SCCM ConfigMgr CB Download Upgrade Step by Step Guide Configuration Manager Endpoint Manager

SCCM ConfigMgr CB Download Upgrade Step by Step Guide Configuration Manager Endpoint Manager? This Saturday, the Microsoft SCCM team released the latest version of a technical preview. I have blogged about the two exciting features of the SCCM ConfigMgr CB version in the following post “SCCM ConfigMgr AAD User Discovery and Client Authentication with Cloud Identities“.

This is not the production version of the SCCM ConfigMgr CB version. You should not install this version of SCCM in a production environment. Technical preview versions of SCCM CB will get released every month.

Introduction SCCM ConfigMgr CB Download Upgrade

I would recommend SCCM admins install the TP version of SCCM CB in your lab environment so that they can keep up with the new features which are getting enabled in every TP release.

SCCM CB TP 1705 comes with loads of new features, and I will discuss some of the features in detail in upcoming blog posts. In this post, we will how did I complete the download and installation of SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705.

SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 Version
SCCM ConfigMgr CB Download Upgrade Step by Step Guide Configuration Manager Endpoint Manager

You can refer to the video here or the embedded at the start of this post. In this post download and upgrade of the SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP version have been segregated into SIX parts. As you can in the below picture, you may need to start the download (Available to Download).

  1. SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Download of the content
  2. SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Available to Install
  3. SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Pre Requisite checks
  4. SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Installation Process
  5. SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Post Installation Steps
  6. SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Console Upgrades

SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Download of the content

Download SCCM CB 1705 content from the Microsoft content server. You can check the content download status from the log file called DMPDownloader.log. Also, the status of content can be analyzed via Ethernet connection via Task Manager – Performance. Apart from all these, you can check the size of the cab file from the folder called “EasySetupPayload.” All these are explained in the SCCM CB installation video guide.

SCCM CofnigMgr CB TP 1705
SCCM ConfigMgr CB Download Upgrade Step by Step Guide Configuration Manager Endpoint Manager

Following are the high-level steps of SCCM ConfigMgr CB in the console download process:-

Process update package
Download update package cab file
Extract update package payload
Download Redist
Report package as downloaded

SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Available to Install

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SCCM ConfigMgr CB Download Upgrade Step by Step Guide Configuration Manager Endpoint Manager

Once the content download of SCCM ConfigMgr has been completed, then we can start the installation process of SCCM CB TP 1705. Right-click on the update and tap on “Install update pack“. This action will initiate an upgrade wizard for the upgrade process. You can select a couple of important options as part of this upgrade wizard. Monitor this process via CMUpdate.log and SCCM CB console.

SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Prerequisite checks

Before the start of the installation, the upgrade process will carry out the prerequisite checks like disk space available on the server. This will also include loads of other checks to ensure that the upgrade process will go through without any issues.

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SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Installation Process

Once the necessary pre-checks have been completed, then the actual upgrade process will start. CMUpdate.log is your friend in this SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 upgrade process. Upgrading the ConfigMgr Database is the most important and time-consuming step in this SCCM CB installation process. Install files is another process that may take a long time to finish as you see in the video embedded in this video post.

SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Post Installation Steps

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Post-installation steps of SCCM CB 1705 is critical, and this is the step where the installation of SCCM Executive service will get installed. Along with this, SQL-based replication services, SMS hierarchy manager, etc.. have been installed in this step. SiteComp.log is your best friend in this step to monitor the progress of that installation.SCCM ConfigMgr CB TP 1705 – Console Upgrades

Upgrade of the SCCM CB TP 1705 console is the last step of the in-console upgrade process. This has been explained in the SCCM video tutorial in the embedded video in this post. The SCCM CB TP 1705 console version is “5.00.8525.100” and the site Server version is “5.00.8525.100”.

Resources

Update 1705 for Configuration Manager Technical Preview Branch – Available Now! here
More detailed Technical details on SCCM CB TP 1705 – here

Author

Anoop is Microsoft MVP! He is a Solution Architect in enterprise client management 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 main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. E writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc…