SCCM is Expired – Now What? Fix

SCCM is expired. What are the options to fix the issue? My SCCM preview version expired, and I wanted to get back on track with SCCM preview versions.

One SCCM Preview version is valid only for 90 days or 3 months. This version should NOT be installed in the production environment. The SCCM preview version supports a maximum of TEN(10) clients.

I recommend a working preview lab environment to test all new changes in SCCM versions.

In my experience, if you are not close to preview releases for a few months, you miss many new features in SCCM, and you don’t know which features other admins are talking about.

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How to Find out if the SCCM version is Expired? 

You can confirm whether the version is expired from the SCCM console itself. The SCCM console heading bar shows that your SCCM is EXPIRED.

SCCM executive service will automatically be stopped if your SCCM has expired.

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How to Fix Expired Version of SCCM?

There is no solution to fix the expired version of SCCM. I recommend creating a new virtual server and building a new SCCM preview environment.

Download the latest SCCM Preview baseline version 1810.2 from the Microsoft evaluation center.

In the video tutorial below, I tried uninstalling the SCCM expired version and installing the new version. You can also try that, but I can’t guarantee this will work for you.

Video Tutorial SCCM is Expired – Now what?

The following topics are explained in the video tutorial.

1. Uninstall SCCM Console
2. Uninstall SCCM Primary server
3. Make sure SQL DB got deleted
4. Install the latest SCCM Preview baseline version

The technical preview introduces new functionality that Microsoft is working on. It introduces new features that aren’t yet included in the current branch of SCCM.

These features might eventually be included in an update to the CB. Before we finalize the features, we want you to try them out and give feedback.

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Author

Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His primary focus is Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.