Sccm new program wizard

Then specify a location to store the files. If you previously downloaded the files by using Setup Downloader , select Use previously downloaded files. Then specify the download folder. If you use previously downloaded files, verify that the path to the download folder contains the most recent version of the files. On the Server Language Selection page, select the languages that are available for the Configuration Manager console and for reports.

The wizard selects English by default and you can't remove it. For more information, see Language packs.

On the Client Language Selection page, select the languages that are available to client computers. Also specify whether to enable all client languages for mobile device clients. When you use a CAS, make sure that client languages you configure at the CAS include all client languages that you configure at each child primary site. Clients that install from a distribution point have access to the client languages from the top-tier site, while clients that install from a management point have access to the client languages from their assigned primary site.

On the Site and Installation Settings page, specify the following settings for the new site that you're installing:. Site code : Each site code in a hierarchy must be unique. Use three alpha-numeric characters: A through Z and 0 through 9. Because the site code is used in folder names, don't use the following Windows-reserved names:. Setup doesn't verify whether the site code that you specify is already in use, or if it's a reserved name. Site name : Each site requires this friendly name, which can help you identify the site.

Installation folder : This folder is the path to the Configuration Manager installation. You can't change the location after the site installs. The path can't contain Unicode characters or trailing spaces. Consider whether you want to use the default installation folder. If you use the default OS partition in a production environment, you may experience the following issues in the future:.

On the Site Installation page, use the following option that matches your scenario:. On the Central Administration Site Installation page, select Install as the first site in a new hierarchy , and then choose Next to continue. On the Central Administration Site Installation page, select Expand an existing stand-alone primary into a hierarchy. On the Primary Site Installation page, select Install the primary site as a stand-alone site , and then choose Next.

On the Primary Site Installation page, select Join the primary site to an existing hierarchy. For example, for server SQLServer1. Instance name : By default, this value is blank. It uses the default instance of SQL Server on the site server computer.

You can customize this value. SQL Server uses it to communicate directly to the site database at other sites. When you use a SQL Server Always On failover cluster instance, the option to specify custom file locations isn't available. After the site installs, you can configure more SMS Providers.

On the Client Communication Settings page, choose how clients will communicate with site systems. Otherwise, you individually configure the communication method for each site system role. For more information, see PKI certificate requirements. This step only applies when you install a primary site. If you're installing a CAS, skip this step.

On the Site System Roles page, choose whether to install a management point or distribution point. For each role that you choose to have installed by Setup:. Enter the FQDN for the server that will host the role. You can't change this setting unless you go back to the previous page. To install site system roles, Setup uses the site system installation account.

By default, it uses the primary site's computer account. This account must be a local administrator on the remote computer to install the role. If this account lacks the required permissions, don't install the roles during Setup.

After you configure additional accounts to use as site system installation accounts, install the roles from the Configuration Manager console. For more information, see Accounts. On the Usage Data page, review the information about data that Microsoft collects, and then choose Next. For more information, see Diagnostics and usage data.

If you're installing a CAS as part of a site expansion scenario, and the stand-alone primary site already has this role, first uninstall it from the stand-alone primary site. Configuration Manager can only have one instance of the service connection point in a hierarchy. It's only supported at the top-tier site of the hierarchy.

After you select a configuration for the Service Connection Point , choose Next. After Setup completes, you can change this configuration from the Configuration Manager console. For more information, see About the service connection point.

On the Settings Summary page, review the setting that you've selected. When you're ready, choose Next to start the Prerequisite Checker. On the Prerequisite Installation Check page, it lists any problems that the checker can identify. When the Prerequisite Checker finds a problem, choose an item in the list for details about how to resolve the problem. Before you can continue to install the site, resolve any Failed items.

Try to resolve all Warning items, but they don't block installation. After you resolve any issues, choose Run Check to rerun the Prerequisite Checker. When the Prerequisite Checker runs, and no checks receive a Failed status, you can choose Begin Install to start the site installation. In addition to the feedback that the wizard provides, you can find additional information about prerequisite issues in the ConfigMgrPrereq.

It's in the root of the system drive on the server. For more information, see List of prerequisite checks. On the Installation page, Setup displays the installation status.

When the core site server installation is complete, you can Close the installation wizard. When you close the wizard, the installation and initial site configurations continue in the background. You can connect a Configuration Manager console to the site before Setup is complete.

This console connects as read-only, and lets you view objects and settings, but you can't modify anything. Starting in Configuration Manager version , if setup fails, you can Report update error to Microsoft.

For more information, see Report setup and upgrade failures to Microsoft. When you've installed a stand-alone primary site as your first site, you can later install a CAS to expand that site into a larger hierarchy. You do not need to do a complete new installation. Use our products page or use the button below to download it. The hardware requirements for a Primary Site server largely depends on the features that are enabled, and how each of the components is utilized.

When the number of clients grows and changes, the server hardware requirements change accordingly. For the initial deployment, hardware requirements can be estimated for each server by determining:.

In general, medium environments couple thousand clients should consider the following recommendations when planning hardware:. Another issue to consider when determining hardware requirements for a site servers is the total amount of data that will be stored in the database.

To estimate the required database size for a single site, an approximate figure of 5Mb to 10Mb per client is typically used. SQL Reporting Services will be used to provide consolidated reporting for the hierarchy. Running reports can have an impact on server CPU and memory utilization, particularly if large poorly structured queries are executed as part of the report generation. Consider placing client-facing role Distribution Point, Reporting Point on a separate server in order to reduce load on your Primary server.

Talk and have a good relation with your DBA if you have one in your organization. We recommend configuring the disks following SQL Best practice. Split the load on a different drives. See the previously recommended reading to achieve this. Once your hardware is carefully planned, we can now prepare our environment and server before SCCM Installation. If you have SCCM already installed and planing a migration, skip this step.

Configuration Manager does not automatically create the System Management container in Active Directory Domain Services when the schema is extended. The container must be created one time for each domain that includes a Configuration Manager primary site server or secondary site server that publishes site information to Active Directory Domain Services. Create the necessary accounts and groups created before installation. On the Site Sever computer, open a PowerShell command prompt as an administrator and type the following commands.

This will install the required features without having to use the Windows GUI. Download and install — here. This post is our updated version of our SQL install guide for version and higher.

If you are planning on installing an older version of SQL, please follow our previous post here. Click the following link to see all supported SQL versions. For our post, we will install SQL locally on the same server where the Primary Site will be installed. Note that some steps in the wizard are automatically skipped when no action is required.

We will install it in order to have an updated SQL Installation. Note that CU2 is the minimum requirement. Since we are using a domain account, we must run the Setspn tool on a computer that resides in the domain of the SQL Server. It must use Domain Administrator credentials to run. Run both commands to create the SPN, Change the server name and account name in each commands. We always recommend creating the SCCM database before the setup.

This is not mandatory, SCCM will create the database for you during setup but will not create it the optimal way. Visit his blog post and download the provided Excel file. Input your values in the blue cells and keep it for the next part. Be sure to select a unique Site Code. If you find out that you made an error, you can safely delete the Database using SQL Management Studio and rerun the script.

Run the following scripts to size the TempDB. The server is now ready for the SCCM installation. We will install a stand-alone Primary site. Before launching the SCCM installation, we recommend launching the Prereqchk tool in order to verify if all components are configured correctly.

We prefer to use the standalone tool before running the setup. Refer to this Technet article to see the list of all checks done by the tool. If you have any warning or error refer to this Technet article in order to resolve it, or go thought part 1 and part 2 of this guide.

We are finally ready to launch the setup. First, reboot the server. This will make sure that the machine is not in a Reboot pending state. Before opening the SCCM console, we suggest to install the following tools :. Download and install it here. It covers all you need to know. The first task we like to do after a new SCCM installation is to upgrade it to the latest version. We have a bunch of guides for each version.

For reference, at the time of this blog post, the baseline is and the latest version is SCCM The next sections will be for configuring the various site server roles in your newly installed SCCM server.

Role installation order is not important, you can install roles independently of others. Both of these roles are now unsupported. We do not recommend adding this role to your hierarchy. Starting in version , updated clients automatically use the management point for user-available application deployments.

Support ends for the application catalogue roles with version The Application Catalog web service point provides software information to the Application Catalog website from the Software Library. This is not a mandatory site system but you need both the Application Catalog website point and the Application Catalog web service point if you want to provide your user with a Self-Service application catalog web portal. The Application Catalog web service point and the Application Catalog website point are hierarchy-wide options.

The Application Catalog web service point must reside in the same forest as the site database. If you have more geographically distributed users, consider deploying additional application catalogs to keep responsiveness high and user satisfaction up.

Use client settings to configure collections of computers to use different Application Catalog servers. Read more on how to provide a great application catalog experience to your user in this Technet blog article. If your client needs HTTPS connections, you must first deploy a web server certificate to the site system. If you need to allow Internet clients to access the application catalog, you also need to deploy a web server certificate to the Management Point configured to support Internet clients.

When supporting Internet clients, Microsoft recommends that you install the Application Catalog website point in a perimeter network, and the Application Catalog web service point on the intranet. For more information about certificates see the following Technet article.

Using Windows Server , the following features must be installed before the role installation:. For this post, we will be installing both roles on our stand-alone Primary site using HTTP connections.

If you split the roles between different machines, do the installation section twice, once for the first site system selecting Application Catalog web service point during role selection and a second time on the other site system selecting Application Catalog website point during role selection.

Ensure that the client settings for your clients are set correctly to access the Application Catalog. The AISP is a hierarchy-wide option. SCCM supports a single instance of this site system role in a hierarchy and only at the top-level site. In order to have inventory data, first ensure that Hardware Inventory is enabled in your Client Settings.

