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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Samir Hammoudi, Matthew Hudson, Greg Ramsey, Brian Mason, Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren
Book Image

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Samir Hammoudi, Matthew Hudson, Greg Ramsey, Brian Mason, Chuluunsuren Damdinsuren

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 (15 chapters)
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Preparing for software updates


Painters will tell you that all the work goes into preparation; the painting itself is fast and easy. The same goes for CM software update management. It takes some work to get a proper setup in place before the easy work of day-to-day management can begin. We will now show you how to setup your Software Update Point (SUP) and sync it.

Getting ready

Installing WSUS and its dependencies has not changed since CM07. Make sure that you have WSUS 4.0 or later version installed on a server with IIS before proceeding. Note that, after the installation of WSUS, cancel out of the wizard. CM will do the configuration instead. You will want to make the machine account of your primary site server a local admin of the WSUS server.

How to do it...

  1. Navigate to Administration | Site Configuration | Servers and Site System Roles.

  2. Select the WSUS server in the right-hand pane (or right-click if the server is yet unknown and enter the FQDN and site code).

  3. Select the Software Update...