I would like to share some intersting and very informative blog posts from Nico Sienaert.
1. SCCM 2012 SDK Overview (CEP)
– Admin Console SDK, it will be possible to
- Program Right Click options
- Launch executables
- ShowDialog
- Group – create submenu
- Actions can be associated with icons
- Create Forms
- Create Wizards
- Create Navigation Nodes
- Create Views
- Create Folders (add folders beneath nodes)
MP SDK
- Programmatic access to Management Point
- Primary used to provide a MP proxy enabling control of non-standard clients
SMS Provider:
- Application automation for UI activity
- Actions through WMI classes, properties and methods
- 60% of the entire SDK
- Support of all actions through SMS Admin Console
Scenarios that are not supported:
- modify or remove core Microsoft provided
- configmgr console elements and behaviour
- make changes to the root console XML
- adding new wunderbars
- new top level nodes
- new tabs in the ribbon
More details on Above Link.
2. Migration Tool explained here in three parts.
Migrate from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012 Part 1