Create SCCM Client Policies

Overview of client deployment methods

Push client to all the devices

Check logs and location of client deployment

A thing that’s installed along with client

Create SCCM Client Policies

We need to install SCCM clients on target devices too, and before installation, we also need to define SCCM client policies, which cover client-server talking, hardware inventory, software inventory, software update scan, power management, remote tool, compliance setting, computer restart, software deployment, software metering, etc.

Software metering: SCCM provides a good feature called Software Metering that monitors application usage. Software metering is used to monitor Windows PC desktop apps with a filename ending in.exe

Overview of client deployment methods

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Push client to all the devices

2 ways of installing SCCM client:

• one is to install manually on client machine
• the other is to push from SCCM server:

Check logs and location of client deployment

ccmsetup.log – under ccmsetup, to view the status of SCCM client installation

ClientIDManagerStartup.log – under CCM, creates and maintains the client GUID

LocationServices.log – under CCM, finds management points and distribution points

If installation is successful, service ccmexec will be running and there'll be a "Configuration Manager" in control panel:

A thing that’s installed along with client

Software Center