ConfigMgr 2002 List of New Features Enhancements MEMCM SCCM

Microsoft released the latest version 2002 of Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager (MEMCM). In this post, we will go through a quick overview of the ConfigMgr 2002 list of new features and enhancements.

Related Posts – SCCM 2002 Installation Step By Step Guide | MEMCM | ConfigMgr & PowerShell Script To Enable Opt-In Version Of SCCM 2002 Early Update Ring

Let’s go ahead and look at the new features of the new Configuration Manager 2002.

Client Apps is Out of Preview

Why Client Apps workload of co-management is still in preview? This was one of the questions I get a lot 🙂 Here is it!! With the 2002 production version of ConfigMgr, Client Apps is out of pr-release (preview). Hopefully, many organizations can enable this workload.

Site Hierarchy Changes in 2002 Version of ConfigMgr

• Remove a central administration site
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/servers/deploy/install/remove-central-administration-site
• New SCCM Management Insight Rules
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/servers/manage/management-insights
• Improvements to Administration Service
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/plan-design/hierarchy/plan-for-the-sms-provider#bkmk_admin-service
• Proxy support for Azure Active Directory discovery and Group Sync
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/plan-design/network/proxy-server-support#bkmk_other

Cloud-attached Management Improvements

• Cloud-attached management
  • The critical status message shows server connection errors to required endpoints
  • Token-based authentication for cloud management gateway (CMG)
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/clients/deploy/deploy-clients-cmg-token
• Tenant Attach Device Sync Options – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/tenant-attach/device-sync-actions

Desktop Analytics Improvements

• Desktop Analytics
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/desktop-analytics/whats-new
  • Connection Health dashboard shows client connection issues
    • Endpoint connectivity checks
    • Connectivity status –
      • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/desktop-analytics/monitor-connection-health

Real-time Management Enhancements

• Real-time management
  • Improvements to CMPivot
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/servers/manage/cmpivot#bkmk_2002

Content Management Improvements of SCCM 2002

• Content management
  • Exclude certain subnets for peer content download
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/servers/deploy/configure/boundary-groups#bkmk_bgoptions

Client Management

• Client management
  • Client log collection
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/clients/manage/client-notification#client-diagnostics
  • Wake up a device from the central administration site (CAS)
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/clients/deploy/configure-wake-on-lan#bkmk_wol-1810
  • Improvements to support for ARM64 devices
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/plan-design/configs/support-for-windows-10#bkmk_arm64

Application Management

• Microsoft Edge management dashboard
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/apps/deploy-use/deploy-edge#bkmk_edge-dash
• Improvements to Microsoft Edge management
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/apps/deploy-use/deploy-edge#bkmk_autoupdate
• Task sequence as an app model deployment type
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/apps/get-started/creating-windows-applications#bkmk_tsdt

OS Deployment – Task Sequence

• OS Deployment
  • Bootstrap a task sequence immediately after client registration
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/clients/deploy/about-client-installation-properties#provisionts
  • Improvements to Check Readiness task sequence step
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/osd/understand/task-sequence-steps#BKMK_CheckReadiness
  • Improvements to task sequence progress
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/osd/understand/user-experience#task-sequence-progress
  • Improvements to OS deployment
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/osd/understand/task-sequence-variables#TSSecureBoot
    • Set task sequence variables to configure the user context
    • Run Command-Line and Run PowerShell Script step
      • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/osd/understand/task-sequence-variables#SMSTSRunCommandLineAsUser
      • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/osd/understand/task-sequence-variables#SMSTSRunPowerShellAsUser
    • The Configuration Manager PXE responder now sends status messages to the site server

Software Update Patching Improvements

• Orchestration groups
• (Orchestration groups are not available after SCCM ConfigMgr 2002 upgrade? – Pls refer to Fix SCCM Pre-Release Features are Grayed Out | Enable | ConfigMgr)
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/sum/deploy-use/orchestration-groups
• Evaluate software updates after a servicing stack update
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/sum/plan-design/plan-for-software-updates#bkmk_SSU
• Office 365 updates for disconnected software update points
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/sum/get-started/synchronize-office-updates-disconnected

BitLocker Improvements

• Improvements to BitLocker management – Setting
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/protect/tech-ref/bitlocker/settings
• Bitlocker Recovery Service needs HTTPS IIS configuration NOT SCCM Site System Servers in HTTPS configuration
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/protect/deploy-use/bitlocker/encrypt-recovery-data

Reporting

• Integrate with Power BI Report Server
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/servers/manage/powerbi-report-server

Configuration Manager console

• Attach files to feedback – Send a smile improvements
  • More details https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#BKMK_1806Feedback
• Search all subfolders for configuration items and configuration baselines
  • You can now use the All Subfolders search option from the Configuration Items and Configuration Baselines nodes.

Videos Upgrade Experience

Resources

• SCCM 2002 Installation Step By Step Guide | MEMCM | ConfigMgr