Console Overview Part 1

Welcome to part 1 of the System Center Configuration Manager Console Overview. In this lecture you will gain a basic understanding of the components and structure of the CM Console.

From the SCCM Server let’s launch the console. I’ll go ahead and Click the Search icon, and type console, Then click Configuration Manager Console

Let’s start with the major components of the console

• First, we have the Workspace , the Navigation Pane and if we click Overview we have the **Results **Pane.
• An easy way to navigate through the Console is by clicking Overview in the Navigation Pane and clicking through the five selections in the WorkSpace.

Notice that as we click each Workspace, in the Results Pane each node has a brief description of its function.

• The Navigation Pane – Sometimes called the WunderBar, displays the nodes depending upon which Workspace that is selected.
• The Workspace , consists of Assets and Compliance, Software Library, Monitoring, Administration and Community
• If I highlight each selection in the workspace notice that there is a helpful description of the function of each component.
• If I click Assets and Compliance in the Workspace, and click Overview in the Navigation Pane Notice that everything that is in the Results Pane is reflected in the Navigation Pane.

In the Results Pane, I have Users, Devices, User Collections, Device Collection and so on. So, if I click Users in the Results Pane, I get the same results when I click Users in the Navigation Pane.

The other sections of the console are as follows

• The Ribbon at the Top is the set of actions or tasks for the selected navigation pane.
• For Example -** L**et’s say I need to Remote into one of my client computers to fix a problem. Click Assts and Compliance, in the Workspace, Devices in the Navigation Pane – Click SAWS01

If I click Start, in the Ribbon, I can choose remote control into SAWS01.…