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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook

By : Samir Hammoudi, Hudson, Mason, Ramsey, Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren
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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook

3.5 (2)
By: Samir Hammoudi, Hudson, Mason, Ramsey, Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren
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Overview of this book

This practical cookbook is based on the 1602 current branch of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). It shows you how to administer SCCM, giving you an essential toolbox of techniques to solve real-world scenarios. Packed with over 60 task-based and instantly usable recipes, you’ll discover how design a SCCM Infrastructure, and dive into topics such as the recommended SQL configuration for SCCM and how to deploy Windows 10 with Operating System Deployment (OSD). You will learn to easily manage Windows 10 devices by deploying applications, software updates, and feature upgrades, andl be able to leverage Mobile Device Management (MDM) using SCCM and Microsoft Intune. Finally, you see how to gather the inventory of all your PC park and create reports based on it. By the end of the book, you will have learned the best practices when working with SCCM and have a handy reference guide for troubleshooting.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. Designing a System Center Configuration Manager Infrastructure
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1. Designing a System Center Configuration Manager Infrastructure
Introduction
What's changed from System Center 2012 Configuration Manager?
System Center Configuration Manager's new servicing models
Keeping your CM deployment up-to date
Infrastructure sizing considerations
Dividing up site system roles
Upgrading in-place from Configuration Manager 2012
Installing SQL the right way
Managing Internet-facing clients
Using remote and workstation distribution points and BranchCache
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2. Deploying Windows 10 with Operating System Deployment
2. Deploying Windows 10 with Operating System Deployment
Introduction
Creating an OSD test environment
Leveraging the build and capture process
Migrating user state
Managing drivers
Customizing the build process with prestart hooks
Patching your reference build
Using the new Windows 10 in-place upgrade task sequence
Leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with CM OSD
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3. Deploying Applications and Software Updates
3. Deploying Applications and Software Updates
Introduction
Creating applications and deployment types
Deploying Store Apps - Windows, iOS, Android
Creating Mobile Application Management Policy
Managing Software Center and Application Catalog
Reducing collection dependencies with conditional rules and global conditions
Converting classic packages to applications
Creating and deploying Virtual Applications - App-V
Superseding applications
Monitoring content and deployment status
Preparing for software updates
Creating and monitoring software updates
Leveraging Automatic Deployment Rules - ADRs
Deploying custom updates
Leveraging Windows 10 Servicing to deploy features upgrades
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4. Managing Compliance Settings
4. Managing Compliance Settings
Introduction
Building Configuration Items the old way
Building Configuration Items for Windows 10
Creating and deploying a baseline
Leveraging Security Compliance Manager
Monitoring compliance with SSRS
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5. Managing Mobile Devices using Configuration Manager with Microsoft Intune
5. Managing Mobile Devices using Configuration Manager with Microsoft Intune
Introduction
Creating a Microsoft Intune subscription
Connecting Microsoft Intune to CM
Creating and deploying MDM policies
Using Conditional Access to control devices' access to Office 365 services
Managing mobile devices enrolled in Microsoft Intune via the CM console
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6. Managing Sites
6. Managing Sites
Introduction
Managing collections
Configuring site maintenance
Managing site communications
Configuring Discovery
Managing Boundary Groups
Managing role-based security
Configuring the Application Catalog
Managing and validating content for DPs and DP groups
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7. Managing Clients
7. Managing Clients
Introduction
Deploying clients
Upgrading client agents
Managing client health
Managing client settings
Enabling Device Health Attestation in Windows 10
Monitoring client installation and activity
Making use of user-centric improvements
Configuring power management
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8. Managing Inventory
8. Managing Inventory
Introduction
Managing hardware inventory
Managing software inventory
Managing software metering
Monitoring inventory data flow
Integrating Asset Intelligence
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9. Managing Reports and Queries
9. Managing Reports and Queries
Introduction
Installing SQL Server Reporting Services - SSRS
Configuring reporting services
Sharing your reports with others
Configuring report subscription
Building queries
Editing and creating reports

Upgrading in-place from Configuration Manager 2012

You can perform an in-place upgrade to CM from a CM12 hierarchy. Before starting the upgrade, you must prepare sites, which requires you to remove specific configurations, and then follow the upgrade sequence from top to bottom level.

