SCCM/MECM Administration - Be an 'Expert'!

Learn how configuration manager replaces manual spreadsheets with automated asset, software, and operating system deployments, while tracking changes and enabling scalable hierarchies like standalone primary sites and central administration sites.

Set up a standalone primary Configuration Manager site on Windows servers, extend the AD schema, create the system management container, install prerequisites and bits, and launch the Configuration Manager console.

Learn monitoring and troubleshooting for Configuration Manager sites with status messages, site and component status, and the monitoring workspace and Service Manager tools for managing components and logs.

Learn how client assignments determine the configuration manager primary site that manages a client, including manual site assignment and automatic site assignment based on boundaries with fallback sites.

Understand boundaries and boundary groups in configuration manager, including ip subnet, ad site, and ipv6 prefix. Boundaries do not manage clients; they require a boundary group for site assignment.

Install sql 2014 and run the sccm pre-requisite checker to validate prerequisites, configure the primary site and service connection point, then create a system admin account and complete the setup.

Install the database engine services as the core for storing and securing data. Enable reporting services for reports and integrate Cesium rules with management tools via setup to install prerequisites.

Learn to install SCCM prerequisites, extend the Active Directory schema, create the site system and service account, and install missing features and deployment tools for a successful setup.

Launch the SCCM setup, verify remaining prerequisites, fix WSUS-related rules and features, configure WSUS to store updates, and verify the WSUS configuration.

Explore the discovery methods in Assisi, including Active Directory group, system, and user discovery, plus hybrid and network discovery, to locate devices on the network via Active Directory.

Enable the Active Directory forest discovery method to use network locations configured in Active Directory to define site boundaries; it isn't enabled by default and supports automatic creation when discovered.

Enable Active Directory system discovery to locate computer resources in Active Directory Domain Services, configure polling schedules and attributes, exclude certain devices, and track discoveries in assets and compliance.

Enable user discovery to scan all Active Directory users and report results within SCCM by configuring locations or AD filters, discovering attributes, and creating a new user collection.

Learn how IP discovery works in heartbeat discovery, including default-enabled discovery by TCM, how to access properties, and how the inventory agent tracks this method.

Explore network discovery to identify resources on the network, such as subnets, and learn why it is not enabled by default and how it can be used to track status.

Execute the upgrade from 1702 to 1802 with prerequisite checks and monitor progress; apply required configurations for automatic upgrade and post-upgrade steps.

Upgrade SCCM/MECM from 1802 to 1810, upgrading the SDK to support the new version, then upgrade the boot images for a complete SCCM/MECM upgrade.

Install the SCCM 1810 hotfix and related fixes, then continue in the next video for SCCM administration training.

Plan and install a secondary site in SCCM/MECM to optimize content distribution for remote locations with 500–5000 clients, including prerequisites, firewall ports, local management point, and verification.

Install a full secondary site in the SCCM/MECM lab by configuring prerequisites, fixing warnings for remote differential compression and other missing features, and validating content and replication across sites.

Install the reporting services point on the primary site and select the connecting user. Verify status and monitor configuration via the report manager, addressing launch errors and reinstalling as needed.

Learn to enable third party updates in SCCM/MECM, subscribe to a catalog management engine, manage catalogs (Dell and HP by default), and customize software center settings for client deployments.

Create and deploy an application in sccm/mecm by downloading binaries, validating prerequisites, configuring an unc path, setting dependencies and registry checks, and distributing with catalog visibility and verification.

Learn how the App-V sequencer installs and converts traditional applications into streamed packages, enabling real-time virtualization with sequencing and snapshots while disabling services to avoid data capture.

Sequence and package the VRC Media Player using app sequencer, verify shortcut presence and size, install, capture registry and service details, customize targets, and save the package for deployment.

Learn to deploy an App-V package through SCCM, configuring distribution points, requirements, and Software Center installation on a Windows 7 machine with .NET 4.5 and Visual C++ components.

Configure Ivanti certificates for clients to receive and deploy third-party patches, using a GPO to import certificates into trusted publishers and certification authorities, linked to the domain and verified.

Publish and deploy third-party patches, edit default configurations, and verify downloads and prerequisites; monitor synchronization and status through WSUS content, update groups, and deployment monitoring in the workspace.