On the machine that will receive the CRP role, install the following using Windows server role and features:. Once all the above has been configured and verified, you are ready to create your certificate profile in SCCM. Several distribution points can provide better access to available software, updates, and operation systems. On the DP, add a group that contains your site system computer account in the Administrators group. Configuration Manager requires some roles and features to be installed on the server prior to the DP installation.

IIS needs to be installed on the server but it will automatically be installed using the site installation wizard. For Windows only, you need to enable Powershell 3. Now that the Distribution point server is ready to receive a new role, we need to add the server to the site server list. That results in errors but be patient and the installation should succeed anyway.

You can now replicate your content to your newly created DP. Replicate manually all your content or add your DP in an existing DP group. If you have multiple Distribution Points, I suggest you read our post on 8 ways to monitor your distribution points. This post explains in detail the various options to make sure that your DP is healthy.

You can also check our custom report about Distribution Point Monitoring to display all your DP status using a single click. The Endpoint Protection Point provides the default settings for all antimalware policies and installs the Endpoint Protection client on the Site System server to provide a data source from which the SCCM database resolves malware IDs to names. This Site System is a hierarchy-wide option.

SCCM supports a single instance of this site system role in a hierarchy and only at the top-level site in the hierarchy. After the installation, you must add Endpoint Protection definition files in your Software Update Point. We have a complete guide to managing endpoint protection. You can download it from our product page. This is not a mandatory site system but you need both Enrollment Point and Enrollment Proxy Point if you want to enroll legacy mobile devices, Mac computers and to provision Intel AMT-based computers.

Since modern mobile devices are mostly managed using Windows Intune , this post will focus mainly on Mac computer enrollment.

When you support mobile devices on the Internet, as a security best practice, install the Enrollment Proxy Point in a perimeter network and the Enrollment Point on the intranet. If you split the roles between different machine, do the installation section twice, once for the first site system selecting Enrollment Point during role selection and a second time on the other site system selecting Enrollment Proxy Point during role selection.

The FSP helps monitor client installation and identify unmanaged clients that cannot communicate with their management point. This is not a mandatory Site System but we recommend to install a FSP for better client management and monitoring.

You can also check if reports that depend on the FSP are populated with data. See the full list of reports that rely on the FSP here. The Management Point is the primary point of contact between Configuration Manager clients and the site server. You then set the installation deadline for one month from today.

Users see the application in Software Center when it's available in five days. If they do nothing, the client automatically installs the application at the installation deadline. If the application you're deploying supersedes another application, set the installation deadline when users receive the new application. Set the Installation Deadline to upgrade users with the superseded application.

You might want to give users more time to install required applications beyond any deadlines you set. This behavior is typically required when a computer is turned off for a long time, and needs to install many applications.

For example, when a user returns from vacation, they have to wait for a long time as the client installs overdue deployments. To help solve this problem, define an enforcement grace period. First, configure this grace period with the property Grace period for enforcement after deployment deadline hours in client settings. For more information, see the Computer agent group.

Specify a value between 1 and hours. On the Scheduling page of a required application deployment, enable the option to Delay enforcement of this deployment according to user preferences, up to the grace period defined in client settings. The enforcement grace period applies to all deployments with this option enabled and targeted to devices to which you also deployed the client setting. After the deadline, the client installs the application in the first non-business window, which the user configured, up to this grace period.

However, the user can still open Software Center and install the application at any time. Once the grace period expires, enforcement reverts to normal behavior for overdue deployments. Most of the time, this feature addresses the scenario when the device is powered off while the user is out of the office.

Technically, the grace period starts when the client gets policy after the deployment deadline. The same behavior happens if you stop the Configuration Manager client service CcmExec , and then restart it at some time after the deployment deadline. On the User Experience page, specify information about how users can interact with the application installation.

User notifications : Specify whether to display notification in Software Center at the configured available time. This setting also controls whether to notify users on the client computers.

For available deployments, you can't select the option to Hide in Software Center and all notifications. Software Installation and System restart : Only configure these settings for required deployments.

They specify the behaviors when the deployment reaches the deadline outside of any defined maintenance windows. For more information about maintenance windows, see How to use maintenance windows. Write filter handling for Windows Embedded devices : This setting controls the installation behavior on Windows Embedded devices that are enabled with a write filter. Choose the option to commit changes at the installation deadline or during a maintenance window. When you select this option, a restart is required and the changes persist on the device.

Otherwise, the application is installed to the temporary overlay, and committed later. On the Alerts page, configure how Configuration Manager generates alerts for this deployment. If you're also using System Center Operations Manager, configure its alerts as well.

You can only configure some alerts for required deployments. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Note You can only simulate the deployment of required applications, but not packages or software updates.

Note When you view the properties of an existing deployment, the following sections correspond to tabs of the deployment properties window: General Content Deployment Settings Scheduling User Experience Alerts. Note If you update the dependent application after deploying the primary application, the site doesn't automatically distribute any new content for the dependency.

Note If you create a deployment to Install an app and another deployment to Uninstall the same app on the same device, the Install deployment takes priority. Note When you deploy apps as available to user collections, there are other requirements for some types of clients.