Information Technology Reference
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CHAPTER 4
Manage compliance and
For many industries, the configuration of computers and devices is subject to compliance
legislation. You can use the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager compliance
functionality to ensure that your organization's managed devices meet the necessary con-
figuration standards. Configuration Manager also includes antimalware functionality so
you can monitor and remediate malware incidents on clients in your organization's
environment.
Objectives in this chapter:
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Objective 4.1: Build a configuration item.
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Objective 4.2: Create and monitor a baseline.
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Objective 4.3: Configure Endpoint Protection.
This objective deals with building configuration items for Configuration Manager. Such
items enable you to evaluate the configuration of a Configuration Manager client. You can
configure these items for Windows, Mac OS X, and mobile device clients.
This section covers the following topics:
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Overview of compliance settings
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Configuration items
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Creating configuration items
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Configuration item settings
Remediation
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