Getting ready

Microsoft has published a checklist for upgrade preparation. You can refer the information from here https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt627853.aspx.

The following are some of important items to note:

  • Ensure that the site system environment meets the supported configurations that are required for upgrading to CM
  • Review the server OS versions
  • Review the required prerequisites for the site system server (especially, ADK Windows 10)
  • Install all critical updates for OS
  • Run Setup Prerequisite Checker
  • Create a backup of the site database at the CAS and primary sites

How to do it...

Before you start the CM hierarchy upgrade, read the Getting ready section.

To upgrade the CM hierarchy, you upgrade the top-tier site of the hierarchy (CAS or standalone primary site). After the upgrade of the top-tier site is completed, you can upgrade child primary sites in any order that you want. After you upgrade all primary sites, you can upgrade a child secondary site.

Starting the upgrade installation at the CAS or primary site

Follow these steps to install the upgrade to the CAS or primary site:

  1. Make sure the user has the following security rights:
    • Local Administrator rights on the site server computer.
    • Local Administrator rights on the remote site database server for the site, if it is remote.

  2. Open Explorer and browse to <ConfigMgSourceMedia>\SMSSETUP\BIN\X64.
  3. Double-click on Setup.exe. The Configuration Manager Setup wizard opens.
  4. On the Before You Begin page, click on Next.
  5. On the Getting Started page, select Upgrade this Configuration Manager site, and then click on Next.
  6. On the Product Key page, click on Next.
  7. On the Microsoft Software License Terms page, read and accept the license terms, then click on Next.
  8. On the Prerequisite Licenses page, read and accept the license terms, then click on Next.
  9. On the Prerequisite Downloads page, specify download the latest files or use previously downloaded files, and then click on Next.
  10. On the Server Language Selection page, check required languages, then click on Next.
  11. On the Client Language Selection page, check required languages, then click on Next.
  12. On the Settings Summary page, click on Next to start Prerequisite Checker.
  13. On the Prerequisite Installation Check page, make sure there are no problems listed, then click on Next.
  14. On the Upgrade page, you can see the progress status. When setup completes the installation, close the wizard.

Starting the upgrade installation at a secondary site

To upgrade a secondary site by the following steps:

  1. Make sure the user has the following security rights: 
    • Local Administrator rights on the secondary site computer
    • Infrastructure Administrator or a Full Administrator security role on the parent primary site
    • System administrator (SA) rights on the site database of the secondary site

  2. Navigate to Administration | Site Configuration | Sites.
  3. Select the secondary site; on the Home tab in the Site group, click on Upgrade.
  4. Click on Yes to confirm the decision.
  5. The secondary site upgrade progresses in the background.

Starting the upgrade installation of clients

Perform the following steps to update clients:

  1. Navigate to Administration |Site Configuration | Sites.
  2. On the Home tab, in the Sites group, click on Hierarchy Settings.
  3. In the Client Upgrade tab, review the version and date of the production client.
  4. Click on Upgrade all clients in the hierarchy using the production client and click on OK in the confirmation dialog box.
  5. If you don't want client upgrades to apply to servers, click on Do not upgrade servers.
  6. Specify the number of days in which computers must upgrade the client after they receive the client policy.
  7. If you want the client installation package to be copied to prestaged distribution points, click on Automatically distribute client installation package to distribute points.
  8. Click on OK to save the settings and close the Hierarchy Settings Properties dialog box.

How it works...

When you upgrade to CM, the site performs a site reset, which includes a re-installation of all site system roles, and if the site is the top-tier site, it updates the client installation package on each DP in the hierarchy. The site also updates the default boot images to use the new Windows PE version which is included with the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit 10. If the site is a primary site, it updates the client upgrade package for that site.

There's more...

From the CM console, it is possible to verify the upgrade status of any secondary site. 

To verify the upgrade status:

  1. In the CM console, select the secondary site server.
  2. On the Home tab in the Site group, click on Show Install Status.

You must manually upgrade each standalone consoles, after CM upgrade. To start updating CM consoles:

  1. Open the console, you are prompted to update a console, click on OK.
  2. To verify the version, go to About System Center Configuration Manager at the top-left corner of the console where the new site and console versions are displayed.

See also

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