Deploying Configuration Manager Current Branch with PKI - Step by Step
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Last updated on 2018-02-21
About the Book
This book covers the entire end-to-end planning, installing, updating, configuring and deploying a complete system with a full PKI infrastructure to boot! That element alone, documented in Chapter 2, cannot be overemphasized and is worth the cost of the book all by itself! When I was looking into the implementation of the then-new and shiny Internet Based Client Management (IBCM) feature many years ago, all I knew of PKI was how to spell it. I would have given anything for this information back then. For you, it’s all crystal clear, and found right here in chapter 2.
Beyond that element, you will first see listed out all the prerequisites necessary, the various roles and features to be implemented, the black magic that is SQL Server, your domain configurations clearly explained and necessary (which will keep your Domain Admins away from your desk!), and then walk you through how to install it all. You’ll then end up with SSL security, the MDT Toolkit fully integrated, updated to Current Branch 1710, initial configuration settings applied, and clients deployed. In other words, you’ll create a completely functional system with all of the latest-and-greatest. If you’re naturally lazy like me, and you don’t particularly want to go through all of this yourself but just want it DONE so you can get on with it, guess what? There’s a SCRIPT to do it all FOR you!!!
Lastly, the authors’ then go on to also manage all of that hocus-pocus called networking! I never pretended to be a network engineer. As far as I’m concerned, they all live in a foreign land complete with its own language. NAT? Wasn’t that a famous singer back in the day??? What’s that got to do with anything? Well, in a simple-to-follow procedure in the prerequisites section, they make it all clear, and why.
Table of Contents
Foreword by: Ed Aldrich iii
Acknowledgements iv
From Dave iv
About the Authors v
Dave Kawula - MVP v
Allan Rafuse – MVP vi
Cristal Kawula – MVP vii
Emile Cabot - MVP viii
Technical Editors ix
Cary Sun – CCIE #4531 (Future Microsoft MVP) ix
Contents xi
Introduction 16
North American MVPDays Community Roadshow 16
Sample Files 17
Additional Resources 17
Chapter 1 19
Pre-Requisites 19
Lab Server Names 19
Building the Lab with BigDemo_CM.PS1 21
Enable Routing in the Lab 25
Software Requirements 39
Configure Certificate Authority to Support SHA256 certificates 40
Create Configuration Manager Groups and Users 41
Configuration Manager Service Accounts Required for Build 43
Chapter 2 45
Configuring PKI for Configuration Manager Current Branch 45
Create and Issue Web Certificates 45
Enroll Web Certificate on the site server 52
Create and Issue Windows Client Certificate 58
Create and issue the Workstation Authentication certificate template on the certification authority 60
Configure Autoenrollment of the Workstation Authentication Template by using Group Policy 66
Automatically enroll the Workstation Authentication certificate and verity its installation on computers 69
Deploy the Client Certificate to Distribution Points 71
Create and issue a custom Workstation Authentication certificate on the Certificate Authority 71
Request the custom Workstation Authentication Certificate on the Distribution Points 78
Export the Client Certificate for the rest of the Distribution Points 82
Chapter 3 86
Install required Roles and Features 86
Using the ConfigMgr Prerequisites Tool 3.01 86
Download and Install the ConfigMgr Prerequisite Tool 87
Install the core Features / Roles for a Single Primary Site Server 89
Install the core Features / Roles for a Management Point 90
Install the core Features / Roles for a Distribution Point 91
Download and Install Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 1709 92
Install WSUS Role 93
Add a 2 VHDx drives to the Config MGR Server for the Site Server and SQL Install 95
Chapter 3 104
Install SQL Server 2016 SP1 104
SQL Server Service Accounts 104
Configure SQL Firewall Port Exceptions 105
Install Default Instance of SQL 2016 SP1 109
Download and Install SQL Server Managemetn Studio (SSMS) 118
Configure SQL Server Memory Limits 120
Chapter 5 124
Configure Domain Settings 124
Configure Firewall Group Policy for Configuration Manager Client Communication 124
Mount Configuration Media on Site Server 130
Extend AD Schema 132
Create System Management Container 134
Chapter 4 140
Install Configuration Manager Current Branch 1702 140
Configure SSL Bindings 140
Install MDT 2013 Update 2 build 8443 145
Configure No_SMS_on_Drive.sms 149
Install Site Server Role 150
Register CMTrace as the Default Log Viewer 162
Perform MDT Integration with CM 163
Verify Console Status and System Health 166
Chapter 5 168
Update to Configuration Manager Current Branch 1710 168
Upgrade to Current Branch 1710 using In-Console Upgrade 168
Chapter 6 178
Configuring Initial Site Settings 178
Enable Discovery Methods 178
Configure the Subnets in AD Sites and Services 183
Configure Boundaries 185
Configure Boundary Groups 187
Configure Client Push Installation Settings 190
Chapter 7 192
Deploy Clients 192
Configure Client Push Installation Settings 192
Deploy Clients to the Lab 194
Appendix 199
BigDemo_CM.PS1 199
Contact Info 215
Join us at MVPDays and meet great MVP’s like this in person 215
Live Presentations 215
Video Training 215
Live Instructor-led Classes 216
Consulting Services 216
Twitter 217
About the Authors
Dave is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. His background includes data communications networks within multi-server environments, and he has led architecture teams for virtualization, System Center, Exchange, Active Directory, and Internet gateways. Very active within the Microsoft technical and consulting teams, Dave has provided deep-dive technical knowledge and subject matter expertise on various System Center and operating system topics.
