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SCCM Cloud Management Gateway – Installing SCCM client on an Internet client manually

The Cloud Management Gateway in SCCM Current Branch allows you to manage computers on the Internet without deploying the traditional IBCM infrastructure. Microsoft have made some improvements in SCCM 1702 for the CMG regarding client registration.

This post will not go into how to set up the CMG, you can view Plan for cloud management gateway in Configuration Manager for that information.

This blog post will show you how you can use the CCMHOSTNAME property when manually installing the SCCM client to specify the Cloud Management Gateway management point. This isn’t official documentation from Microsoft, however it does work. The post assumes you have copied over a PKI certificate for the client and installed the certificate, and also copied over the SCCM client installation files.

1 – On a machine that is on the internal network with the SCCM client installed, view the LocationServices.log and search for the Internet Management Point. You can see mine below highlighted in yellow. Copy the name of the Azure Cloud Management Gateway as you will need this for the CCMHOSTNAME property when installing the client

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2 – Launch a command prompt to run ccmsetup.exe and run the command ccmsetup.exe /UsePkiCert SMSSITECODE=<SiteCode> CCMHOSTNAME=<CMG copied above>

3 – Keep an eye on C:\Windows\ccmsetup\Logs\ccmsetup.log and ensure it successfully installs “CcmSetup is exiting with return code 0”. My logs in C:\Windows\CCM\Logs now indicate that the client is registered (ClientIDManagerStartup.log) and communicating with the Cloud Management Gateway (CcmMessaging.log). The machine should now appear in the ConfigMgr console. I can also see in the Configuration Manager Properties of the client that it is Internet based

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After it has installed successfully, you should see it communicating and retrieving policies.

SCCM Current Branch 1702 – Automatically close executable files before installation

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A new nice feature in SCCM Current Branch 1702 is the ability to set the “Install Behaviour” on a deployment type to either automatically close specified .exe’s if the deployment is required, or to advise the user that the installation has failed because of the running .exe’s. This is useful for some deployments where certain processed cannot be running. For example if you are deploying an add-in for Outlook and you would like Outlook to not be running, or other Office applications.

One thing to note is that you need to have your client upgraded to the 1702 version otherwise it will not work. This post will quickly show how you can configure the Install Behaviour and the user experience for an Available application.

After upgrading the client to the latest version, in an existing Application (7Zip) I have right clicked on the Deployment Type and clicked on the Install Behavior tab. Click on Add and type in the executable file name and give it a display name.

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This application is deployed as Available, not required. So you can see below I have the .exe open on the right hand side, I will then install 7-Zip.

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Now you can see it has failed because the executable filename I specified earlier is running. If the deployment was Required, it should automatically close the specified exe’s.

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SCCM Current Branch 1702 – Office 365 Installer

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SCCM Current Branch 1702 introduces “Office 365 ProPlus Installer” (this feature was seen in technical previews).The Office 365 ProPlus installer allows you to specify your Office 365 ProPlus settings (exclude apps, update channels etc), download the Office 365 ProPlus files, create the Application, Deployment Type, and deploy the application if you choose to.

Before this feature was released, you needed to use the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) to download the Office 365 ProPlus and create an XML with the Office 365 configuration settings, then create an Application in SCCM.

This post will show how you can leverage the new Office 365 Installer in SCCM Current Branch version 1702 to create, download and deploy an Office 365 ProPlus package without having to use the Office Deployment Tool.

Open the SCCM console go to Software Library node, then expand Office 365 Client Management folder, click on the Office 365 Installer

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Give it a name and content location:

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You can use an existing XML with the Office 365 ProPlus configuration you have created, or manually create one using this wizard. I have chosen to manually create the XML:

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