CONFIGMGR VNEXTSYSTEM CENTER USER GROUP DENMARK

AgendaRoadmapInfrastructurefeatures

The speaker• Kent Agerlund, Coretech • Blog: #blog.Coretech.dk

• Twitter: #Agerlund

• LinkedIn: #Agerlund

Roadmap• Configuration manager 2012 R2 SP1• Support for windows 10• Mobile Device Management features

• vNext goals• Release plan Q4 2015• Support all Windows 10 features• Mobile Device Management on-premises

• Current public release• Technical Preview 3

How to participate• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-technical-preview• Limitations• Time bomb• English only• Primary site • SQL 20112 or SQL 2014• No in-place upgrade or migration

• Build a demo lab – it’s all over every time• Hydration kit & PowerShell• No support for /script in TP3

Get to Configuration Manager vNext• In-place upgrade from Configuration Manager 2012 SP2 or

R2/SP1•Migration from Configuration Manager 2007 is required

•Stay current• Cloud feature to perform on-premises updates

INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES

Infrastructure• Support for SQL Always-on

• Max 3 servers in the availability group• Notice, ConfigMgr only supports one Endpoint• https://technet.microsoft.com/library/ff878265%28v=sql.120%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

• New support numbers• A hierarchy supports up to 600,000• A single primary site supports up 200,000 clients

• Diagnostics and Usage Data• Basic , Enhanced, Full

• Preferred management points*• On-premises MDM

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On-Premises MDM• Windows 10 and Windows Phone 10 via on-premises

• Uses the built-in OMA-DM agent for inventory, application delivery, and settings management

• Still need a Microsoft Intune subscription to get updates to the on-premises environment• Support for user targeted software distribution of MSI (not computer targeted)

• Architecture to support on-premises MDM:• Device management point. Distribution point, Enrollment server, Enrollment service,

Enrollment proxy server• Intune for on-premises

• Added support for Windows 10 desktops as mobile devices for on-premises MDM

• Bulk enroll corporate owned Windows 10 devices using WICD

Microsoft Azure• Full support for Microsoft Azure environments:• Mix of on-premises and Azure-based site systems• Mix of on-premises and Azure-based clients• Microsoft Intune integration to support mobile devices

• Discovery property of “Virtual Machine Type” displays “Azure”• Easy to query on on-premises versus Azure-based systems

Client side changes• A unified portal for end-user experience• Combined Application Catalog & Software Center• Company Portal is still separate

• Client Settings• Client Agent Deployment Monitoring• OMA-DM CI’s

FEATURES

Software Updates• ADR with multiple deployments• Automatic Cleanup• Cluster Aware support• Wsync manager automatically checks for expired updates in all deployments

and update packages

OSD• Windows PE Peer Cache• Support for OS image Packages, Driver packages, boot images

• Handles software updates that require multiple reboots and Apps• New audit status messages• Media support for greater than 32GB• Renamed the “Operating System Installer Packages” node to “Operating

System Upgrade Packages”

MDM• Ton of changes…..all the time