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What is SCCM? Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a Windows product that enables administrators to manage security and deployment of ... 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SCCMTutorialforBeginners InthisSCCMtutorial,you'lllearn WhatisSCCMandHowitworks? SCCMVersionHistory SystemsManagementinEnterprise SystemCenterfamilyofProducts FeaturesofSCCM BusinessSolutionsaddressedbySCCM NewlookofSCCM WhatisSCCM? MicrosoftSystemCenterConfigurationManager(SCCM)isaWindowsproductthatenablesadministratorstomanagesecurityanddeploymentofapplications,devicesthatarepartofanEnterprise.SystemCenteristhefamilyorsuiteofmanagementtoolsfromMicrosoft.OrganizationswouldratherpurchaseSystemCenterConfigurationManagerthanpurchasingacomponentintheSystemCenterforupdatingorpatchingtheirsystems IfyouwanttoenrichyourcareerandbecomeaprofessionalinSCCM,thenEnrolOur "SCCMOnlineTraining"Thiscoursewillhelpyoutoachieveexcellenceinthisdomain. HowSCCMWorks? NowwewillknowthestepbystepprocedureonhowSystemCenterConfigurationManager(SCCM)works: Step1:Toinstalltheapplication,createpackagesintheSCCMconsolewhichconsistsofthecommandlineandexecutedfiles. Step2:ConfigurationmanageradmincreatesvirtualapplicationpackagingandreplicatesittoselectedDistributionPoints. (Distributionpointsarenothingbutfileservers,theystorethepackagesforaparticularregion) Step3:Iftheuserwantstodownloadanyapplication,thentheusercandirectlydownloadtheapplicationfromthedistributionpointsratherthanconnectingtotheSCCMprimaryserver. Step4:Now,installtheSCCMagentwhichhelpsamachinecommunicatewiththeSCCMservers.  Step5:Inthisstep,theSCCMagentkeepsoncheckingforthenewpoliciesanddeployments.UsingtheupdatesSCCMadmincreatesdeploymentwhereanapplicationistargetedonabunchofmachines. Step6:Oncethepolicyreachedtheendmachine,theSCCMagentevaluatesthepolicyandreachesouttoitsparticularregionaldistributionpointsfordownloadingthepackages.  Step7:Oncetheexecutedfilesaredownloadedinatempfolder,userscaninstallthosepackagesinthelocalsystem.NowthefilestatusissentbacktotheSCCMservertoupdateinthedatabase.  ThesearethebasicstepstoexplainhowSCCMworks,andalotmoreadditionalstepsneedtobeconsideredinthebackground.Butthecorecomponentsusedinthesoftwaredistribution(Applicationpackages,Distributionpoints,SCCMagents,servers)arethesameforanyinfrastructure. SCCMVersionHistory SCCM2019Version SCCM1902-ReleasedMarch2019  SCCM2018 Version SCCM1810-ReleasedDecember2018 SCCM1806-ReleasedJuly2018 SCCM1802-ReleasedMarch2018 SCCM2017 Version SCCM1710-ReleasedNovember2017 SCCM1706-ReleasedJuly2017 SCCM1702-ReleasedMarch2017 SCCM2016 Version SCCM1610-ReleasedNovember2016 SCCM1606-ReleasedJuly22, 2016 SCCM1602-ReleasedMarch11,2016 SCCM2015 Version SCCM1511-ReleasedNovember2015 SCCM2012 Version SCCM2012-Released2012 SCCM2007 Version SCCM2007-Released2007 SCCM2003 Version SCCM2003-Released2003 SCCM1999 Version SCCM2.0-Released1999  SCCM1996 Version SCCM1.2-Released1996 SCCM1995 Version SCCM1.1-Released1995 SCCM1994 Version SCCM1.0-Released1994 RelatedArticle:SCCMInterviewQuestionsAndAnswers LetusdiveintotheSCCMconceptsonebyone. SystemsManagementinEnterprise