ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1 – Client and Console Upgrade

After you upgraded your ConfigMgr to the new Version you need to upgrade both the Clients and the deployed consoles for your IT staff.

Console upgrade

In the Installation Media go to [SCCMISO]SMSSETUP\BIN\I386 and copy both “AdminConsole.msi” and “ConsoleSetup.exe” to an Application folder for deployment.

Folder

Then you need to create a package or application  with content to deploy the new console.


 

1. create a new package, name it and define the source folder where you put the files in

SCCMR2ConsolePackage01

2. create a standard Programm

SCCMR2ConsolePackage02

3. configure the user experience

SCCM2012R2SP1AppConsole03

 

4. enter the installation program information

SCCMR2ConsolePackage03

Finish the wizard, distribute the package and deploy it to your clients.


 

Or you can create an application.

I won’t show the steps to create a  new application but you have to create a new deployment type “Script Installer”

1. create the deployment type, add the location to the folder you created earlier. then you need to define the

Installation program

and the

Uninstall program

 

SCCM2012R2SP1AppConsole01

2.  define the deployment detection. I got that one from the AdminConsole.MSI.

Product Code

 

 

SCCM2012R2SP1AppConsole02

3. Next,next…Finish

4. Distribute content and deploy it to your clients


Client Upgrade

To Upgrade the client you can simply go into the administration Tab -> Site Configuration – Sites and select hierarchy settings and select the days in which all client should be upgraded.

hirachysettings hirachysettings02

This will create a scheduled task on the client which will trigger the client upgrade within the given time period. You can also run this task manually to upgrade the client

TaskScheduler01

This setting will always upgrade the clients to the newest version after you install a new UR!

If you don’t want to do this, you have to create an upgrade package. These packages will be created by the UR package and will be available for deployment after you installed the next UR.

To monitor this you can create a collections with these queries

All SCCM Clients below Version 5.00. 8239.1000

 

All SCCM Clients at or above Version 5.00. 8239.1000

or you can use the “Count of Configuration Manager clients by versions” report.

If you have any questions put them in the comment section.

Cheers Philipp

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *