer name FROM table v_R_System (SQL Syntax) 

WHERE resource ResourceID is NOT IN 

Add Remove Programs WHERE DisplayName0 = 'App1' 

SQL INNER JOIN Keyword 

The INNER JOIN keyword returns rows when there is at least one match in both tables. 

Reference: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_join_inner.asp 

Answer: G 

Explanation: *** 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682022.aspx Determine How to Manage Mobile Devices in Configuration Manager The following table lists these four mobile device management methods and provides information about the management functions that each method supports: 

Reference: Determine How to Manage Mobile Devices in Configuration Manager http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682022.aspx 

Answer: A,B 

Explanation: 

Select * from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_system.NetbiosName like "HR%" 

SQL command to select all Systems whose names begin with HR 

INCLUDE RULE: All Server Devices Selects all the Server Devices as asked in the 

question. 

Reference: Introduction to Collections in Configuration Manager 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682177.aspx 

Answer: A 

Explanation: 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712697.aspx Backup and Recovery in Configuration Manager Enterprise solutions such as System Center 2012 Configuration Manager must prepare for both backup and recovery operations to avoid loss of critical data. For Configuration Manager sites, this preparation ensures that sites and hierarchies are recovered with the least data loss and in the quickest possible time. 

Back up a Configuration Manager Site System Center 2012 Configuration Manager provides a backup maintenance task that runs on a schedule and backs up the site database, specific registry keys, and specific folders and files. 

Backup Maintenance Task You can automate backup for Configuration Manager sites by scheduling the predefined Backup Site Server maintenance task. You can back up a central administration site and primary site, but there is no backup support for secondary sites or site system servers. 

To enable the site backup maintenance task 

1. 

In the Configuration Manager console, click Administration. 

2. 

In the Administration workspace, expand Site Configuration, and then click Sites. 

3. 

Select the site in which you want to enable the site backup maintenance task. 

4. 

On the Home tab, in the Settings group, click Site Maintenance Tasks. 

5. 

Click Backup Site Server and then click Edit. 

6. 

Select Enable this task, and then click Set Paths to specify the backup destination. 

7. 

Configure an appropriate schedule for the site backup task. As a best practice, consider a backup schedule that is outside active working hours. If you have a hierarchy, consider a schedule that runs at least two times a week to ensure maximum data retention in the event of site failure. 

8. 

Select whether to create an alert if the site backup task fails, click OK, and then click OK. When selected, Configuration Manager creates a critical alert for the backup failure that you can review in the Alerts node in the Monitoring workspace. 

Answer: A 

Explanation: 

For a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager source site, this account requires Read permission to all source site objects, you grant this permission to the account by using role-based administration. 

Reference: Determine Whether to Migrate Configuration Manager 2007 to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712991.aspx 

Note: 

In Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, the built-in migration functionality replaces in-place upgrades of existing Configuration Manager infrastructure by providing a process that transfers data from active Configuration Manager 2007 sites. The functionality provided by migration helps you maintain investments that you have made in configurations and deployments while you can take full advantage of core changes in the product introduced in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. These changes include a simplified Configuration Manager hierarchy that uses fewer sites and resources, and the improved processing by use of native 64-bit code that runs on 64-bit hardware. 

Migration can transfer most data from Configuration Manager 2007. 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg681981.aspx 

Planning for Migration to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 

You must first install a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager hierarchy to be the destination hierarchy before you can migrate data from a supported source hierarchy. 

After you install the destination hierarchy, configure the management features and functions that you want to use in your destination hierarchy before you start to migrate data. 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712313.aspx 

Prerequisites for Migration in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 

To migrate from a supported source hierarchy, you must have access to each applicable Configuration Manager source site, and permissions within the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager destination site to configure and run migration operations. 

Required Configurations for Migration 

.. 

Data Gathering 

To enable the destination site to gather data, you must configure the following two source site access accounts for use with each source site: 

* 

Source Site Account: This account is used to access the SMS Provider of the source site. 

* 

For a Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 source site, this account requires Read permission to all source site objects. 

* 

For a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager source site, this account requires Read permission to all source site objects, you grant this permission to the account by using role-based administration. 

* 

Source Site Database Account: This account is used to access the SQL Server database of the source site and requires Read and Execute permissions to the source site database. 

You can configure these accounts when you configure a new source hierarchy, data gathering for an additional source site, or when you reconfigure the credentials for a source site. These accounts can use a domain user account, or you can specify the computer account of the top-level site of the destination hierarchy. 

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