EarliertotheadventofanySystemsManagementtools,ITdepartmentsstruggledalotwithserverandclientsystemmanagement.WiththetoolslikeMicrosoftSystemCenter,patchingacomputer,imagingworkstations,rollingoutsoftware,monitoringservers,networkdevices,andbackupswerealldoneinatediousmanner. Astoolsevolvedaroundthesystemsmanagement,thereusedtobededicatedserversfortheserequirementsandthishadtorepeatforanothersetofrequirements.Thiswasallaclumsyprocessastherewasnocommunicationbetweentheseseparateservers. Tounderstandthis,consideranexamplewhereanorganizationkeepstrackofassetsthroughoneproductandhasaseparateonetoputimagesontothesesystems.Ithasaproducttoupdateorpatchthesystemswhenrequiredandanotheronetomonitorthesystemandalerttheadministratorsinanyunforeseensituations. Finally,adifferentproducttobackupdataandadifferentproducttoprovidesecuritymanagementofthesystemalsoexist.Havingsaidthis,Microsoftwasinasituationlikethisforabout5to8yearswhenallofthesewerehandledviadifferentproducts. Aftermanyyears,MicrosofthadputalloftheseproductsintoasinglesuiteofproductscalledtheSystemCenterandspentenoughtimetogetalloftheseproductstoworktogether.Now,anorganizationthatwantstobuyanewlicensecanactuallybuyasuitelicensetoworkwithalltheseproductsunderasingleumbrellaandleveragebenefitsoutoftheseproductsfortheirownenterprises. ThesectionfocusesonbringinginaproductlikeSystemCenterwhichcanhandlealltheactivitiesofasystemfromimaging,deployment,patching,updating,maintenance,support,andretirementunderasinglelife-cyclemanagementtool. WhatareSystemCenterfamilyofProducts TherearemanyproductsthatconstituteSystemCenter,andthewholesuitecomplementseachotherwiththeirfunctionalities.Basedonthelicensesthatarepurchased,organizationscanworkalongwithmorethanoneoftheseproductsortoolswithintheirEnterprise.Witheachsuccessfulrelease,moreandmorefunctionalitiesandcapabilitiesareaddedwhichhelpeachother.Letusnowtakealookateachoftheseproductsindividuallytoseetheirfunctionalityset: 1.SystemCenterConfigurationManager SystemCenterConfigurationManager(SCCM)comeswiththeabilitytoimagineandinstallingthebaseoperatingsystemonasystembasedontheconfigurationprovided.Onceanoperatingsystemisinstalled,SCCMkicksintoupdateorpatchthesystem.Itkeepstrackofthesysteminventoryandremotecontrolcapabilities.ItenablesIT,administrators,tokeepupwiththesystemconfigurationofallthemachinesbasedonasingleandcommonorganizationalconfiguration. 2.SystemCenterOperationsManager SCCMistheproductthatlaysdownthebaseconfigurationofasystemandkeepsitupdatedandpatched.SystemCenterOperationsManagerthentakesovertheresponsibilityofmonitoringthehealthofthesystemalongwithallotherapplicationsinstalledonthatspecificsystem.Thereareaspecificsetofrulesthattrackdownthenormalfunctioningofthesystem,andifthereareanydeviations,thenecessarypersonnelisnotifiedofthechanges. 3.SystemCenterDataProtectionManager DataProtectionManager(DPM)comesinhandywhenSCOMreportsanyfaultsonaphysicalmachine.DPMhelpsinrecoveryfromthebackupsthatitholds.DPMtakesbackupsoftheserverfilesystem,SharePointdata,exchangedatabases,SQLdatabasesonastandardschedule.Thishelpsinrecoveringasystembyfulldatarecoverywhichiseithercorruptedordamaged. 