The Product Group have recently announced the Beta of Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 at TechNet 2012 North America (video).
Enhancements include:
- Platform Support:
- Windows 8
- Windows 8 tablet (Intel SoC) support
- Mac OS X
- Linux and Unix
- Operating System Deployment: Windows To Go support
- Application Delivery:
- Win 8 apps
- Deep link applications
- Network Cost Support
- PowerShell Provider
- PowerShell Cmdlets:
- Tasks exposed in the Administration Console
- Suitable experience for administrator (not the SDK)
- Align with PowerShell general contentions
- Bitlocker changes:
- TMP and PIN
- Used Space Bitlocker
- Prestaged media now supports additional content
- WIM, Applications, Drivers, Package/Programs
- Flexible hierarchy management:
- Ability to add a new Central Administration Site
- Migration between ConfigMgr 2012 hierarchies
- Hierarchy easier to control:
- Schedule replication for a given link
- SQL Server distributed views
- Compression for SQL Server data
- Software Updates Management:
- Fallback to Windows Update for content
- Definition updates 3x/day
- Endpoint Protection
- Real-time administrative actions
- Settings Management: User Profile and Data Management
- Client Side Caching
- Roaming User Profiles
- Folder Redirection
