Overview
The following guide will take you through the installation of SCCM Current Branch 1902 with a simple Primary Server approach and with the SQL 2016 server located on the same device hosted on Hyper-V
Setting Up the Lab
I have hosted all the servers in Hyper-V and Windows Server 2016 has been installed as the base OS for all Servers.
Installed two Windows 2016 servers for AD & SCCM
AD server Name : ADS01(Configured Active directory Domain services,DNS & DHCP)
Domain Name: VCLOUD.COM
SCCM Server Name : SCCM01
SCCM 1902 Prerequisites
1.Join SCCM01 to Domain, Create required Users,assign permissions and create the Systems Management container, delegate permission
2.Server role and feature installation
3.Install ADK and WDS
4. Install and configure SQL server (Here I have used SQL server 2016 SP2)
5.Download SCCM source from the below link
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-configuration-manager-and-endpoint-protection
Creating the System Management Container and SCCM configuration user accounts
Open ADSI Edit, click on Action, then Connect To and click Ok, Double Click on Default Naming Context and the DC= that appears below it. Click on the > and scroll down to CN=System. Right Click on CN=System and choose New, Object
choose Container from the options, click Next
Enter System Management
as the value then click Next and then click Finish.
Complete the wizard and close ADSIEdit.
Next, launch Active Directory Users and Computers, Select View, Advanced, and then find System Management.
Right-click on System Management, select Properties, and then the Security Tab. Add the SCCM admin account and the SCCM server name — Full control. Click OK to close.
Next, Delegate control to the SCCM site server (SCCM01) to System Management container in AD Users and Computers.
Click Next then select Create a Custom Task to Delegate, click Next, make sure This folder, existing objects in this folder and creation of new objects in this folder is selected.
Click next, select the 3 permissions General, Property-Specific and Creation-deletion of specific child objects are selected then place a check mark in Full Control.
Click Next then click Finish.
Then Create Configuration Manager User Accounts as per below for SCCM installation/Configuration
CM_Build – For Imaging
CM_Domain Join – For joining computers to the domain
CM_Reporting, For Reporting Services.
CM_Client Push, For SCCM Client Push.
CM_NAA, (Network Access Account) For OSD
Web Server IIS Installation and Feature installation
To enable Web server role and other features, login to SCCM server. Launch Server Manager and click Manage > Add Roles and Features. Select Web Server (IIS) server role and click Next.
Enable/Install the following features :
.Net Framework 3.5 Features [Install all sub features]
.Net Framework 4.5 Features [Install all sub features]
BITS
Remote Differential Compression
Enable/Install the following Roles Services :
Common HTTP Features – Default Document, Static Content.
Application Development – .NET Extensibility 3.5 and 4.5. Select ASP.NET 3.5, ISAPI extensions, ASP.NET 4.5.
Security – Windows Authentication.
IIS 6 Management Compatibility – IIS Management Console, IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility, WMI Compatibility and IIS Management Scripts and Tools.
Click on Close when the feature installation has succeeded.
Install Windows ADK 1903 and install WDS
Download the Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 1903 & Windows PE add-on for the ADK from Microsoft download Centre
Install Windows ADK version 1903. Run the ADK setup and select the following features.
Deployment Tools
User State Migration Tool
Imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD)
Configuration Designer
and click Install to start the download and Installation of the Windows ADK
Once the ADK installation is complete, click Close.
Install the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
Click Next at the License agreement and click Install when prompted.
Click Close Once installation complete
To install Windows Deployment Services (WDS), open Server Manager, select Add roles and features and select the Windows Deployment Services role.
When prompted click on Add Features to include management tools.
and click through the wizard until completion, close the wizard when installation complete
Install SQL Server 2016 SP2
Mount the SQL server ISO. Launch the SQL server setup (run as administrator). On the installation window, click Installation and then click New SQL server stand-alone installation.
Feature Selection – Select Database Engine Services and click Next
Instance Configuration – Select Default Instance. Click Next.
Specify the service accounts. Note the you must use a separate account for each SQL server service.
Click Add Current User to add the account to SQL server administrators. Click Next. Complete the remaining steps. Close the setup wizard and finally reboot the server once.
Click Next and and install and Complete the installation
To Access SQL server, Download and Install SQL Server Management Studio Separately
Install SCCM Current Branch 1902
Download SCCM 1902 baseline media from Microsoft download Center
Run the Splash HTML application from the setup folder. This brings up the System Center Configuration Manager install wizard.
Click Next. then Select Install a Configuration Manager primary site. Check the box “Install a Configuration Manager Primary site“. Click Next.
If you have the SCCM product key, enter it else install the evaluation edition and click Next
Accept the license terms. Click Next.
The Configuration Manager setup requires some prerequisite files. You can either download them now or if you have previously downloaded it, provide the path. Click Next.
Specify the Site code, Site name. Click Next. Here My SITE code is VC1
click Next
On the Settings Summary page, verify all the settings and click Next.
Skip this warning and Begin Install
Once Installation Completed, Click Close
During the installation, click on View Log (opens C:\ConfigmgrSetup.log) to review the installation progress and we could see installation completed Successfully.
Open Console, the below is the Console View
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