4.SystemCenterVirtualMachineManager Thereisashiftofanorganization’sphysicalsystemstovirtualsystemsfordevelopment,maintenance,andproduction,andhencecomestoatoolthathandlesallthelifecycle-relatedactivitiesforthevirtualmachines-SystemCenterVirtualMachineManager(VMM). Ifthereisaninstancewhereaphysicaloravirtualsystemisabouttofail,SCOMcantriggertheautomaticcreationofanewsessionusingSCCMandHyper-Vtobuildanewvirtualsystem.VMMalsohelpsintransferringtheoperatingsystem,application,anddatatoavirtualmachineinanautomatedPhysicalToVirtual(P2V)process. LeaveanInquirytolearnSCCMOnlineTraininginBangalore 5.SystemCenterServiceManager MostofthetoolsfromtheSystemCentersuiteofproductsrevolvearoundIT-relatedtaskssuchaspatching,imaging,monitoring,backups-thereareotherorganizationalneedssuchasmanagingprocessesandchangecontrol. SystemCenterServiceManager(SCSM)isanincidentmanagementandchangecontrolsystemthatintegrateswithSCCMandthelikeseamlessly.Ithelpsinloggingalltheissuesidentifiedwiththesetoolsandgathersallthedetailsaroundtheissueforaone-pointreferencetotheDeskpersonnelortheSupportpersonnel. 6.SystemCenterCapacityPlanner Withthegrowingneedsofanorganization,thereisalwaysaneedtoupgradetheinfrastructureforanorganization.SystemCenterCapacityPlannerhelpsinidentifyingandtestingperformancedemandsfromthecurrentsetupandplanforfuturerequirementsaptly.Basedonthecurrentrequirement,ithelpsinidentifyingtherelativerequirementsonthehardwaretomeettheperformancedemandsforyourorganization. 7.SystemCenterMobileDeviceManager OrganizationsrunonServersandClientsfortheirrelatedoperations,butwiththeadventofsmartphoneswithequalcomputingpower,mobiledevicesalsohavejoinedthebandwagonforoperationscarriedoutinorganizations. SystemCenterMobileDeviceManager(MDM)joinshandswithSystemCenterConfigurationManager(SCCM)tohandleallthelifecyclestagesfrominceptiontocompletionforallmobiledevicesandinsimplewords,MDMistomobiledeviceswhatSCCMisforservers.Provisioning,monitoring,updating,securing,wipingthedevicesarealltheactivitiesthatcanbedonewithMDM. 8.SystemCenterEssentials NoteveryorganizationmighthaveadedicatedITwingtohandleallthesystem,serverrelatedstuff(organizationswithlessthan500usersor50servers).MicrosoftprovidesSystemCenterEssentialswhichenablesmanagementfunctionsrelatedtotrackinginventory,patchingandupdatingthesesystems,monitoring,deployingnewersoftware.Allofthesecanbedonefromjustthissingletool,helpingthemtoscaleontheirsystemadministrationcapabilities. Major&BasicFeaturesofSystemCentreConfigurationManager(SCCM) Inthissection,letustryandunderstandthemajorfeaturesthatareprovidedbySystemCenterConfigurationManager(SCCM). 1.OperatingSystemdeployment: InstallationofthecoreOperatingSystemistheveryfirststepthatneedstobedonetoinitiatethelife-cycleforaserveraltogether.SCCMprovidesallthetoolsanorganizationrequiresforOperatingsystemdeployment-eitherviatheimagedinstallationorasascriptedmethodofinstallation. 2.Patching&Updating: WhentheinstallationoftheOperatingsystemiscompletedsuccessfully,SCCMinitiatespatchingandupdatingthesesystems.Mostoftheorganizationsrelyonthefreeservice(WindowsServerUpdateServices)topatchandupdatethesystemsbutSCCMleverageseverythingthatWSUSprovidesandoverthat,providestheITadministratorsactivepatchingandupdatinginadditiontoWSUS.Theactiveupdatesystemenforcesupdates,forcessystemstobepatchedorupdated,andlaterrebootedfollowingtheITguidelinespublishedbyorganizations. 3.AssetTracking: OnceasystemhasbeencreatedwiththeOperatingsystemthatisrequiredandlaterupdated,patched,suchsystemsneedtobekeptontrackoffurthertimelyupdatesorpatches.SCCMincludesthetoolsthatarerequiredtokeeptrackofthehardware,softwareassetsofthesystemthatitismanagingaltogether. 4.RemoteControl: IfauserorasystemencountersanissuethatmightrequirefurtherassistanceofanITadministrator,thereisaprovisiontotakeremoteaccesstothesystemtoanalyzetheproblem.SCCMhasaremotecontrolprocessthatallowsanITadministratororasupportengineertoaccessthesystemremotely. 