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BDNA Normalize for ConfigMgr™ The SCCM Community Spoke. BDNA Listened.
Moderated by: Sponsored by:
Agenda
• BDNA and myITforum • Trent 20 Posse release objectives • BDNA Normalize CM product overview and demo • Trent 20 Posse release logistics
BDNA and myITforum
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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.
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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:
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: