1. Moving to System Center Configuration Manager
Presented by: Wally Mead
Thursday, February 11th, 2016

2. Agenda Who we are Migration to System Center Configuration Manager
From various earlier releases
Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager
From Configuration Manager 2012
Keeping Configuration Manager up to date
Updates and Servicing feature

3. All Your Service & Asset Management Needs Delivered In One Platform
Standardize.
Automate.
Transform.
[talking points]
With the Cireson Platform, your Service & Asset Management work better together.
One Solution, One Source Code, One Company.
Our mission is to make your working life ridiculously more productive by enhancing the Microsoft Cloud & System Center. That’s the Cireson Platform.

4. The cireson Pillars
SERVICE
MANAGEMENT
ASSET
MANAGEMENT
Identity
MANAGEMENT
Service, Asset and Identity MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
PARTNER & COMMUNITY ENABLEMENT
(PACE)
Cireson was founded on a simple, powerful idea: to be the thinkers on all things Microsoft Cloud and System Center.
Cireson has 4 pillars that is our core vision that has been key to our success thus far. End to end ITIL Service Management to include Asset Management, Consulting Services to assist with Deployment, and our Partner and Community Enablement team to help drive the overall System Center Community.

5. Cireson System Center Azure Hyper-V The cireson platform
The Platform: Cireson runs on the System Center engine providing an enterprise ready Service, Asset and Identity Management user experience for the modern world
The Engine: Microsoft System Center powers the engine for Systems, Events, Services, Workflows, and Automation
The Infrastructure: Built on proven Microsoft technologies, Cireson brings the Microsoft Cloud with Azure and Hyper-V closer together
Cireson
System Center
Azure
Hyper-V
Out of interest Mr. customer, what is your IT strategy with cloud?
System Center as an engine is technically brilliant
Cireson is the central front end Portal for Service Manager and Asset Management

6. The cireson PLATFORM Free Community Apps Service Management Asset
Business Management Solution
Identity Management
Coming Soon
Service
Management
Born in 2012 to power your Microsoft Service Manager investment. Includes the Cireson Portal for end-users and analysts, designed for the hyper-connected world we live in for any browser, device, or OS.
Asset
Management
Manage every asset lifecycle from purchase to retirement. Ensure compliance, reduce costs, and gain control for all your business’s hardware and software assets.
Essentials
Management
Extend the Microsoft Service Manager Console with these must have Analyst and Administrator apps.
Password
Reset
Password resets are the most common Service Desk request. Reduce cost, gain control, and elevate user happiness by providing an easy to implement, HTML based, self-service driven password reset solution.
Service Automation
Move away from the day to day manual activities, spreadsheets, and post-it notes. Streamline business processes across your organization.
Free Community Apps
Free apps lovingly built for the System Center community.
Cireson is an ITIL based organization and we strongly believe that Service Management is inclusive of Asset Management. (New hire example) However, we also understand that not all of our clients think the same and in some cases, Asset Management sits in a completely different department, often times not touching the folks within IT. We are offering the entire Business Management Solution, to go along with ITIL best practice or individual streams depending on your organizations adoption of the library.
The Business Management Solution: This multi-stream solution revolutionizes how the world uses service & asset management. Maximize your System Center investment
SMS – will give you the HTML 5 Portals for Analyst and End Users, HTML KB, Right click functionality with outlook and Lync/SKYPE, and reporting capabilities. Most of our client analysts work solely within and the portal, and never open the fat client.
AMS- From PO to Retirement, the Asset Management Stream will give customers the ability to continue to leverage Excel to input AM data with our Excel Plug in while seamlessly updating the data within the tool, import from any data source and access to Assets via the HTML 5 Portal.
EMS will give clients looking to optimize the current fat client install access to our 10 legacy applications. This is ideal for clients looking to enhance the analyst experience with out the portal.
A lot of people are asking what are we going to be coming out with for Config Man with Wally on board – coming soon we have Identity Management and Service Automation. More details on that soon.

