Besides being a consultant, Peter is also sharing his knowledge by writing books and articles. Since 2011, Peter wrote four (printed) books and several other articles. Three books about System Center Configuration Manager and one book about the Enterprise Mobility +Security Suite.
Since a couple of years Peter is involved with the digital book called Microsoft 365 Security for IT-Pros, a book that is updated on a monthly basis.
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Mastering System Center Configuration Manager 2012 from Sybex was the first book writing assignment for Peter. Together with MVP Kent Agerlund, and Microsoft PFE’s Santos Martines and Steve Rachui wrote this 792 page technical book about the new System Center Configuration Manager 2012 release.
The book was well sold and used by Configuration Manager Administrators across the world. |
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Peter second book was the successor of the first one. Mastering System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 was the second major release of Configuration Manager. The book was completely updated and rewritten where necessary. Authors besides Peter were, Santos Martines and Brett Bennet.
Also this book was well sold and used by Configuration Manager Administrators across the world. |
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Together with fellow MVP and good friend, Kent Agerlund, Peter wrote a book about the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility (and Security) Suite. This book is all about helping the readers to implement the Enterprise Mobility solutions in their own environment.
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Peters last (printed) book was the successor of the first and second one. Mastering System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) was the latest major release of Configuration Manager. The book was completely updated and rewritten where necessary. Authors besides Peter were, Santos Martines and Brett Bennet.
Also this book was well sold and used by Configuration Manager Administrators across the world. |
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As part of a team of writers, Peter wrote two chapters for the digital book Microsoft 365 Security for IT Pros. The initial release was in June 2020 and updated every month with the latest content until the 2022 release in August 2021.
Peter wrote the Securing Identities and Endpoint Manager chapters. |
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As part of a team of writers, Peter wrote three chapters for the digital book Microsoft 365 Security for IT Pros. The initial release was in August 2021 and updated every month with the latest content until the 2023 release in January 2023.
Peter wrote the Securing Identities, Defender for Identity and Endpoint Manager chapters. |
Thanks for the list of books. Any idea what happened to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Pocket Consultant?
I think the publisher or core writers stopped the project.. Better remove the book 😉
That’s a bummer. I’ve been looking for a book with practice questions for SCCM 2012.