Courtsey-Update: This post has been superseded since the release of the RTM version of Configuration Manager 2012. To see the new post please click. If you’ve been following my previous series of guides on, then you’ll know where this is going, we are going to install System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Release Candidate from scratch and configure it, use it, test it, learn it. This is Part 1 of a series, to see the entire list please see. Modifying Active Directory Schema – with SMS extensions. DS Root:CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=server2008r2,DC=lab,DC=local Defined attribute cn=MS-SMS-Site-Code.
Jul 28, 2016 The Security Compliance Manager (SCM) is a free tool from Microsoft that enables you to quickly configure, and manage the computers in your environment using Group Policy and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
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Successfully extended the Active Directory schema. Please refer to the ConfigMgr documentation for instructions on the manual configuration of access rights in active directory which may still need to be performed. (Although the AD schema has now be extended, AD must be configured to allow each ConfigMgr Site security rights to publish in each of their domains.) Step 6.
Open TCP port 1433 and 4022 for SQL replication Note: Perform the following on the Active Directory Domain Controller as a Domain Administrator If you are setting up a hierarchy (CAS/Primary/etc) then on your AD server do the following, start Group Policy Management tool and create a new GPO, Select Computer Configuration, Policies, Windows Settings, Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and select Inbound Rules, choose New and follow the wizard for opening up TCP port 1433 as per. Once done, repeat the above for Port 4022. Install.NET 3.5.1 and WCF Activation Note: Perform the following on the SCCM 2012 server as SMSadmin In Server Manager select Features, Add Features, Select.NET Framework 3.5.1, also select WCF Activation and when prompted answer Add Required Role Services click next and next again Verify the following IIS componentsare installed in addition to the ones preselected by the wizard. Manage Endpoint Protection client on client computers. Select True if you want to manage existing Endpoint Protection clients on computers in your hierarchy. Select this option if you have already installed the Endpoint Protection client and want to manage it with Configuration Manager. You should also select this option if you want to create a script to uninstall an existing antimalware solution, install the Endpoint Protection client and deploy this script using a Configuration Manager application or package and program.
Install Endpoint Protection client on client computers. Select True to install and enable the Endpoint Protection client on client computers where it is not already installed. Automatically remove previously installed antimalware software before Endpoint Protection is installed. Select True to uninstall existing antimalware software.
Note Endpoint Protection uninstalls the following antimalware software only: All current Microsoft antimalware products except for Windows InTune and Microsoft Security Essentials Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition version 10 Symantec Endpoint Protection version 11 Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition version 12 Mcafee VirusScan Enterprise version 8 Trend Micro OfficeScan Suppress any required computer restart after the Endpoint Protection client installed. Select True to suppress a computer restart if it is required after the Endpoint Protection client installs. Allowed period of time users can postpone a required restart to complete the Endpoint Protection installation (hours).
Specify the number of hours that users can postpone a computer restart if this is required after the Endpoint Protection client installs. Disable alternate sources (such as Windows Update, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services or UNC shares) for the initial definition update on client computers. Select True if you want to allow only Configuration Manager to install the initial definition update on client computers. This setting can be helpful to avoid unnecessary network connections and reduce network bandwidth during the initial installation of the definition update.
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Microsoft that it is ending future support for its long-running Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool. SCM, which works with System Center Configuration Manager and Group Policy, is designed to make it easier to apply security baselines for organizations managing Windows environments. It tracks configuration and security settings, and is an aid for monitoring compliance matters. Microsoft has maintained SCM since its initial release in 2010, but it now thinks the tool is just too complex to continue. Additionally, Microsoft is in the process of rolling out alternative tools. Alternative Tools One of those alternative tools is PowerShell Desired State Configuration, which also has an for producing compliance reports.
Microsoft's announcement explained that keeping SCM updated would have required a 'massive overhaul to handle Desired State Configuration or Mobile Device Management' capabilities. However, Microsoft's main replacement for the SCM tool is its new 'Security Compliance Toolkit' product, which was released this week as version 1.0. 'The Security Configuration sic Toolkit is replacing Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM), which will no longer be supported,' Microsoft explained, in for the Security Compliance Toolkit. Here's how Microsoft described the purpose of the Security Compliance Toolkit: Using the toolkit, administrators can compare their current GPOs with Microsoft-recommended GPO baselines or other baselines, edit them, store them in GPO backup file format, and apply them via a Domain Controller or inject them directly into testbed hosts to test their effects. The new toolkit contains a 'Policy Analyzer' tool, which compares Group Policy Objects (GPOs), and a 'LGPO' tool. The LGPO tool is used to transfer a Group Policy 'between a host's registry and a GPO backup file, bypassing the Domain Controller,' according to Microsoft's download page.
IT pros can use the LGPO tool as a means of verifying their Group Policy settings. The new Security Compliance Toolkit currently has some limitations. For instance, it does not support (DCM) in System Center Configuration Manager. Microsoft's suggested alternative in that case is to use 'Desired State Configuration (DSC), a feature of the,' according to the FAQ. Microsoft also publishes a tool to convert Group Policy and SCM baselines into DSC at. Another limitation is that the Security Compliance Toolkit doesn't support policies created using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) format. Microsoft's announcement claimed that future updates would fill these gaps with DCM and SCAP.
'We recognize that the new tool set the Security Compliance Toolkit does not currently include support for DCM or SCAP and we will try to fill that gap,' the announcement promised.' Meanwhile, though, the PowerShell-based Desired State Configuration (DSC) is rapidly gaining popularity, and more DSC tools are coming online to convert GPOs to DSC and to validate system configuration.' Microsoft is still committed to publishing Windows security baseline information in various formats, but it'll stop providing it in the '.CAB file format used by SCM,' according to the announcement. The exact end date for the SCM tool wasn't announced. SCM is to support Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, but that version likely will be the last one.
Windows 10 Version 1703 Security Baselines Beta On Thursday, that it has released a beta test version of recommended security baselines for the Windows 10 'creators update,' or version 1703, which was as a 'current branch.' The new security baselines have important differences compared with the security baselines associated with the earlier Windows 10 version 1607 'anniversary update' release. The announcement provides a bulleted list of those differences. However, one notable change will be the disabling of Server Message Block 1 (SMB 1), which is the old and deprecated Windows protocol that was exploited via last month's. Microsoft has previously indicated that it with the release of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 'RS3,' or 'Redstone 3,' which is the code name for the Windows 10 'fall creators update,' which is expected to arrive in September. For Microsoft's retrospective analysis of that SMB 1 exploit, as enabled through 'The Shadow Brokers' release, see. It explained that Windows 7 systems were the targets of the group that had unleashed the WannaCry malware.
While Microsoft recommends disabling SMB 1, doing so using Group Policy is tricky. This week, Microsoft explained that IT pros need to be very careful when modifying the security baseline with Group Policy to disable SMB 1. The caveats and steps to take are briefly outlined in. Another notable change in the beta release of security baselines for the Windows 10 creators update is the removal of the 'untrusted font block' setting.'
The untrusted font block setting was conceived as a security protection, but it's getting removed because it 'breaks several legitimate scenarios unnecessarily,' Microsoft explained, in. Microsoft now processes graphics device interface fonts in a 'sandbox' with Windows 10 to limit such potential exploits. Upcoming Q&As If Windows 10 security is getting too confusing, there will be an Windows 10 security 'ask Microsoft anything' Q&A session happening on June 21, from 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
The announcement for the upcoming Web event can be found in. There also will be a Microsoft online session about Windows 10 deployment practices. It will be coming up on June 20 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (1:00 p.m. Eastern Time). It'll have a live Q&A segment. The announcement can be found.
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