Slides from a session delivered at the Windows Management User Group in The Netherlands in December 2015.

1. 15th December 2015
Tim De Keukelaere
Consultant
tdk@coretech.be

2. @Tim_DK
Managing
Consultant
Tim De Keukelaere
Enterprise Mobility
MVP
(Since 2014)
tdk@coretech.be www.scug.be/tim

3. • Future of Configuration Manager
• Features
• Moving forward
• Q&A
Agenda

5. ConfigMgr vNext is now officially called …
Naming
Configuration Manager

6. • Delivering Configuration Manager more as an “as-a-Service”
product
• Frequent updates releases
• With new naming and versioning: Configuration Manager YYMM
• Ability to
• Update easily each and every time new Windows capabilities are released
• Update each and every time updates or iOS and Android are released
• Deliver the single-pane-of-glass for managing all devices
• Provide immediate support across Windows, iOS and Android
• Respond to customer feedback more quickly
• Avoid going through complex individual upgrades
Vision & Goals

7. • Earlier on:
• TP1 (May)
• TP2 (July)
• TP3 (August)
• Latest: TP4 (November 19th)
• Full Setup
• Will be used as a baseline to
deliver technical preview updates
• RTM – CB 1511 (December 4th)
• MSDN
• TN Evaluation Center
Roadmap

8. • For evaluation purposes only
• Limitations:
• Expires after 60 days
• Standalone Primary site only
• SQL 2012 CU2 (or later) or SQL 2014
• Supports up to 10 clients (Windows 7, 8.x an 10)
• No upgrade support to and from this build
• No migration support to and from this build
About TP4

10. • Fully supported platform
• Task Sequence for In-place upgrade scenarios
• OSD requires the Windows 10 ADK
• Sideloading Windows 10 apps
• On-premises mobile device management
• Bulk enrollment of Windows 10 devices with on-premises MDM
• Windows 10 Servicing
• Endpoint Protection management of Windows Defender
Windows 10

11. Windows 10

12. • Scale
• Single primary site supports up to 200000 clients
• Hierarchy supports up to 600000 clients
• Support for SQL Server AlwaysOn*
• Max 3 servers in the availability group
• Support for one Endpoint
• Service Connection Point
• Updates and Servicing
• Online / Offline mode
• Diagnostics and Usage Data
• Client deployment piloting
• Preferred management points
• Support for Microsoft Azure
Infrastructure (1)

13. • Azure
• Full support for Microsoft Azure environments:
• Mix of
• On-premises and Azure-based site systems
• On-premises and Azure-based clients
• Microsoft Intune integration to support mobile
devices
• Discovery property of “Virtual Machine Type”
displays “Azure”
• Query on on-premises versus Azure-based systems
Infrastructure (2)

14. Infrastructure

15. • Multiple deployments for automatic deployment rules
• Cluster aware patch management*
• Unified portal for enhanced end-user experience
• Combined Software Center and Application Catalog
• No Silverlight
• Support for non-OSD task sequences
• Windows PE Peer Cache
• Security scopes for Endpoint Protection antimalware policies
• Risky Deployments
• Driver Management Updates
• Other OSD enhancements
And More …

16. More features

18. • Migration scenario
• Supported from:
• System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2
• System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 SP2
ConfigMgr 2007

19. • In-place Upgrade scenario
• Supported from:
• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2
• System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
• System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1
• Recommendation to run the latest Cumulative Update
ConfigMgr 2012

20. And onwards …

21. • Technet Evaluation Center
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-
center-configuration-manager-and-endpoint-protection
• Documentation for System Center Configuration Manager
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/mt346023.aspx
• Release Notes (!)
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/mt592024.aspx
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