Installing and Configuring System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Getting Started with this Course • 26min
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SCCM Configuration Manager Overview
Video | 8 min
Prerequisites in a Production Environment
Video | 12 min
Configuration Manager Overview Section Quiz
Quiz | 6 min
System Center Configuration Manager - Features and Capibilities • 31min
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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 • 50min
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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 | 2 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 17min
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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 lesson
Video | 4 min
Creating Domain User Accounts
Video | 8 min
Extending the Active Directory Schema
Free 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 | 30 min
Configuration Manager Basics • 1hr 53min
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Console Overview Part 1
Video | 12 min
Console Overview Part 2
| 5 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
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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
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Preparing for Client Installations with Group Policy
Free lesson
Video | 12 min
Client Push Installation
Free 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 0min
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Collections Overview and the Direct Rule
Video | 9 min
Creating Include/Exclude Collections
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 | 4 min
User and Device Collection Section Quiz
Quiz | 5 min
Application Management • 2hr 34min
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Application Management Overview
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 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
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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
Video | 6 min
Create a Deployments folder for the Captured Image
Text | 1 min
Creating a Task Sequence
Video | 5 min
Enable PXE Support - Configure WDS
Video | 4 min
Endpoint Protection • 1hr 12min
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An Overview of Network Security
Video | 8 min
Endpoint Protection Server Prerequisites
Video | 6 min
Endpoint Protection Licensing
Video | 1 min
Endpoint Protection Planning and Integration
Video | 5 min
Create a Shared Folder Named EPUdates
Text | 2 min
Endpoint Protection Server Configuration and Installation
Video | 9 min
Endpoint Protection Policy Overview
Video | 13 min
The Anti-malware Policy Settings Overview
Video | 7 min
Configuring an Automatic Deployment Rule (ADR)
Video | 7 min
Endpoint Protection Client Installation
Video | 14 min
Troubleshooting • 37min
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SCCM Troubleshooting Overview
Video | 7 min
The CMTrace Overview
Video | 8 min
Deploying CMTrace to a Device Collection
Video | 7 min
Troubleshooting a failed Client Push Install
Video | 15 min
Problems and Solutions from the Message Board • 14min
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Prerequisites in a Production Environment
In this Lecture: We’re going to plan out your SCCM Hierarchy
- We’ll describe the prerequisites for installing SCCM.
- We’ll present an overview of the Hierarchy of Sites
- At the completion of this lecture, you’ll have a basic understanding of the requirements necessary to successfully deploy SCCM in your organization.
Note: Some thoughtful planning of the following points will be necessary before we can start the installation of SCCM.
- First, we must determine our site configuration. Should you set up a stand-alone primary a secondary or a Central Administration Site. We’ll talk about the differences between those three sites in a minute.
- Second, we must evaluate the needed server hardware configuration. Like how many CPU cores do I need, or how much memory, hard disk space.
- Third, we must procure the latest compatible revisions of the software. And that means what branch level of SCCM should I run, and which SQL version is compatible.
Hierarchy of Sites
What is a site?
A site defines the scope of administrative control.
A scope controls the objects that an Admin sees in the CM console and the permissions on those objects.
Objects could be users, computers, and servers.
When you install SCCM for the first time, you create a Configuration Manager Site.
This site is either a Stand-alone primary, a Secondary Site, or a Central Administration Site.
We’ll take a look at these three sites starting with the Stand-Alone Primary Site
Describe a Stand-alone primary site.
- This site is considered stand-alone because a single primary site can support the management of all of your users and devices.
- A stand-alone primary site is suitable for smaller deployments but can be expanded at a later time.
- A Stand-alone primary site has all of the System Center Configuration Manager components installed on one site.
SCCM components are the Site System roles.
For example, the Software update point role provides software updates for SCCM clients.
Another example is the Management point role, which manages the communication between the client and the Server.
SCCM could be installed on one server, and the Site System roles could be spread across several servers.
- If you are using multiple servers, all the servers will point to the same site.
During the LAB installation of SCCM, you will be asked to specify the installation of a stand-alone primary or a Central Administration Site Server. Here we choose the Primary site as a stand-alone site.
- Here is an example of a primary site that was created for the lab. Showing the site code, which is the site SA1. This also shows that all the Site System roles were installed on one server. Don’t worry about the roles now, I will explain each role in detail in another lecture.
Benefits include:
- Supports 150,000 clients and devices
- Simplified administration. All the SCCM administration can be done from one server running SCCM.
- Simplified client site assignment and discovery of available resources and services.
- Option to expand later into a larger hierarchy.
Let’s take a look at those resource discovery methods.
Here is the tool that SCCM uses to find Computers and Users in the Hierarchy. Just right-click and enable System, User, discovery.
Here are the results after running the user and devices discovery methods from the Lab.
Reasons to use a Stand-alone Primary site
- You do not expect to manage a complex or geographically dispersed environment. Geographically dispersed could mean different time zones, different countries
- You need local management of devices and users.
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