Configuration Manager SCCM CB Preview 1711 Upgrade New Features ConfigMgr

This post and video tutorial will cover the SCCM CB preview 1711 upgrade and new features. This is not a production version of SCCM CB.

Hence, we are not supposed to install this version in production environments. SCCM CB 1711 is the preview version and should be installed only in a lab environment.

What is the Importance of SCCM Preview Releases?

SCCM CB preview version is similar to the Windows insiders program, which helps SCCM admins test the new SCCM CB features. Before installing this version of the technical preview, you can go through the limitations of the SCCM CB version.

We can’t install CAS and secondary servers with the preview version. The prerequisite for installing SCCM CB 1711 preview version is not changed.

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How to Create SCCM CB Preview Version Lab Environment?

Have you installed an SCCM CB preview version? If not, you can download the latest baseline version of ConfigMgr SCCM CB Technical Preview. One version of SCCM preview has a maximum validity of only 3 months (90 days).

How to Upgrade to the latest version of SCCM CB Preview?

The SCCM CB update and servicing process are same as before. Once the latest version of the preview is released, the update will be available in the SCCM console.

The update will automatically get downloaded to your server. Right-click on the update and select “Install Update Pack” to start the upgrade process.

Video Tutorial SCCM CB Preview 1711 Upgrade and New Features

New Features of SCCM CB 1711 Preview Version

Following are the three highlighted features of SCCM CB 1711 preview version. But, Ronni has blogged about another exciting feature in his blog post. More details about that “SCCM: Enable Desktop Clients as PXE Servers.”

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  • Improvements to run task sequence step
  • Allow user interaction when installing an application
  • New compliance policies for Windows 10

Nesting of Task Sequence In the task sequence editor, click Add, select General, and click Run Task Sequence. Click Browse to choose the child task sequence.

Allow user interaction when installing an application. You can allow an end-user to interact with an application installation while running the task sequence.

The application installation interface appears on the target end-user device during task sequence progress. The task sequence progress pauses until the end-user completes the application installation workflow.

New compliance policy options for Windows 10  You can check whether the Firewall software is enabled on Windows 10 machines or not. If not enabled, you can block the access to company resources. You can also check whether UAC is enabled on Windows machines.

If not enabled, you can block access to company resources.
Defender verification is also possible via Windows 10 compliance policies through the SCCM console.

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Capabilities in Technical Preview 1711 for System Center Configuration Manager

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