5.Softwaredeployment: Installingthecoreoperatingsystemonaphysical/virtualmachineisonepartandtheotherpartistheadditionalsoftwarethatisrequiredonasystem.SCCMprovidesatoolthatallowstotheinstallationofasimplepluginoracomplexsuiteofapplicationswithuniqueapplicationconfigurations.Thisisaone-of-a-kindfunctionalitythatmakesitmoresuitablefororganizationswherecertainITguidelinescanbeimplementedwithouthaltinganything. 6.DesiredConfigurationManagement: ThisistheotherfeaturethatfollowstheITguidelinesoutlaidbyanorganizationwherethestandardconfigurationofasystemcannotbealtered.Thisensuresthatthesystemhasthesamesoftwaresetup,updates,drivers,andconfigurationsettingsacrossallthesystems.DesiredConfigurationManagement(DCM)toolwithinSCCMensuresthestringentauditconstraintsaremetandcomplianceismaintained. 7.InternetClient: ThisisasignificantcomponentoftheSCCMtoolwhichenablesdeviceslikeremotesystemsormobiledevicestobeaccessedremotelywithoutspecificallybringingthemintotheVPNnetworkforanymaintenancerequirements.ThiscannowhappenviaanInternetClientandaPKI(PublicKeyInfrastructure)certificateinstalledonthesystem.Withtheseprerequisites,SCCMwillbeabletoconnecttothatdeviceanywhereintheworldautomaticallytoinventory,patch,update,monitorthesystem. 8.Reporting: SCCMprovidesout-of-the-boxintegrationwithareportgenerationtoolthatgeneratesreportsbasedontherequirementsoutlaidbytheITadministrators.Thesereportsmayvarybasedontherequirementlikereportsofsystemsthathavemissedthepatchesorupdates,reportsofstandardconfiguration,inventoryreports,etc. [Checkout:BigfixVsSCCM] BusinessSolutionsaddressedbySCCM SystemCenterConfigurationManager(SCCM)helpsanorganizationmaintainconsistencyinthesystemconfigurationandmanagementacrossallthesystems.Ratherthanhavingtobuildaworkstationoraservermanuallyandindividually,SCCMmakesuseofthetemplatestobuildthesesystemsprettyquickly. ITpersonnelcancreatethesetemplatesbasedontheguidelinesoutlaidandalsotomeettherequirementsoftheorganization.Inthecaseoftemplate-basedinstallation,organizationscanverywelldependontheconsistencyinthebuildconfigurationforallthehardwaresystemsthroughouttheenterprise. SCCMinconjunctionwithothercomponentsensuresachievingdifferentfunctionalities.OneofthebestexamplesofsuchacomponentisSystemCenterOperationsManager(SCOM).SystemCenterOperationsManager(SCOM)alongwithSystemCenterConfigurationManager(SCCM)helpsanorganizationstayaheadandproactivetoidentifyissues,faultsontimeandhelpstakenecessaryactionstominimizethedowntimeonanyissues. ThesetoolsalsohelprecoversystemsthathavefailedforvariousotherreasonswiththehelpofatoolcalledDataProtectionManager(DPM).Italsoenablesmonitoringofthenormaloperationsoftheavailablesetofservers,workstations,andapplications. Therearepoliciesthatareestablishedtoupdatesystemsofaspecificfunctionalroletobeupdatedorpatchedatthesametime.ThisisafeaturethatisprovidedbyoneoftheSCCMcomponentscalledtheDesiredConfigurationManagement(DCM). Itensuresspecificupdatesarepushedtosystemsthatmeetafunctionalrole.Thisfurtherhelpsinensuringalltheauditrequirements,andalsoinmaintainingcomplianceatanorganizationlevel.Thishelpsinansweringallthequestionsrelatedtoauditsandcompliancerequirementswithjustreportsandnothingatall. Thenew-lookofSCCM