On Monday, at the first day of Teched System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 was announced! 😀
The same day there was a session called “Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 – Configuration Manager Overview” where they actually talked about some of the new features in ConfigMgr 2012 R2. The great news is that this recording and slides are already available online on Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2013/WCA-B328#fbid=zaYxdjuLsmA
Some great new features in Configuration Manager 2012 R2 was announced in the session:
- Support for Windows 8.1
- Manage Windows 8.1 using Mobile Device Agent (BYOD)
- Workplace join
- Selective Wipe for IOS devices
- Better management of Android devices
- New Self-service Portals, native apps of IOS, Android and Windows x86
- Support for configuring Work folders
- Work folders integration with the Self-service portal
- Role-based administration control (RBAC) now supports reports
Be sure to check out the recording!!
Sounds awesome 🙂