Since Microsoft introduced System Center 2012 Configuration Manager‎,‎ it has released two sets of important changes and improvements‎:‎ Service Pack 1 and R2‎.‎ This comprehensive reference and technical guide focuses specifically on those enhancements‎.‎ It offers 300+ pages of all‎-new ‎"‎in the trenches‎"‎ guidance for applying Configuration Manager 2012‎'‎s newest features to improve user and IT productivity across all corporate‎,‎ consumer‎,‎ and mobile devices‎.‎ An authoring team of world‎-class System Center consultants thoroughly cover System Center integration with Microsoft Intune and its mobile device management capabilities‎.‎ They fully address Microsoft‎'‎s increased support for cross‎-platform devices‎,‎ enhanced profiles‎,‎ changes to application management‎,‎ operating system deployment‎,‎ as well as improvements to performance‎,‎ security‎,‎ usability‎,‎ and mobile device management‎.‎ The essential follow‎-up to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Unleashed‎,‎ this new supplement joins Sams‎'‎ market‎-leading series of books on Microsoft System Center‎.‎ * Use ConfigMgr 2012 R2 with Windows Intune to deliver people‎-centric management to any user‎,‎ any device‎,‎ anywhere * Simplify BYOD registration and enrollment‎,‎ and enable consistent access to corporate resources * Integrate new mobile device management capabilities into the Configuration Manager console without service packs‎,‎ hot fixes‎,‎ or major releases * Provision authentication certificates for managed devices via certificate profiles * Automate repetitive software‎- and device‎-related tasks with PowerShell cmdlets * Centrally control roaming profiles‎,‎ certificates‎,‎ Wi‎-Fi profiles‎,‎ and VPN configuration * Configure User Data and Profiles to manage folder redirection‎,‎ offline files/folders‎,‎ and roaming profiles for Windows 8‎.‎x users * Enable users to access data in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure ‎(‎VDI‎)‎ environments * Manage devices running OS X‎,‎ UNIX‎,‎ Linux‎,‎ Windows Phone 8‎,‎ WinRT‎,‎ iOS‎,‎ and Android * Understand the new cross‎-platform agent introduced in ConfigMgr 2012 R2 * Automate Windows setup with OSD * Prepare for‎,‎ configure‎,‎ install‎,‎ and verify successful installation of the Windows Intune connector role * Respond to emerging challenges in mobile device management