IfyouarewellawareoftheSCCMtoolaltogether,thenyouwouldbeabletoappreciatewhathasbeendevelopedandreleasedinthenewreleases.Ifyouarenotawareofthetoolanyway,thenthefollowingfewpointsshouldbegoodenoughtoappreciatewhatisavailableinthelatestreleases.Letustakeacloserlookatthefollowingpointsthen: 1.Userfocus: ITconsumerizationisthefactofthedayandresistanceagainstthiswillnotallowanorganizationtoscalefurther.Withmoreandmoredevicesbeingavailableinthemarket,thereisalwaysanexpectationtosupportallofthese. AsSCCMhasalwaysbeenaboutsystemsmanagement,consideringthechanginglandscape,theuserhasbeengivenalltheattentionthatitrequires.Thisallowsthemtogainmorecontroloverthesoftwarethatisinstalled.Anexampleofthisisthedefinitionoftheuser'sworkinghoursandbasedonthesetimings,theupgradesandpatchesareappliedtothesystem. Therecanbemorethanonedevicetaggedtoasingleuser,meaningthattherecanbemorethanoneprimaryuserforeverydevicethatisbeingworkedupon.TheserelationshipsarehandledusingtheUserDeviceAffinity(UDA). UserscanmanagetheirownsystemsusinganewinterfacecalledtheSoftwareCenter.Thisismorelikeashoppingcartapproachwhereuserssearchandfindwhattheywanttorequestforinstallations.Basedontheapplications,fewmightbeinstalledrightaway,andfewothersrequireadministrativeapprovals. 2. Role-basedAccessControl: Basedontherecenttrendsamongsttheproductsintheindustry(ingeneral),thereisagrowingadoptiontowardsrole-basedsecurity.ThishasnowbeenintroducedinSCCM2012andiscontrolledbyRole-BasedAccessControl(RBAC)hidingtheelementsthattheuserdoesn’thaveaccessto.Thetasksaregroupedintosecurityrolesadministratively.Therearefewrolesprovidedwiththetooland,inadditiontothat,business-specificrolesandscopeswillbeaddedlater. Themultilayerapproachhelpsyouleveragethepowerofthecloud,andatthesametimeprotectingon-premiseclientsfromanypossiblepotentialthreatsfromtheinternet.SCCM2012comeswithanewconsolealtogether.ThisnolongerreliesonMicrosoftManagementConsole(MMC).Takealookatthefollowing: 3.Smartphonesupport: SystemCenterMobileDeviceManager(MDM)2008wasn’texactlyasuccessbutitsfunctionalitywasrebuiltintoSCCM2012.SupportforiPhone,Android,andWindowsphoneswascoveredthroughtheExchangeActive-Syncconnector. Conclusion Inthisarticle,wehavetriedtounderstandthebusinessproblemthatSoftwareCenterConfigurationManager(SCCM)triestoresolve.WehaveunderstoodthesystemsmanagementinanenterpriseandhowSCCMresolvesthisproblemwiththefeaturesthatitprovides.WehavethendiscussedtheSystemCentersuiteofproductsanditsfeatures,alongwithit,wehavealsotakenacloserlookatthemajorfeaturesprovidedbySCCM.WehavealsoseenthebusinessusecaseswhereSCCMfindsitsusage.WehavealsodiscussedthenewfeaturesthatareprovidedinthelatestreleasesofSCCM.Hopeyouhavefoundallthedetailsthatyouwerelookingfor,inthisarticle.JoinournewsletterStayupdatedwithournewsletter,packedwithTutorials,InterviewQuestions,How-to's,Tips&Tricks,LatestTrends&Updates,andmore➤Straighttoyourinbox!SubscribeCourseScheduleNameDatesSCCMTrainingApr13toApr28ViewDetailsSCCMTrainingApr16toMay01ViewDetailsSCCMTrainingApr18toMay03ViewDetailsSCCMTrainingApr23toMay08ViewDetailsLastupdated:08Apr2022AboutAuthorRavindraSavaramRavindraSavaramisaContentLeadatMindmajix.com.HispassionliesinwritingarticlesonthemostpopularITplatformsincludingMachinelearning,DevOps,DataScience,ArtificialIntelligence,RPA,DeepLearning,andsoon.YoucanstayuptodateonallthesetechnologiesbyfollowinghimonLinkedInandTwitter.readmoreCopyright©2013-2022MindMajixTechnologies