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UAB IT Campus SCCM Basic Tasks Guide Version 1.0 July 22, 2015 Systems and Server Support, Windows Team Revisions Version Primary Author(s) Description of Version Date Completed 1.0 Scott Carson Initial Basic Tasks guide completed 7/22/15 1.1 Scott Carson Added section on approving new clients 8/03/15

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UAB  IT  Campus  SCCM    Basic  Tasks  Guide  

   

Version  1.0    

July  22,  2015        

         Systems  and  Server  Support,  Windows  Team    

Revisions    

Version Primary Author(s)

Description of Version Date Completed

1.0 Scott Carson Initial Basic Tasks guide completed 7/22/15

1.1 Scott Carson Added section on approving new clients 8/03/15

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SCCM  2012R2  Basic  Tasks  

 

Creating  new  Device  Collections:  

 

SCCM  offers  a  wide  variety  of  ways  to  create  Collections  which  will  include  Devices  (Desktops,  Laptops),  as  well  as  possibly  users.  When  your  department  starts  using  SCCM  we  will  create  one  top  level  Device  Collection  for  you  that  has  all  of  your  devices  in  it.  The  collection  will  always  be  called  “Your  OU/Domain”-­‐ALL.  This  initial  collection  will  include  all  Windows,  Mac,  and  Linux  machines  that  you  support.  We  will  also  create  a  folder  that  is  named  after  you  OU/Domain.  This  will  be  where  we  place  your  initial  master  collection.  Please  refer  to  the  below  Documentation  for  some  introductory  steps  for  creating  collections.  For  an  in  depth  review  of  Collections  please  visit  this  link  from  Microsoft:  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-­‐us/library/gg712295.aspx  

 

1. Launch  the  SCCM  console  and  Browse  to  your  Folder  under  Device  Collections.

 2. Once  you  are  in  the  folder  in  which  you  wish  to  create  a  Device  Collection  select  “Create  Device  

Collection”.  3. You  will  be  asked  to  name  the  collection  as  well  as  select  a  limiting  collection.  We  ask  that  all  

collection  names  start  with  your  group’s  OU  or  Domain  name  (ex.  ENG-­‐,  ITIS-­‐,  CDIB-­‐).  This  is  so  that  every  collection  name  is  unique.  When  selecting  a  limiting  collection  you  may  have  more  than  one  option.  Limiting  collections  tell  SCCM  that  the  computers  in  this  collection  you  are  

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creating  must  also  be  a  member  of  the  Limiting  collection.  

 4. On  the  next  page  you  will  be  asked  to  create  your  membership  rules.  An  overview  of  how  to  do  

this  can  be  found  at  the  link  provided  at  the  beginning  of  this  tutorial.  

 5. You  will  notice  two  check  boxes  at  the  bottom  of  the  page.  These  determine  how  often  this  

collection  will  evaluate  its  membership  rules.  We  ask  that  as  much  as  possible  use  the  “schedule  a  full  update”  option.  The  only  time  the  incremental  should  be  used  is  if  this  collection  needs  extremely  quick  updates.  An  example  use  would  be  if  the  collection  you  are  using  was  going  to  

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also  be  used  as  a  limiting  collection  in  the  future.  Normally  it  is  enough  to  select  the  schedule  option  and  then  change  the  update  schedule  to  something  like  once  a  day.  

6. Once  you  are  done  setting  how  your  collection  will  update  you  continue  to  the  summary  page  and  create  the  collection.  Your  collection  can  now  be  used  for  deployments.  

 

Software  Updates:  

 

  One  of  the  main  features  of  SCCM  is  the  ability  to  deploy  software  updates.  We  have  come  up  with  a  process  that  we  think  will  benefit  all  parties  using  SCCM.  Every  month  we  will  download  all  Critical  and  Security  patches  and  make  them  available  to  all  departments  using  the  Campus  SCCM  system.  We  will  never  deploy  updates  for  you.  We  are  only  downloading  them  to  our  servers  to  make  them  available  for  departments  to  deploy.  Please  see  the  below  steps  for  creating  and  deploying  Software  Updates:  

 

1. Open  the  SCCM  Console  and  click  on  Software  Library.  

 

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2. Once  there  you  can  select  “All  Software  Updates”.  You  can  then  select  the  updates  that  you  want  to  deploy.

 3. You  can  add  search  criteria  to  narrow  your  search  by  clicking  “Add  Criteria”  which  is  located  in  

the  upper  right  corner.  This  will  allow  you  to  show  only  updates  that  you  want  to  choose  from  by  adding  requirements  such  as:  release  date,  product,  update  class  and  many  others.  *PLEASE  REMEMBER  THAT  THE  ONLY  UPDATES  THAT  CAN  BE  DEPLOYED  ARE  THE  ONES  THAT  ARE  ALREADY  DOWNLOADED*.  These  can  be  identified  because  they  have  yes  under  the  Downloaded  Column.  You  can  add  more  criteria  for  viewing  the  properties  of  updates  by  right  clicking  at  the  column  headers  and  selecting  the  criteria  you  want  to  add.  You  can  also  sort  by  and  group  by  those  criteria.  It  can  take  a  little  bit  to  get  the  view  just  the  way  you  like  it,  but  it  gets  easier  the  more  you  use  the  console.  

4. Once  you  have  everything  sorted  and  grouped  the  way  you  want  it  the  time  comes  to  select  updates.  You  can  click  an  update  or  ctrl  click  a  group  of  updates  you  wish  to  deploy.  Right  click  the  selected  updates  and  select  “Create  Software  Update  Group”.  The  below  screen  will  pop  up.

 5. Make  sure  that  your  software  Update  groups  include  your  OU/Domain  Name  (ex.  ITIS-­‐Feb  2015  

OS  Updates).    Once  you  have  created  you  software  update  group  you  can  add  more  updates  to  it  as  necessary  by  right  clicking  the  updates  and  Selecting  “Edit  Membership”.  

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6. Once  you  are  ready  to  deploy  your  updates  you  can  right  click  your  software  Update  group  and  hit  deploy.  You  will  get  the  below  screen:  *PLEASE  READ  ALL  THE  DESCRIPTIONS  ON  THE  SETTINGS  FROM  THE  FOLLOWING  SCREENS  BEFORE  SELECTING  THEM.

 7. You  will  need  to  name  your  deployment.  Please  remember  to  include  your  “OU/Domain”-­‐  in  the  

name  just  as  with  collections  and  the  Software  update  groups.  You  will  also  need  to  select  the  collection  you  will  be  deploying  the  updates  to.  

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8. On  the  next  screen  you  will  be  asked  for  your  deployment  type:  You  can  select  Required  or  Available.  The  other  settings  can  usually  be  left  at  default

 9. On  the  next  screen  you  will  be  asked  to  select  when  updates  will  become  available  and  when  

there  is  a  deadline  for  the  install.  It  is  generally  a  good  idea  to  leave  client  local  time.

 

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10. On  the  next  screen  you  will  be  able  to  select  the  behavior  of  machines  at  the  installation  deadline  as  well  as  Device  restart  behavior  and  the  behavior  of  Windows  Embedded  devices.

 11. The  next  screen  is  to  configure  alerts  for  the  deployment.  It  is  recommended  to  just  leave  the  

defaults  since  the  rights  required  to  make  alerts  may  not  be  present.

 12. The  next  screen  allows  you  to  select  how  the  machines  will  download  these  updates.  We  

recommend  that  you  set  the  machines  to  download  from  Microsoft  in  the  event  that  they  

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cannot  pull  update  from  their  defined  Distribution  Points.

 13. Once  you  are  done  with  these  settings  you  can  review  the  summary  and  then  create  the  

software  update  deployment.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Deploying  client  Settings:  

The  below  screen  shots  will  guide  you  through  deploying  client  settings  to  you  computers.  These  can  be  used  to  set  policies  on  different  collections  of  machines.  There  are  several  that  are  available  to  you  such  as  installing  Endpoint  and  enabling  Software  updates  from  SCCM.  Others  will  be  added  over  time  and  will  include  a  description  to  help  identify  the  actions  the  policy  will  take.  Please  email  ASKIT  if  you  need  help  with  these  policies  or  if  you  need  a  custom  one  created.  

1. Inside  the  SCCM  console  navigate  to  Administration  and  select  Client  Settings

 

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2. Right  click  on  the  policy  you  want  to  apply  to  a  collection  and  select  deploy.

 3. Select  the  Collection  you  want  and  select  OK.

 

You  can  deploy  policies  to  multiple  collections  using  this  process.  

 

 

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Approving  New  Clients  (only  necessary  for  non  AD.UAB.EDU  desktops  and  servers):  

 

For  Computers  that  are  not  on  the  AD.UAB.EDU  domain  and  do  not  have  PKI  certificates  it  is  necessary  to  approve  these  clients  within  the  SCCM  console  before  they  download  any  policies  or  install  software.  Please  see  the  below  steps  to  approve  clients.  

1. Within  the  SCCM  Console  open  your  –ALL  collection.  Add  approved  to  your  view  by  right  clicking  up  in  one  of  the  column  headers  (name,  client,  etc…..)  and  selecting  Approved.  

 

2. You  should  now  see  if  your  machines  are  approved  or  not.  Right  click  the  computers  that  are  not  approved  and  select  approve.  You  will  receive  a  message  asking  about  the  approval.  Confirm  the  approval  and  you  will  notice  the  status  change.  Please  note:  Before  approving  any  computers  make  sure  that  they  are  ones  that  belong  to  your  department.  If  they  are  not  please  contact  ASKIT.    

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