New important features in SCCM 2012

New SCCM 2012 Feature:	Usage:
User Centric Management. Software distributions can   now be targeted at users rather than just at devices.	Call center, help desk or where multiple users share   the same hardware.Additionally, users can define a primary device (or  you can set up rules to determine a primary device) and have a different   software policy for primary and non-primary devices. Consider the scenario where a manager logs onto a subordinates workstation temporarily, if the   system is not designated as his primary device, any applications specifically   targeted at managers primary devices, will not be available to him on that   system.
Dependency-based software distribution or “Conditional   Delivery”	In SCCM 2012 Requirement Rules and/or Global Conditions are used to specify preconditions for a deployment such as: available hardware (e.g, available hard disk space, etc.), software pre-requisites   (e.g., Office must be installed as a prerequisite for Office SP1), user   affinity – conditional delivery also determines which device is the user’s   primary or secondary device and behaves accordingly. This is a much more   elegant approach to application management, especially when coupled with the   new concept of Deployment Types.  An application can have multiple   deployment types (such as an upgrade, uninstall, virtual app, local install,   mobile device version) and the deployment type can be triggered based on the   Requirement Rules or Global Conditions. This mean that  delivery method automatically determines   whether a user is on a virtual machine, a mobile device, terminal server, or   a desktop/laptop and then determines how to deliver the application to the   user – choosing between streaming the application, publishing it on a   presentation server, or through regular software deployment method.    Note, that application needs to be packaged only once within the   system.   This also mean that many   application package in sccm 07 need to be re-packaged in order to use this new sccm 12 features.
Collection-based configuration settings	Client configuration settings are designated at a   site level in 2007
Automated Remediation	Now Configuration Settings and can be applied   to desktops, servers, mobile devices and users.  This mean that this new functionality is the   able to remediate WMI, registry, and script settings that are not compliant.   Automated remediation can drastically reduce TCO.Settings and can be applied to desktops,   servers, mobile devices and users
Software Center	Software Center is a local SCCM client program that replaced Run Advertised Programs present in SCCM 2007. Software Center allows users to set some configurable settings and to see what software are available for install.Note diference between Software Center and Application Catalog: The Application Catalog or Software Portal is the web page for available applications that user can install while Software Center helps the user track the status of available and required software, and lets users configure various options, such as their business hours to prevent their computer from restarting during their working day.
Software Portal or Application Catalog	The software portal allows applications to be available to a user via a web page, which user can install on their own   schedule.  This allows for less user disruption, as software   applications aren’t forced on users.  Applications on demand also reduce   the burden on the IT staff, as they don’t have to always be available to   distribute an application to a user.   The software portal is ideal for   delivery of non-critical applications to a user.  Applications can still   be associated to a user or a group, thus giving administrators control over which applications users can install. User do not have to have SCCM client in order to use Software porta, but it has to have the MS Silver light and ActiveX control (called ClientBridgeControl) must be allowed to run.  This ActiveX control is is installed together with the SCCM client.
Integrated Console	Now we have under same console all old SCCM 2007 services   and Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)Microsoft Enterprise Virtualization (Med-V)Citrix XenAppMicrosoft Forefront 2010 And no more MMC !, Huraaa!
Hierarchy and Client Improvements	Throttling and scheduling tasks can be administered   on the distribution points, which will remove the requirement for additional   primary sites when these tasks needed to be divided between different   administrative groups.   Role based security is also   being introduced in SCCM 2012, thus bringing granular control settings to the   system, which will allow enterprise administrators to assign site specific   administrators only the rights they need to perform the tasks.