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introduction
Configuration Manager has a Remote Control tool. This tool is often used by service desks to conduct remote support sessions with end users This is first article of remote control series from SCCM course will get an overview of remote control before move to practice remote control in pioneers lab environment
network diagram SCCM network Diagram please have a looRead More…
Introduction
we have mentioned that one of the most SCCM features is Inventory and also we said that SCCM support Hardware inventory beside with Software inventory in this article we will see how Software inventory is configured and how to view software inventory
the concept of SW inventory
as per microsoft.com [[Use software inventory to collect information about files on cliRead More…
introduction after we have successfully configured SCCM reporting in previous articles : this article will list the default SCCM reports Categories ,and discuss how to create custom report Configuration Manager supplies many built-in reports covering many of the reporting tasks that you might want to do. You can also use the SQL statements in these reports to help you to write your own rRead More…
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SCCM has rich capabilities to collect lots of information from endpoints. This information is stored in SCCM SQL DB. SCCM has about 500 default of reports those are available as Built-in reports We can make our own reports with the data collected by SCCM. in this article : we will see how to install and configure SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
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introduction
we have mentioned that one of the most SCCM features is Inventory SCCM support Hardware inventory beside with Software inventory in this article we will see how HW inventory is configured and how to view inventory for specific computer or inventory of many computer
HW inventory
we Use hardware inventory in Configuration Manager to collect information about thRead More…
introduction
in previous articles of Client settings policy we have discussed the concept of client settings policy and how it works also : we have discussed 7 of client settings which are client cache settings compliance settings computer agent endpoint protect enrollment hardware inventory this article in client settingsRead More…
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in previous article we have discussed the importance of client settings policy and we said that administrator can manage every thins on client computer with these policy settings after we discussing some consideration points ,we have seen how client settings is working by example of remote tools policy : we created new custom policy check priRead More…
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Before diving inside manage client settings , let us to brief what have been accomplished up to the moment as network pioneers in SCCM course , so we can reading from same page . We have get an overview about SCCM feature and functionalities here We have look at SCCM release history here We have got an overview about SCCM Roles and hierarchy here We have preRead More…
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in precious article we have discussed the deployment client methods and we have push client to all computers in site successfully this article : we will discuss the other methods to deploy SCCM client
Software update-based client installation
Software update-based client installation publishes the client to a software update point as a software update. Use this meRead More…
introduction
in precious article we have discussed the deployment client methods and we have push client to all computers in site successfully this article : we will see what is going exactly on computers that has been deployed client
deployment SCCM client process
Client push is one of the most used installation methods because it requires very little work. All you need to do is to specify one Read More…
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in past article of SCCM , we have prepare SCCM server install prerequisites install SCCM verify installation configure post install tasks configure ALL discovery methods create boundary and boundary group configure network firewall to open required ports this article : we will deploy SCCM client to computers [eithRead More…
introduction
in past articles : we have seen how to configure discovery methods after successful install SCCM server in this article we will see how to configure SCCM boundary and network firewall before start deploy SCCM client
Boundary Concept
Boundary tell client agent to which site server to assigned if we have many server Boundary is more important to client [fRead More…
introduction
after we have installed SCCM successfully : it’s time to deploy SCCM client , BUT ,,,, before that : we have to configure how SCCM server will discover client computer and users as well as groups in this article we will focus on how to configure discovery method let us go ….
Discovery mthods
So what are discovery methods in configuration manager? &Read More…
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in the past 5 articles we have learned how prepare SCCM server and how to install IIS as well as SQL and WSUS after we have seen how to install SCCM 1902 and how to verify the installation process this article is the last article of SCCM installation series before moving to manage network using SCCM post-installation include :
Configure role-based admiRead More…
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in previous article : we have discussed the first part of prerequisites of SCCM Server Identity Server Specifications Create container system management in AD Grant SCCM Server privileges on Container[System Management ] Extending Active Directory Schema Install Web Server IIS Installing Windows ADK open SCCM port create account to manage SQL serviRead More…
introduction in previous articles : we have discussed the first part of prerequisites of SCCM in this articles we will keep working to install the remains part of prerequisites of SCCM which include : open SCCM port create account to manage SQL services install SQL 2016 install SQL management studio install WSUS open SCCM Ports These firewall ports are required for SCCM Read More…
introduction in previous three articles we tried to get an overview of SCCM functionalities , features , releases history , roles , and hierarchy , in this article we will discuss SCCM installation prerequisites before start installation network diagram SCCM prerequisites diagram please have a look to network diagram above Configuration Manager will be installed on windows 2016 serveRead More…
