Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM) and co-management — client health, software updates, OS deployment, content, cloud management gateway, tenant attach and the road to cloud-native Intune.
Prepare the site, get the update through the service connection point, pass the prerequisite check, install it, unstick downloads and installs, and finish the post-upgrade tasks.
Install Microsoft 365 Apps from the Configuration Manager console, then update it through the software update point: products, client settings, channels, ADRs and the logs that prove it.
Add a WMI class to Configuration Manager hardware inventory, pilot it, and follow the data from InventoryAgent.log through MP_Hinv.log and dataldr.log to Resource Explorer.
Build one Patch Tuesday automatic deployment rule with pilot, early and broad deployments, an offset schedule and maintenance windows, then confirm each run in RuleEngine.log.
Use Intune's co-management settings policy to install the Configuration Manager client from the CMG during Autopilot, keep the ESP within its timeout and check each stage.
Follow a failing Configuration Manager app through the client logs - evaluation, content, install and detection - and fix stuck installs, timeouts and 0x87D00324.
Get clients installed and healthy, understand boundary groups and management points, then fix content distribution and application deployments.
Start the series 7 partsKeep the software update point healthy, automate Patch Tuesday with ADRs, fix updates that won't install, keep the site current, then troubleshoot PXE and task sequences.
Start the series 5 partsBitLocker management, Defender Antivirus policies, configuration baselines, real-time queries with CMPivot and secure client communication.
Start the series 8 partsEnable co-management, fix enrollment, move workloads, connect through a cloud management gateway and tenant attach — then plan the move to cloud-native Intune.
Start the seriesClient installation and health, management points, boundaries, HTTPS/PKI, the cloud management gateway and site upgrades
Application deployment and detection, content distribution and compliance settings
The software update point, WSUS, automatic deployment rules and update installation
PXE boot and task sequences
Co-management, workloads, tenant attach, Autopilot and the move to Intune
Endpoint Protection, BitLocker, CMPivot, scripts, collections and inventory
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