There may come a time in your SCCM administration days where some special needs may arise. I had such a case recently. Long story short, in our company, we have a windows domain where no trusts exist with our primary domain where SCCM resides. The problem with that is since there is no visibility in between the two domains, how do you get the servers or workstations managed? This post will describe Installing SCCM DP MP SUP in Untrusted Domain. Default settings? Such as a default Windows Update setup. Nah, I like to have some degree of control over who does what and when. Install a standalone WSUS server? Yes, this is a viable option where you can set and forget it. But it probably doesn’t fit with your SCCM setup. Install a completely separate SCCM infrastructure? Sure this works. But… Do you like doubling all your work? I surely … Read More
How to apply SCCM 1702 Update Rollup 1 (KB4019926)
The first Update Rollupfor SCCM Current Branch (1702) is now available. This post is a complete SCCM 1702 Update Rollup 1 (KB4010155) installation guide. If you’re looking for a complete SCCM 1511 installation guide, see our blog series which covers it all. You can’t install this upgrade if you are running SCCM 2012. You need to be running SCCM 1702 to apply this update. Installing SCCM upgrades is important for your infrastructure. It fixes a lot of issues from SCCM 1702, which some of them are important. New Update and Servicing Model If you’re not familiar with the new SCCM servicing model, read our New Update and Servicing section of the 1602 upgrade post which explain it all. You may wonder what’s the difference between a Cumulative Update (CU) and an Update Rollup (UR) : A CU is a new servicing baseline. A post-CU1 hotfix requires CU1 first, whereas a post-UR1 hotfix doesn’t require UR1. Like … Read More
SCCM Express Installation Files for Windows 10 Updates
One of SCCM Current Branch 1702 new feature is to support Express installation files for Windows 10 Cumulative Updates. This new features will enable a Windows 10 client to download only differential files from the previous month Cumulative Update. This should limit the size of Windows 10 Cumulative Updates as they tend to get bigger from months to months. In this post, we will cover how to configure SCCM and Windows 10 in order to benefit from express installation files. Prerequisites for SCCM Express Installation Files SCCM Current Branch 1702 or higher Windows 10 Anniversary Update 1607 with April 2017 Cumulative Update which contains the needed Windows Update Agent …or Windows 10 Creators Update 1702 or higher [su_box title=”Note” style=”glass” title_color=”#F0F0F0″] This feature is also supported with Windows Update, WSUS and Windows Update for Business. [/su_box] Enable Express Installation Files in SCCM New settings for server and client are needed in order to manage … Read More
Enable and Configure SCCM Install Behavior for Applications
SCCM 1702 introduce a new feature to check and close executable files before application installation. This could be useful if you need to close a certain process before an SCCM application installation. One example would be some Adobe products that need Internet Explorer to be closed before installation. Before 1702 there was no way to do this using a built-in option in SCCM. A popular User Voice item was delivered as a pre-release feature in SCCM 1702 which is called SCCM install behavior for applications. We will show you how to enable and configure the Install Behavior tab in an application deployment type and show you the different behaviors based on the deployment properties. Enable SCCM Install Behavior for Applications Before you can use the Install Behavior feature, you must enable it as it’s still a pre-release feature: In the SCCM Console, go to Administration \ Site Configuration \ Sites Click on the … Read More
Configure High-Impact Task Sequence Settings in SCCM 1702
Starting with SCCM 1702, new options are available in Task Sequences. It’s now possible to give more information about Task Sequence in Software Center (restart required, the download size of the task sequence, and the estimated run time), create a custom notification for high-risk deployments and configure any task sequence as a high-risk deployment. The new options can be found in the properties of any Task Sequence. We will configure those options and shows how it affect the end user. SCCM High-Impact Task Sequence Settings It’s possible to configure any task sequence (including non-operating system task sequences) as a high-risk deployment. This will allows the user to receive a notification before the task sequence runs which can be customized by the SCCM administrator. Go to Software Library / Operating Systems / Task Sequences Right-Click your task sequence, select Properties On the User Notification tab, you can select to use default text or a custom text Let’s … Read More
Step-by-Step SCCM 1702 Upgrade Guide
A new upgrade for SCCM Current Branch is now available. This post is a complete step-by-step SCCM 1702 installation guide. If you’re looking for a complete SCCM installation guide, see our blog series which covers it all. You can’t install this upgrade if you are running SCCM 2012. You need to be at least at SCCM 1511. Installing SCCM upgrades is very important to your infrastructure. It adds new features and fixes lots of issues, which some of them are important. New Update and Servicing Model If you’re not familiar with the new SCCM servicing model, read our New Update and Servicing section of the 1602 upgrade post which explain it all. Similar to SCCM 1610, if you need to make a new SCCM installation, you can’t install SCCM 1702 directly. You need to install SCCM 1606 first and then apply SCCM 1702 from the console. SCCM 1606 is the baseline version if you’re starting … Read More