Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a powerful tool for managing large-scale enterprise systems. It is essential for IT administrators to perform regular maintenance tasks in order to ensure that SCCM is functioning optimally and to prevent any potential issues from arising. In this blog post, we will discuss the daily maintenance tasks that should be performed in order to keep SCCM running smoothly. Check overall site server health and hardware performance The first step in SCCM’s daily maintenance tasks is to check the health of the SCCM site server itself. We suggest starting by simply looking at the overall resource consumption in the Task Manager. If your IIS Worker Process is using all CPU, we suggest that you read our post about Software update maintenance best practice Verify all disk-free space and ensure that there’s enough free space left. Here are the main things to check which consume … Read More
Fix SCCM Error 0X87D00324 when deploying applications
SCCM can be used to deploy packages and applications on multiple computers. But as with any other deployment tools, you can get errors or issues. This blog post will describe the SCCM Error 0X87D00324 which occurs on computers after application deployment. What Causes Error 0X87D00324 During SCCM Deployment? This error code means that the application was installed, but it couldn’t be detected by SCCM. Usually, a faulty or incorrect detection method is set in the application you are deploying. The detection method is SCCM ways to know that the application is installed on a computer. After the installation, SCCM validates the presence of the application using the detection method parameter. The SCCM Error 0X87D00324 tells you that the application is not present on the computer. however, this can be misleading, the application can be installed correctly but SCCM will report it as not installed if the detection method is not … Read More
Step-by-Step SCCM 2211 Upgrade Guide
Microsoft has released the third SCCM version for 2022. SCCM 2211 has been released on December 5th, 2022. This post is a complete step-by-step SCCM 2211 upgrade guide, meaning that if you want to upgrade your existing SCCM/MEMCM installation to the latest SCCM/MEMCM updates, this post is for you. If you’re looking for a comprehensive SCCM installation guide to building a new server, refer to our blog series which covers it all. You won’t be able to install SCCM 2211 if you are running SCCM 2012. Well, that’s an odd phrase! Thank you current branch naming. SCCM 2211 is not a baseline version. This means that if you’re downloading the source from Volume Licensing, SCCM 2203 will be the starting version of your new SCCM site and you’ll need to apply SCCM 2211 on top of it. At the time of this writing, SCCM 2211 is available in the Early update … Read More
Deploy Windows 11 using SCCM / MEMCM
Windows 11 has been released by Microsoft on October 5th, 2021. If you are planning to deploy and manage Windows 11 using SCCM or Configuration Manager, this post has you covered. Like any other Windows version, you need to do a couple of tasks before you can do an SCCM Windows 11 Deployment. In a previous blog post, we listed everything you need to know about SCCM and Windows 11. You can read the whole post but here’s the important part: SCCM is ready to support Windows 11 starting with SCCM version 2107. You need to run at least SCCM 2107 and your device needs specific requirements. Let’s get started to Deploy Windows 11 using SCCM / MEMCM ! Table of Content Prerequisites Check if you have an SCCM Supported version Upgrade your Windows ADK Download Windows 11 ISO Mount and extract the ISO file Import the Windows 11 WIM … Read More
How to use SCCM Cloud Management Gateway bulk registration token
One of the less-known benefits of the SCCM Cloud Management Gateway is the ability to install the Configuration Manager client to devices that are not connected locally and manage those devices without ever being on the internal network. For example DMZ servers. To do so, the client must be installed by a command line with an SCCM CMG Bulk Registration Token. In this post, we will show how to use the Bulk Registration Token to enroll DMZ servers to the Cloud Management Gateway. Requirements Configuration Manager version 2002 or higher Supported OS for Config Manager Cloud Management Gateway configured See our post, Setup SCCM Cloud Management Gateway The certificate used for the Cloud Management Gateway must be trusted by the client that will be installed If the certificate is a Public certificate, with a CNAME, then this will be trusted by default If the certificate is generated by a private … Read More
How to fix SCCM Bitlocker prompt for fixed drives
This blog post describes how to fix SCCM Bitlocker prompt for fixed drives when integrated the MBAM features with Configuration Manager. Introduction Starting with Configuration Manager 1910 onwards, Bitlocker features that were available in MBAM are now fully integrated into ConfigMgr and allows you to manage the Bitlocker drive encryption (BDE) for your windows clients without requiring any additional tools. From Configuration Manager 2002 onwards, the Bitlocker management feature is no more a pre-release feature. The Bitlocker functionalities that exist in Configuration Manager 1910 onwards, only supports the clients that are on-prem and joined to Active Directory ONLY. You will not be able to use the Bitlocker features for clients that are Azure Active Directory-joined, workgroup clients, or clients in untrusted domains. The clients that are not on-prem domain joined, will not be able to authenticate with the recovery service to escrow keys. For more information on how to set … Read More
How to use SCCM Delivery Optimization
The amount of data that transfers daily on a corporate network is quite important. Once a month, Windows Update has quite an impact on that amount. SCCM along Delivery Optimization can help better manage that crazy amount of GB or even TB of content required to patch all computers. In an earlier post, we covered the topic to use with Intune and Windows Update for business In this post, we will detail how to use SCCM Delivery Optimization to deliver Windows Updates. Requirements Clients must be running Windows 10 ConfigMgr 1910 or higher to get all Network ports 7680 inbound to allow peers 80 to allow computer do download updates from Windows Update For more details, see Microsoft docs SCCM Delivery Optimization Using Delivery Optimization along ConfigMgr can be useful for the following reasons : Avoid hosting GBs of updates on-prem across many different distribution points/host/data center to support all … Read More
How to configure SCCM Software Update point in SSL
While the requirements of running SCCM/MEMCM in full SSL may be less required theses days with the Cloud Management Gateway being so effective with remote computers management, running the WSUS – Software Update point in SSL is likely to show up as a requirement whenever doing a security audit of your environment. In this post, we will detail the required steps, from the certificate template creation to the client validation on enabling SSL for WSUS and the SCCM Software Update Point. Requirements Any SCCM version Communication on port 8531 must be open on your Firewall Certificate template Creation The first step to enable SSL communication is to create a server certificate for your server. On the server that is running the Certification Authority, open the Certification Authority console (certsrv.mmc), right-click Certificate Templates and select Manage The Certificate Templates management console opens Right-click the Web Server template and then select Duplicate … Read More
Complete SCCM Installation Guide and Configuration
This blog post is a complete revised Step-by-step SCCM Installation Guide. It covers every aspect of the SCCM Installation. From the server prerequisites to the SQL installation, the Sccm installation itself and all configuration and site server installation. Following this guide, you should have a functional SCCM server in a couple of hours. We already did a guide in the past when SCCM 1511 was released but it’s was time for a 2020 refresh. Since our first guide, more than 12 SCCM version has been released… and the product even changed its name to Microsoft Endpoint Manager. (MEM or MEMCM). SCCM installation has never been an easy process and the product itself can be complex for inexperienced administrators. With this blog post, our goal is to bring it a bit further, explaining concepts and best practices rather than just guide the user through the installation process. If you’re not familiar with SCCM Current … Read More