BDNA Normalize for ConfigMgr™ The SCCM Community Spoke. BDNA Listened.

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Agenda

• BDNA and myITforum • Trent 20 Posse release objectives • BDNA Normalize CM product overview and demo • Trent 20 Posse release logistics

BDNA and myITforum

•

BDNA

̶ Actively involved with the SCCM community via myITforum ̶ Normalize CM developed from SCCM community input ̶ Normalize CM introduced first to the SCCM community (Trent 20 Posse) for feedback and review •

myITforum

̶ The myITforum/BDNA synergy ̶ Providing the infrastructure and services for BDNA ̶ Providing management of feedback and program ̶ Providing community involvement throughout

Community Participation

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Step 1: Please do this today!

1. Create a member account on myITforum.com 3.0 http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/ 2. Email Rod ( [email protected]

) when completed (along with contact phone number) 3. Accept Community Group invite

Trent 20 Posse Objectives

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Provide BDNA Normalize CM review, input and feedback:

– Usability – Enhancements – Performance •

Populate BDNA Normalize CM myITforum Group with:

– Q&As – Suggestions – Input

BDNA Normalize CM Product Overview The World’s Largest IT Reference Catalog

: – Over 10,000 manufacturers – Over 150,000 software releases – Over 170,000 hardware models – Over 14,000,000 market data points – Attributes such as Win7 compatibility, license-ability, support end-of-life, power consumption, and dimensions – Updated daily to capture continuous changes in industry and IT landscape

Normalization: Actionable Information

The normalization process

filters

manufacturer names,

identifies

discovered hardware and software data, suites, and

enriches clarifies

the data with non-discoverable market information such as Windows 7 compatibility, end of life dates and licensability ConfigMgr

Normalization Process Raw Data Manufacturer Product Version Edition Category Power Support Is Suite?

Win7 Compat?

Licenseable?

Acrobat32.exe

Adobe Acrobat 8.1

Standard Apps > Productivity - Standard No Yes Yes MSWord11.000.123

Microsoft Word 2007 Professional Apps > Productivity - Extended Yes Yes Yes D610e Dell Latitude D610 - - Hardware > Laptop 75W Current - - Yes SCCM Data BDNA Normalize CM

BDNA Normalize CM – Two Simple Functions

BDNA Normalize CM Queries & Collections

BDNA Normalize CM Demo

Trent 20 Posse Logistics

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Prerequisites

 SCCM 2007 R2 or R3, Windows 2008 Server, SQL Server 2008  Admin access to SCCM and SCCM SQL DB  Internet Connectivity

Trent 20 Posse Logistics

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Phase 1 – Oct 31 to Nov 17

1. Up to 1,000 desktops, static catalog 2. Objectives: 1) Feedback: i.

Installer Usability ii. Console Usability 2) Feedback, validation and performance i.

Normalization process ii. Creation of reports, queries and collections 3) Populate BDNA Normalize CM myITforum Group with Q&As

Trent 20 Posse Logistics

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Phase 2 – Nov 18 to Dec 7

1. Up to 1,000 desktops, dynamic catalog 2. Objectives: 1) Feedback: i.

ii.

Installer Usability Console Usability 2) Feedback, validation and performance i.

ii.

iii.

Catalog synchronization process Normalization process Creation of reports, queries and collections 3) Populate BDNA Normalize CM myITforum Group with Q&As

Trent 20 Posse Logistics

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Phase 3 – Dec 8 to 30

→ Expand community outreach

Trent 20 Posse Support 1. Availability

: 1) Immediate: Download from:

http://sccm.bdna.com/default.aspx

2. Support

: 1) Documentations:

http://sccm.bdna.com/doc.html

2) BDNA support i.

Phone:

+1 650-641-6092

(8:00 am - 8:00 pm pacific standard time) ii. Email:

[email protected]

iii. Daily WebEx (10/31 through 11/4 at 10:00 am pacific standard time) –

https://bdna.webex.com

– Meeting Number:

577 149 566

/ Password:

welcome

3) myITforum i.

Invitation to BDNA Normalize CM private group will be sent after webcast

SWAG!

To thank you for participating in the Trent 20 Posse, we’d like to offer y’all some

super cool SCCM GURU swag

. Please

email your size

and you’ll be sporting your SCCM GURU-ness in no time: 

[email protected]