hi all,

i've been busy setting up SCCM 2007 SP1 in Windows 2008 and now that i've got it installed and working i thought i'd share with you how that was done, it wasn't exactly straightforward so i've documented all the steps I took from installation right through to configuration.

This guide assumes that you have first setup Windows Server 2008 and configured it for Active Directory, with DHCP (you only need steps 1 and 2 of this guide), installed and configured IIS (for SCCM) and installed SQL Server 2005 and WSUS.

Once you have completed the requirements listed above, you have to install SCCM and that will involve fixing any prerequisite checks and proceeding with the installation itself.

Next you have to go through a fairly lengthy configuration process for SCCM, I've broken that down into three parts below:-



Part 1 > SCCM 2007 SP1 configuration guide

The guide covers:-

Adding SCCM computer account to SMS groups, setting site boundries and verifying the site name is configured for Active Directory and setting and configuring the site system roles.



Part 2 > SCCM 2007 SP1 configuration guide

The guide covers:-

Configuring the Distribution Point (DP) and the Management Point (MP), adding Authoring rules in WebDav and changing WebDav settings, making sure the System Management container in Active Directory has the correct permissions for SCCM, checking and fixing errors in SCCM System Status.



Part 3 > SCCM 2007 SP1 configuration guide

The guide covers:-

Configuring the Client Agents, setting up client installation methods and configuring discovery methods.

I hope that some of you find the quide useful,

if I get time I will update the guide and include how to deploy an application in SCCM 2007 plus using the OSD feature in SCCM to deploy Windows Vista SP1 using Zero Touch.

cheers
anyweb

hi again

I've now added the next stage which is

how can I deploy an application in SCCM 2007 SP1

this 4 step guide covers:

Creating a package
Creating a program
Advertising the package
Distributing the advertisement

cheers
anyweb

sweet thanks man.

greetings again,

i've been updating some more and have now added the following parts (more to come)

how can I deploy Windows Vista SP1 using SCCM 2007 SP1, Part 1.

This covers the following:-

Configuring MDT, PXE and SCCM to get them prepared for Vista Deployment via PXE boot..
Creating a New Collection in SCCM 2007
Creating a Package From Definition to deploy the SCCM 2007 client
Create and Update Distribution Points

how can I deploy Windows Vista SP1 using SCCM 2007 SP1, part 2.

This covers the following:-

Adding 32 bit and 64 bit boot.wim files
Customise the background Logo
Create new Distribution Points and Update them for the boot.wim files

how can I deploy Windows Vista SP1 using SCCM 2007 SP1, part 3.

This covers the following:-

Add New operating system image
Create Distribution Point for the Image
Add new Operating System Install Package
Drivers and Driver packages

how can I deploy Windows Vista SP1 using SCCM 2007 SP1, part 4.

This covers the following:-

Create new Task Sequence
Assigning the Task Sequence to a collection

how can I deploy Windows Vista SP1 using SCCM 2007 SP1, part 5.

This covers the following:-

Importing a MDT Task Sequence
MDT Package
sysprep Package
Add Build and Capture Computer
PXE boot the client computer now to test the OSD build.

how can I deploy Windows Vista SP1 using SCCM 2007 SP1, part 6.

This covers the following:-

Add captured image to SCCM
Create a collection
Advertise the Deployment Task Sequence
Create Computer Association


and that's it ! if you followed all the above you'll be able to deploy Windows Vista SP1 using SCCM 2007 sp1 !

well done !

hi again

i've now added the following guides for you

how can I troubleshoot Windows PE booting in SCCM

and how to deploy Windows Server 2008 using SCCM 2007 SP1 (3 parts).



how can I deploy Windows Server 2008 using SCCM 2007 sp1 - part 1.

how can I deploy Windows Server 2008 using SCCM 2007 sp1 - part 2.

how can I deploy Windows Server 2008 using SCCM 2007 sp1 - part 3.

are any of you using this technology ? any problems ? comments and suggestions welcome

cheers
anyweb