Introduction
in previous two articles : we have discussed SCCM features and release history and said that : SCCM or System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr for short) is designed to help you manage the PCs and devices in your environment. Its purpose is to give your devices a source of configuration so as to standardize your systems across your domain no matterRead More…
Introduction
in previous article : we have got an overview about SCCM and its features also we have answered some frequent question regarding that IT administrator asking in this article SCCM intro part II : we will keep discovering SCCM release history before moving to the SCCM Roles actually this articles is very very important for IT Administrators at least when dion Read More…
Introduction Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a Microsoft product that enables administrators to manage the deployment, patching , update and security of devices and applications across an enterprise network Administrators also commonly use SCCM for endpoint protection.The SCCM integrated console enables centralized management of :Microsoft Application VirtualizaRead More…
Database Availability Group DAG Articles Exchange DAG Part I : IntroductionExchange DAG Part II : PreparationExchange DAG Part III : Configure DAG Step 04 : Creating the Exchange DAG Now it’s a time to create DAG [ Database Availability Group ] From the ECP, go to servers > availability groups of database > this page appears the list of available DAGs > Press +tRead More…
Database Availability Group DAG Articles Exchange DAG Part I : IntroductionExchange DAG Part II : PreparationExchange DAG Part III : Configure DAG DAG LAB Exchange DAG recommended environment both server [ mail105, and mail106] will have 2 Ethernet first ethernet for network connecnio as normal [Mail105 172.16.100.10Read More…
Database Availability Group DAG Articles Exchange DAG Part I : IntroductionExchange DAG Part II : PreparationExchange DAG Part III : Configure DAG current Exchange Environment For Better View > Open Image in different TAB currently we two exchange server 2016 mail105.pioneers.labmail106.pioneers.lab also we have 4 exchangeRead More…
address list introduction An address list is a collection of recipient and other Active Directory objects. Each address list can contain one or more types of objects (for example, users, contacts, groups, public folders, and room and equipment resources) In Exchange Server 2016, there are some predefined address lists that created with exchange installation An offline address book (OABRead More…
Supported Client version Supported Client VersionsOutlook 2016Outlook 2013 SP1 (with KB3020812) or laterOutlook 2010 SP2 (with KB2956191 and KB2965295) or laterEntourage 2008 for Mac, Web services EditionOutlook for Mac 2011Windows 10 Mail NOT Supported Client VersionsOutlook 2007 is no longer supported as Exchange client software.email clients on the Mac operating systems that require Read More…
Client Access CAS intro In Exchange Server 2016 : the Client Access server role CAS has been removed and Client Access services are now integrated in the Mailbox server roleThe Client Access services layer provides :authentication,redirection, and proxy services, and continues to support the protocols Like : HTTP , POP3, IMAP4 , and SMTP During this article , we will discuss :the arcRead More…
Exchange Mail Flow Introduction Once we have installed Exchange Server 2016 in the organization, it requires configuring mail flow and client access in order to send to Internet and external clients such as Microsoft Office Outlook, and Exchange ActiveSync.Below are the steps involved in Mail flow and CAS server configuration:Create a Send connectorAdd additional accepted domains Configure thRead More…
introduction we have seen in previous article HERE how to create ISCSI target and ISCSI initiator and how to move Exchange Database to local storage . in this article we will see some exchange Database Operation Like : create another DB in ISCSI Storage move client Mailbox from storage to another Create Exchange DB let us to create another Database beside of default eRead More…
Exchange Database introduction All users mailbox are stored in central file in exchange server called [exchange mailbox databaseMailbox Database is a major component of Exchange 2016 . Exchange mailbox database is .edb file that containsdata,data definitions, checksums,Flagsand other information that make up mailboxes Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Exchange uses ExtensiblRead More…
Disclaimer introduction Disclaimers are some legal statements that are added at the bottom of each emails that are coming or going out your organization. In Exchange 2016, disclaimers are configured as transport rules. Transport rule consists of one or moreconditions,exceptions and actions.Transport rules are applied on Hub Transport or Edge Transport servers by transport agentRead More…
SSL introduction when user try to access his email through Outlook Web Access [ OWA ] using URL : https://mail105/owa they will get warring security indicating that certificate on exchange server [mail105 ] is invalid Self signed certificate actually warning above has two partsthe first one is good : which tel us that exchangeRead More…
AD Group introduction as we know : Active Directory has two type of groups security group : which used to provide permission to multi-users and send email to multi-users at once distribution Group : which used to send email to multi-users at once so both group type support send email Use the Exchange admin center (EAC) or the Exchange Management Shell to create a new distribution groRead More…
user mailbox introduction In past three articles ; we learned how to install Exchange 2016The coming articles will discus how to manage exchange serverBefore deep diving inside Exchange management , I just would to bring your attention to the following pointCurrently we have ONLY one exchange administrator which is domain administrator [ pioneersadministrator] , this account will be used for Read More…
open ports between LAN and DMZ as you know : communication traffic between clients in LAN and exchange server in DMZ [servers farm] is controlled by firewall PFsense exchange protocols include the following ProtocolPacket TypePortLDAPTCP389 , 379 , 390 , 3268 , 636 , 3269IMAPTCP143IMAP/SSLTCP993POP3TCP110POP3/SSLTCP995HTTPTCP80HTTP/SSLTCP443SMTPTCP25SMTP/SSLTCP465SMTP/LSATCP691DNSUDP/TCP53Read More…
installation process server [Mail105.pioneers.lab ] is ready to install Exchange server 2016 insert Exchange 2016 in DVD or copy it’s contents to local drive C:Resources double click exchange DVD to tart installation process check for updae Read More…