Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 13 series we will now upgrade  System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2. This is not a requirement but to successfully deploy Windows 7 we will need SP2 & AIK installed on the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 server.

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 12 is the most exciting part where we actually get to install the main product i.e. System Center Configuration Manager 2007. We will first run the Prerequisites check & than start the final installation process. Lets take a look how this is done.

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 11 we will configure DHCP server with relevant options required for SCCM. Thing to keep in mind is we have DHCP running on the Domain Controller & not the SCCM server.

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 10 I will cover how to prepare Active Directory 2008 Schema in preparation for installaing System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 9 we will cover installation of WSUS. This can be done after installing SCCM 2007. The Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 administrator console is required on the Configuration Manager 2007 site server to allow the site server and remote Configuration Manager consoles to configure and synchronize software update points. The WSUS 3.0 Administration console can be installed using the wizard or installed silently from a command line.

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 series Part 8 we will cover how to install SQL 2008 SP1 in preparation for installing SCCM 2007.

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 7 series will have multiple pages to this Part 7. Part 7 will cover Installing relevant IIS features, Install & configure Webdav, Install Desktop Experience, Configuration of Authentication, Configuration of Authorization, Installaling Remote Differential Compression, Installing BITS, Configure IIS Application Config file & in the end test WebDav.

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 6 series we will now create accounts which will be used by System Center Configuration Manager 2007 & SQL 2008

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 5 we will configure Windows Update on both the servers i.e. PILOT-DC-01 & PILOT-SCCM-01

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 4 series we will install & configure Windows Deployment Service on PILOT-SCCM-01. WDS is the PXE server for ConfigMgr. ConfigMgr hands off the request to WDS after checking its own database to make sure it knows about the computer.

Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 3 series we will install & configure DHCP server.

In this part of the Article we will prepare the earlier install of Windows 2008 & configure Active Directory + DNS.

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is the solution to comprehensively assess, deploy, and update your servers, clients, and devices;across physical, virtual, distributed, and mobile environments. Optimized for Windows and extensible beyond, it is the best choice for gaining enhanced insight into, and control over, your IT systems. In this multi part series I will walk you through the process of configuring SCCM 2007 on a single member server with all relevant technologies. This can also be a distributed install but would be a bit complex to cover it online. Over all the concepts would still stay the same to distribute the technologies / roles in a distributed design by using more than one member server.