7. Let’s Get the Name Correct!
The official name of the new product is:
System Center Configuration Manager
No date, no version, just the product name
Some references add “Current Branch” after Configuration Manager
Some people add the current version (1511) after the product name
So you need to be careful when talking to others about your specific version 
It will receive updates frequently as you will hear about in this session

8. How to Get To System Center Configuration Manager
Just a quick overview of getting to System Center Configuration Manager
How to Get To System Center Configuration Manager

9. Upgrade/Migration Scenarios
In-place upgrade supported from:
Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 and SP2
Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and R2 SP1
Migration support for:
Configuration Manager 2007 SP2
Configuration Manager 2012 SP2 and R2 SP1
For those wanting to do a side-by-side instead of in-place upgrade
Does require ADK 10

10. Migrating to System Center Configuration Manager
What can be migrated to System Center Configuration Manager
Migrating to System Center Configuration Manager

11. Migration to Configuration Manager
No in-place upgrade support from Configuration Manager 2007
Same scenario as with Configuration Manager 2012
Migration will be supported from:
Configuration Manager 2007 SP2
Configuration Manager 2012 SP2 or R2 SP1
Really should perform in-place upgrade
However is useful for hardware swaps at time of ‘upgrade’
Configuration Manager
Ie. Lab to production

12. Migration from Configuration Manager 2007
DEMO
Migration from Configuration Manager 2007

13. How to upgrade to System Center Configuration Manager
In-Place Upgrade

14. Site System Software Requirements
There are some older operating systems and SQL Server versions that are no longer supported
Only Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are supported as site systems
Windows Server 2008 and R2 support will end at end of 2016
Only SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3, SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SQL Server 2014 SP1 are supported for site database
SQL Server 2008 R2 support will end at end of 2016
Secondary sites support Express editions of SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SQL Server SP1

15. General Upgrade Process
Verify software versions are supported
Verify current environment is functioning properly
Site systems are healthy
Component status is OK
No inbox backlogs
Clients are communicating properly
Deployments are functioning correctly
Backup current site/hierarchy

16. General Upgrade Process (2)
Prepare for upgrade:
Remove MP relicas
Uninstall AMT OOB and System Health Validator roles
Remove SUP NLBs
Disable maintenance tasks
Run Prereqchk.exe
This may indicate that you need to upgrade some operating system components
Run TestDBUpgrade
Upgrades a copy of the site database to the new version
Upgrade from top down

17. Upgrading to Configuration Manager
DEMO
Upgrading to Configuration Manager

18. General Upgrade Process (3)
Verify upgrade
Verify ConfigMgrSetup.log
Verify site system health
Verify component status
Verify reports run
Upgrade remote consoles
Upgrade child sites
Recommended to upgrade child sites as soon as possible
Upgrade clients

19. Verifying the upgrade and client upgrades
DEMO
Verifying the upgrade and client upgrades

20. Keeping Up to Date
Once you’ve gotten to Configuration Manager (current version), it is essentially self- updating
Updates and Servicing feature to automatically download applicable updates
You have control over which you want to install
Supports disconnected site environments
Supports pre-production client testing before release to full production
In console monitoring of update status

21. Keeping Up to Date (2)
You should expect updates to production environments every 3-4 months
Very much like the Windows 10 servicing model
These are production ready updates
Applied via the Updates and Servicing feature
There will also be technical preview releases that will be applicable to non-production versions
For example, Technical Preview 4
You will need another implementation of Configuration Manager if you want to test new features prior to release

22. Session Recap
Upgrading from Configuration Manager 2012 releases is an easy process
Only supported for the most current releases
Follow the sample procedure discussed
Start at the top of the hierarchy and work your way down through all child sites
Migration
Can migrate from Configuration Manager 2007 SP2
Can migrate from Configuration Manager 2012 SP2 or R2 SP1
Can also migrate from Configuration Manager

23. What’s Next
Recording from Tuesday’s webinar on What’s New in System Center Configuration Manager
Vimeo.com/teamcireson
Look for some new Configuration Manager apps from Cireson soon 
As well as an updated version of the very popular Remote Manage app
We can help you with your deployment/migration/upgrade needs for System Center Configuration Manager
Contact us at or visit our website