SCCM Guide

[Marshall_IT]

Hi, has anyone got a good getting started guide for sccm?

[FN-GM]

What part of SCCM?

 

Installation

OSD

Reporting

Software Updates

Packages

Applications

Collections

[Marshall_IT]

Haha yeah, should have said...

 

I'm looking to get started from the beginning.

 

So installation first.

 

OSD & updates to begin with, then installing application after.

 

Packages & collections?

 

To be fair, it's going to take me a while to figure out which ISOs are the correct ones to download!

[sparkeh]

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4045-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-step-by-step-guides/

[Marshall_IT]

Thanks, looks pretty good. I take it in looking at a stand alone primary server.

[Sylv3r]

The guide that @sparkeh has posted was the exact one I used. As long as you follow it carefully you should be setup in no time.

[DavePa]

I have a shedload of SCCM bookmarks including the one linked by @sparkeh above and also the following for installations:

 

http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/09/16/install-guide-configmgr-2012-sp1-beta-server-2012-sql-2012-cu-3/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2013/10/30/configmgr-2012-r2-quickstart-deployment-guide.aspx

http://thetechnosolution.com/sccm-2012-r2-prerequisites-part-2/

 

The one linked by @sparkeh is probably the best but the others may give a different perspective.

Edited April 9, 2015 by DavePa
Doubled up for some reason :(

[Disease]

I used the same guide linked by @sparkeh as well, very good guide.

[Norphy]

I've said it plenty of times before and I'll continue to keep on saying it.

 

SCCM is a huge subject. Microsoft themselves describe it as one of their most complex products. The Getting Started guides from Windows Noob and the like are a good place to get started but if you really want to get a solid grounding in the product, I would highly recommend going on the official Microsoft training courses. They give you an extremely thorough overview of all of the areas in SCCM including installation, maintenance and troubleshooting. They cover all of the features including what @FN_GM talked about as well as software metering, DCM, Endpoint Protection and Asset Intelligence. You also get to interact with a real live instructor who will (presumably) have extensive experience with the product and will be able to ask questions and get answers in a way that you just can't do on an internet forum, no matter how good it is.

 

I realise that they are not cheap courses but if you're planning to manage your entire infrastructure using SCCM, it's money very well spent.

[sonofsanta]

+1 for Windows Noob, it's how I built my SCCM 2012 server

[sparkeh]

Oh another thing, I reckon I learnt a lot more about SCCM than anything else by reading and understanding the logfiles.

 

Check both the server and client logs out after deploying the client, after deploying software, after pushing updates, after (and during actually) OSD and you will get a really good understanding of how the client and server interact and how SCCM gets stuff done.