Dave is well-known in the community as an evangelist for Microsoft, 1E, and Veeam technologies. Locating Dave is easy as he speaks at several conferences and sessions each year, including TechEd, Ignite, MVP Days Community Roadshow, and VeeamOn.
Recently Dave has been honored to take on the role of Conference Co-Chair of TechMentor with fellow MVP Sami Laiho. The lineup of speakers and attendees that have been to this conference over the past 20 years is really amazing. Come down to Redmond or Orlando in 2018 and you can meet him in person.
As the founder and Managing Principal Consultant at TriCon Elite Consulting, Dave is a leading technology expert for both local customers and large international enterprises, providing optimal guidance and methodologies to achieve and maintain an efficient infrastructure.
BLOG: www.checkyourlogs.net
Twitter: @DaveKawula
Émile is a three-time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) who started in the industry during the mid-90s working at an ISP and designing web sites for celebrities. He has a strong background specializing in datacenter and deployment solutions, and has spent many years performing infrastructure analyses and solution implementations for organizations ranging from 20 to over 200,000 employees.
Émile organizes the Calgary Microsoft User Group, blogs on CheckYourLogs.net, and has presented at several conferences, including Ignite, VeeamOn, TechReady, and MVPDays.
He actively volunteers as a member of the Canadian Ski Patrol, providing over 250 hours each year for first aid services and public education at Castle Mountain Resort and in the community.
Allan is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and a Veeam Vanguard. Throughout his career, his skills have allowed him to work in variety of different industries (Oil and Gas, Banking and Healthcare) and also move to several Canadian provinces and even live in Europe. He has worked in many job roles that support the data center stack and cloud components and is also well versed in designing and deploying robust, highly available enterprise solutions in single or multi datacenter environments.
Integrating products and automation are passions of Allan. His solutions usually employ virtual environments (Hyper-V, VMware), Active Directory, SQL Server, System Center (SCCM, SCOM, SCVMM, SCORCH), Windows Server, Exchange, PowerShell, Veeam products and even Linux. He is an expert at scripting solutions and has an uncanny ability to reduce complexity and maximize the functionality of PowerShell.
Allan is a huge tech evangelist and the founder and Managing Principal Consultant at BroadArc Consulting. His consulting skills, vision, methodologies and frameworks have allowed many projects and solutions to thrive and succeed.
If you haven’t had the chance to personally meet Allan’s at an IT community speaking, you can always virtually follow him and introduce yourself on his blog or twitter.
BLOG: www.checkyourlogs.net | Twitter: @AllanRafuse | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allanrafuse/
Cristal Kawula is the co-founder of MVPDays Community Roadshow and #MVPHour live Twitter Chat. She is the President of TriCon Elite Consulting where she manages the day to day operations of the field consulting and sales teams.
Cristal is also only the 2nd Woman in the world to receive the prestigious Veeam Vanguard Community excellence award. In July of 2017 she was awarded the designation of Microsoft MVP.
Early in her career Cristal worked as a consultant with Microsoft authoring content for internal SMSGR and GTR teams. This content was used to train internal support engineers and global escalation engineering teams.
Cristal can be found speaking at Microsoft Ignite, MVPDays, and other local user groups. She is extremely active in the community and has recently helped publish a book for other Women MVP’s called Voices from the Data Platform.
BLOG: http://www.checkyourlogs.net
Twitter: @supercristal1
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