SCCM Training

This Presentation Covers Training Modules for SCCM 2012 .

Topics To be Discussed – General

1. Manage Sites2. Manage collections 3. Monitor site health 4. Configure software updates 5. Manage site communications 6. Manage boundary groups7. Manage role-based security  

Managing Sites

Managing Sites in SCCM 2012 is Easy . If you want to Manage Forests other than those that are presently being Monitored , Just Enabled the Forest Enable / Discover in SCCM Console.

If a New Forest needs to be Discovered in the SCCM Console then you can add new forests using SCCM Console in SCCM 2012 .

If New SCCM Site Servers Needs to be added in the Hierarchy then the same can also be achieved .

If you have a Stand Alone Primary site and you want to add a Central Site and a Primary Site in this Hierarchy , the same can be achieved by Adding Central Site First .

Since has just One Stand Alone Primary Site there is no need to Monitor Site to Site Replication.

Site Hierarchy View : Using SCCM 2012 , you can view the Hierarchy view Using Bing Maps and Identify the Location of your SCCM Structure .

Manage collections

Direct Rule : Members can be added Directly Query : Members can be added using Query Include : Members can be other collection Exclude : Members can be excluded.

Manage collections – Cont.

To Create a new Collections using Direct Rule , we need to Specify Conditions in the Rule.

Example : Suppose a Particular Software needs to be deployed on particular location users then a Direct rule can be created and software can be deployed on the set of users .

Monitor site health

SCCM Site Health can be Monitors Using SCCM Console by Navigating to : Monitoring > Site Status and Monitoring > Component Status

Manage site communications

Not Applicable To : As they have just One Site :

Manage boundary groups To Create New Boundaries : Go to Administration > Hierarchy

Configuration > Boundaries

To Club Different Boundaries into one Group Create a Boundary Group.

Manage boundary groups- Cont.Create New Boundary groups to club

Boundaries

Manage role-based security

RBAC is a new Feature in SCCM 2012 . RBAC is Used to Divide the set of Duties in SCCM . RBAC is Used to create new Roles in SCCM To Create a New Role : Go to Administration > Security > Security Roles >

Copy Rule

Manage role-based security – Cntd.

Set the Desired Criterion . Create a Group in Active Directory Add User to it Go to Administration > Security > Administrative Users> Add User or

Group. You Are Done .

Topics To be Discussed – Clients Related

All Setting related to Clients can be Done from Administration > Overview> Client Settings

Topics To be Discussed – Clients Related – Cont.

Client Agents can be Installed Using the below Screen Shot :

Client Installation Tracking

CCM.log – Server Side

CCMSETUP.log – Client Side

Client.msi.log – Client Side

Topics To be Discussed – Inventory

To Collect Hardware and Software Inventory Related Data from Client Machines Inventory has to enabled in SCCM Console :

Topics To be Discussed – Inventory - Cont

Specific Classes can be selected in Inventory Using below :

Topics To be Discussed – Inventory - Cont

Inventoryagent.log – Client Side MP_Hinv.Log – Hardware Inventory –Server Side MP_Sinv.log – Software Inventory – Server Side Dataldr.log – Server Side

Deploy Applications and Software Updates

Applications Vs. Packages in SCCM 2012 Why Use Applications Create an Application :

Deploy Applications and Software Updates

Once an Application has been created it can be deployed as under :

Tracking Application DeploymentTrack

Distribution Point Settings To Enable Operating System Deployment Using Distribution Point , PXE

has to Enabled :

SCCM Site Backup