Step by Step Video to Perform SCCM 1802 Upgrade Configuration Manager ConfigMgr

The Microsoft SCCM team released the new production version of SCCM 1802. When you have a service connection point in Online mode, this post will provide an end-to-end video tutorial on the SCCM 1802 Upgrade.

Update: Microsoft already tweaked SCCM 1802 not to block upgrades for DPs running Windows 2008. Here is Djam’s tweet on this topic.

The 1802 production upgrade process should be initiated from top-level sever CAS or stand-alone primary. This upgrade process automatically upgrades Primary child servers and remote systems system servers (MP, DP, and SUP).

SCCM CB secondary site servers are not supported for automatic upgrade. I also produced a quick review after the SCCM CB upgrade to 1802 in this post.

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Step by Step SCCM CB upgrade to 1802 Primary Standalone – SCCM Primary Upgrade Video Guide

The 1802 production upgrade process should be initiated from top-level sever CAS or stand-alone primary. This upgrade process automatically upgrades CAS, primary servers, and remote system servers.

It does not support the automatic upgrade of SCCM CB secondary site servers. I also produced a quick review after the SCCM CB upgrade to 1802 in this post.

• SCCM CB 1802 Enable Third Party Software Update Support
• Review Management Insights of SCCM CB 1802
• List of SCCM CB Prerequisite Checks via ConfigMgrPrereq.log

Other Posts Related to SCCM 1802

SCCM CB 1802 is the latest (NEW) baseline build. You can download SCCM CB 1802 from MSDN or the Volume Licensing portal. Once the 1802 baseline build is downloaded, then you can build a new SCCM infra with 1802. There are two scenarios where you can use the baseline version.

What is the Latest Baseline Build for SCCM CB?

I recommend using the following checklist before starting the SCCM CB upgrade process. For more details about the SCCM 1802 checklist, click here.

• Use the latest baseline version when installing a new site in a new hierarchy.
• SCCM CB 1802 Baseline version to upgrade from SCCM 2012

SCCM 1802 Upgrade Checklist

Make sure your SCCM server infra is supported for SCCM CB 1802. For more details, run the setup prerequisite checker at least one week before the SCCM CB 1802 upgrade.

1. Plan the upgrade of remote SCCM CB 1802 consoles or the console published in Citrix. Even though SCCM CB 1802 supports a 1710 console.
2. Ensure that all sites run a version of SCCM that supports updates to 1802. The minimum supported version for the SCCM CB 1802 upgrade is 1702. If your existing SCCM CB environment is not 1702 or later, you won’t get the SCCM CB 1802 production update in the console.
3. Review the Windows ADK version for Windows 10—Make sure your Windows 10 ADK version is 1709 or later. I recommend updating the Windows ADK 1709 before the SCCM CB 1802 upgrade. This helps the default boot images get automatically updated to the latest version of Windows PE. Also, remember that the custom boot images must be updated manually.
4. Review the backlog of File and SQL-based Replication
5. Disable database replicas for MP at primary sites (Also, SUP with NLB)
6. Set SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups to manual failover
7. Disable site maintenance tasks (backup, delete an aged client, and delete old discovery) at each site (primary and CAS)
8. Temporarily stop any antivirus software
9. Create a backup of the site database at the SCCM CAS and primary sites
10. Plan and Use client piloting for a newer version of the SCCM CB 1802 client

How to Start SCCM 1802 Upgrade

I hope you have already gone through before going through the upgrade process. Login to CAS or a stand-alone primary server and launch the SCCM CB console. Navigate the SCCM console via – Administration > Overview > Cloud Services > Updates and Servicing. Make sure you right-click and select “Install Update Pack”.

You can go through the Wizard, as I showed in the SCCM CB 1802 upgrade video tutorial. But remember to select pilot collection for new client version deployments. The following is a sample summary of my lab’s SCCM CB 1802 update package installation.

Success: Install Update Package Configuration Manager 1802
Prerequisite warnings will be ignored
Turn on the following features:
• Approve application requests for users per device
• Enable third-party update support for clients
• Support for Cisco AnyConnect 4.0.07x and later for iOS
• Phased Deployments
Test a new version of the client in the pilot

Find Out SCCM CB Update Stage IDs and Stage Names

SCCM CB 1802 production Upgrade process is straight, as you can see in the video tutorial for the 1802 upgrade. Check the status from the monitoring workspace (\Monitoring\Overview \Updates and Servicing Status\Configuration Manager 1802) and the logs.

If you have trouble downloading the SCCM CB 1802 production update, refer to my previous troubleshooting guide. The SCCM 1802 Upgrade is usually super easy, but in this case, it requires fixing the SCCM CB update Redist Download Issue.

SCCM CB 1802 Versions

All the features available in the SCCM 1802 preview version are unavailable in the production version of SCCM 1802. This is expected, and I noted this in the SCCM CB 1802 preview post. I’m pointing out the features listed below in the SCCM console.

• SCCM CB 1802 Version 1802
• SCCM CB 1802 Console Version 5.1802.1082.1700
• SCCM CB 1802 Site Version 5.0.8634.1000
• SCCM CB 1802 Build Number 8634
• SCCM CB 1802 Client Version 5.00.8634.1007

Features Overview of SCCM 1802 Production Release 

The SCCM CB 1802 production release has five (5) pre-release features and Fifteen (15) production features. Management Insight is one of the exciting features missing from the SCCM 1802 production release (at least from the SCCM console features GUI), but it is available on the product.

\Administration\Overview\Updates and Servicing\Features

Five(5) Pre-Release Features of SCCM CB 1802 Production Release

What is the SCCM Data Warehouse Service Point? Use the data warehouse service point to periodically copy data from your SCCM site database to another DB for long-term storage and trend analysis.

• Windows Defender Application Control
• Phased Deployments
• Enable third (3rd) party update support on clients
• Server Groups
• Support for Cisco AnyConnect 4.0..7x and later for iOS

Fifteen(15) Release Features of SCCM CB 1802 Production Release

Let’s discuss the Fifteen(15) Release Features of the SCCM CB 1802 Production Release. The list below will help you to see more details.

• PFX Create
• Passport for Work
• Windows Defender Exploit Guard Policy
• Surface Driver Updates
• OMS Connector
• Device Health Attestation assessment for compliance policy for CA
• Create and Run Scripts
• Client Peer Cache
• Approve Application requests for Users per Device
• Run Task Sequence Step (Promoted)
• Conditional Access for Managed PCs
• Task Sequence Content Pre-Caching
• Data Warehouse Service Point
• Cloud Management Gateway
• VPN for Windows

Not Listed Features?

Let’s discuss the Not Listed Features. The list below will help you to see more details.

• Reassignment Distribution Point (The feature is by default enabled and removed from the features list)
• Add a passive primary site server. 
• Surface Device Dashboard  ( The feature is by default enabled and removed from the features list)
• Management Insights  ( The feature is by default enabled and removed from the features list)
• Office 365 Support Volume Licensing SKU in C2R Wizard 
• Passport for Work ( The feature is by default enabled and removed from the features list)

Quick Explanation about New Features of SCCM 1802 Production Release

What is SCCM Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) – SCCM CMG Provides a simple way to manage SCCM clients on the Internet. The gateway server (Azure PaaS) is deployed to Microsoft Azure. This Connects internet clients to your on-premises SCCM infrastructure.

Windows Defender Application Control – Windows Defender Application Control helps lock down Windows 10 computers so that they can only run trusted software.

What are SCCM Phased Deployments – Phased Deployments automate a coordinated, sequenced roll-out of software across multiple collections

Enable third (3rd) party update support on clients – Enabled configuration by allowing signed third party updates policy and installing WSUS code signing certificate on clients.

Client Settings Changes After SCCM 1802 Upgrade

There are two (2) types of client setting policies. User Client Settings and Device Client Settings are two of them. However, there is one mother of client settings policy, and that is called Default Client Settings. Windows Analytics setting is only available in default policies.

• 22 categories are there in SCCM CB 1802 Default Client Settings Policies
• 20 categories are there in SCCM CB 1802 Device Client Setting (User and Device Affinity are missing)
• 3 categories are there in SCCM CB 1802 User Client Settings (Cloud Services, Enrollment, and User & Device Affinity)

Co-Management Changes – SCCM 1802 Production Release

For Windows 10 devices that are in a co-management state, you can have Microsoft Intune start managing different workloads.

Choose pilot Intune to have Intune Manage the workloads for only the clients in the pilot group. If you are not ready to move the workload to Intune, select SCCM (ConfigMgr). More details here.

You can move the co-management workloads with SCCM, Intune, or both. We can offload four (4) workloads to Intune. Endpoint protection (Windows Defender ) is newly added to the SCCM 1802 production version. I have a post about the co-management strategy.

• Compliance Policies – Intune Compliance Policies
• Resource Access Policies – Intune WiFi and VPN Profiles
• Windows Update Policies – Windows Update for Business – Patching
• Endpoint Protection – Windows Defender

Resources

• Now Available: Update 1802 for System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch
• What’s new in version 1802 of System Center Configuration Manager CB

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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 10 years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career etc…