System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 – Arrival of MDM

Hot on the heels of the upgrade to the Windows Intune service Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for the System Center 2012 Suite of products to TechNet & MSDN. This update is also said to bring Mobile Device Management (MDM) support to System Center Configuration Manager so we'll need to take a look at that :) For a quick recap of what Windows Intune looks like on Windows RT: http://mobilitydojo.net/2012/12/20/windows-rt-mdm-first-impressions/ I'll admit that personally I'm more excited about SP1 for SC Virtual Machine Manager since I'm using it all the time whereas SCCM is sort of overkill for managing the home lab. SCCM is of course historically, (including the preceding name of "SMS"), a product for managing traditional servers and clients, and while there are improvements in that area too I'm not diving into that. (Others will do so I assume, and they will probably be more knowledgeable than me in that part of the product.) SCCM is now able to integrate with Windows Intune, exactly for the purpose of managing Windows RT and mobile devices through the "cloud". (...) A few screenshots on how MDM works in SCCM 2012 SP1.