Course Description
System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is the go-to tool for managing, deploying and securing applications and devices across an organization. This course will teach you how to install and administrate SCCM within your network, step-by-step.
If you’ve made it to this page, chances are you’re not familiar with SCCM, or are at least unfamiliar with the latest version, and you need to upgrade your skills fast.
You’re either:
- Already a Windows sysadmin who just had a newly installed SCCM server dropped into your lap, and now you have to figure out how to work it properly
- An IT professional who’s recently been promoted into a role where “Congrats!” you’re now in charge of getting SCCM deployed for your entire organization (even though you have zero experience with it)
- Working with a client and an SCCM install is part of your project scope, but you’ve never done it before
- Experienced in SCCM 2012, but your organization has decided to move to a newer version of SCCM, and you need to know what’s changed and how the new features work
- Or just simply an IT enthusiast looking to add another technical proficiency to your resume
Regardless of where you’re starting from, the consensus is in:
The worst thing you could possibly do is jump into an SCCM production environment without understanding how to use it. Hang around sysadmin forums long enough, and you’ll hear the horror stories of re-imaging 1,000s of machines incorrectly and burning your business’s infrastructure to the ground.
Thankfully, that type of “gloom and doom” is incredibly rare. But the point remains: you need to find some effective SCCM training to get you up to speed before you jump in.
The problem is, most SCCM courses and books do more talking than showing, leaving you with a rough idea of what SCCM can do and how to use it… But mostly just half asleep at your desk, and still confused when you go to actually implement it.
We did something different.
With System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) For Beginners we’ve built the entire course around establishing a working test lab on your laptop and walking you through a real, functioning ConfigMgr environment.
Our goal is to teach you the fundamentals of SCCM as quickly and painlessly as possible, so that you can walk away from this course with the ability to deploy and administrate SCCM as soon as you’re done.
What skills will I learn?
- Install and configure SCCM from the ground up including downloading and installing the latest SCCM, SQL, and all of the necessary server roles and schema
- Use the Configuration Manager Console, including managing users, creating boundary groups, and user discovery methods.
- Create and push out applications to the Windows PCs on your network to the appropriate users (plus how to monitor whether it’s progress and any errors that pop up)
- Deploy an Operating System to a machine on your network, without worrying about making an “OMG what did I do?” type mistake
- Integrate Endpoint Protection with SCCM to prevent network security threats and keep your users safe
- Update Configuration Manager to the latest version.
- Administrate the latest version of SCCM like a pro!
Course Curriculum
Getting Started with this Course • 26min
0 / 3 lessons complete
System Center Configuration Manager - Features and Capibilities • 31min
0 / 5 lessons complete
Asset Management
Video | 6 min
Administrative Tasks
Video | 5 min
Client Management Part 1
Video | 7 min
Client Management Part 2
Video | 5 min
Features and Capabilities Section Quiz
Quiz | 8 min
SCCM 1902 Lab Setup • 51min
0 / 12 lessons complete
This section is optional
Text | 1 min
Lab Overview
Video | 4 min
Downloading and Installing VirtualBox
Video | 2 min
Creating Your NAT Network and VMs
Video | 4 min
Downloading and Mounting Server 2019 ISO
Video | 3 min
Installing Windows Server 2019 Part 1
Video | 4 min
Installing Windows Server 2019 Part 2
Video | 3 min
Downloading and Mounting Windows 10 ISO
Video | 2 min
Installing Windows 10
Video | 4 min
Configuring SADC01
Video | 15 min
Configuring our SAWS01 Workstation
Video | 4 min
Configuring our SASCCM01 Server
Video | 5 min
Installing SCCM 1902 Installation • 1hr 32min
0 / 11 lessons complete
SCCM Compatability Check
Video | 2 min
Download Required SCCM Software
Video | 2 min
Installing the ADK
Video | 2 min
Creating the System Management Container
Free Preview Lesson
Video | 4 min
Creating Domain User Accounts
Video | 8 min
Extending the Active Directory Schema
Free Preview Lesson
Video | 5 min
Configure Windows Firewall with Group Policy for SCCM
Video | 7 min
Install SQL Server 2017
Video | 9 min
Installing SCCM Dependent Server Roles
Video | 3 min
Installing System Center Configuration Manager
Video | 5 min
Lab: Installing System Center Configuration Manager
Lab | 45 min
Configuration Manager Basics • 1hr 58min
0 / 8 lessons complete
Console Overview Part 1
Video | 12 min
Console Overview Part 2
Video | 10 min
Site System Roles
Video | 9 min
Creating and Managing Administrative Users
Video | 6 min
Creating Boundary and Boundary Groups
Video | 4 min
Client Discovery Methods
Video | 7 min
SCCM Basics Section Quiz
Quiz | 10 min
Lab: SCCM Basics
Lab | 60 min
Updating SCCM • 30min
0 / 7 lessons complete
Understanding Windows ADK Compatibility
Video | 4 min
Configuration Manager Update Overview
Video | 6 min
How to Verify Your ADK Version
Video | 2 min
Installing ADK 1903
Video | 2 min
Updating SCCM
Video | 4 min
Verifying Our Configuration After Update
Video | 6 min
Updating SCCM Section Quiz
Quiz | 6 min
SCCM Client Installation • 46min
0 / 4 lessons complete
Preparing for Client Installations with Group Policy
Free Preview Lesson
Video | 12 min
Client Push Installation
Free Preview Lesson
Video | 11 min
Deploying the SCCM Client with Group Policy
Video | 17 min
Manual Client Installation
Video | 6 min
User and Device Collections • 1hr 6min
0 / 13 lessons complete
Collections Overview and the Direct Rule
Video | 9 min
Creating Include/Exclude Collections
Free Preview Lesson
Video | 5 min
Query based User and Device Collections Introduction
Video | 2 min
Query Based User Collections Example #1
Video | 5 min
Query Based User Collections Example #2
Video | 3 min
Query Based User Collection Challenge #1
Video | 2 min
Query Based Device Collection Example #1
Video | 3 min
Role Based Administration
Video | 2 min
Assigning a User Collection to an Administrative Security Roll
Video | 10 min
Using a Collection to Enforce a Maintenance Window
Video | 4 min
Deploying Power Management to a Collection
Video | 6 min
Using a Collection to Turn-On the Remote Control Feature
Video | 10 min
User and Device Collection Section Quiz
Quiz | 5 min
Application Management • 2hr 34min
0 / 12 lessons complete
Application Management Overview
Free Preview Lesson
Video | 7 min
Creating an Application using an MSI Part 1
Video | 9 min
Creating an Application using an MSI Part 2
Video | 9 min
Supersedence Part 1
Video | 7 min
Supersedence Part 2
Video | 8 min
Creating an Application using an EXE
Video | 16 min
Creating an Application that requires Approval
Video | 12 min
Creating a Package using an MSI
Video | 9 min
Uninstalling an Application
Free Preview Lesson
Video | 5 min
Monitoring Applications
Video | 4 min
Lab: Application Deployment
Lab | 60 min
Application Management Section Quiz
Quiz | 8 min
Operating System Deployment • 23min
0 / 7 lessons complete
Create a Windows 10 Collection
Text | 2 min
OSD - The Basics
Video | 3 min
Setting Up a DHCP Server
Video | 2 min
Adding an Operating System to Configuration Manager
Free Preview Lesson
Video | 6 min
Create a Deployments folder for the Captured Image
Text | 1 min
Creating a Task Sequence
Free Preview Lesson
Video | 5 min