Prepare your Active Directory before installing ConfigMgr (SCCM)
by Ginu
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In the article, we will be preparing our Active Directory for installing System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
Article Covers
- Create Security Groups & Organizational Units.
- Create System Management Container
- Extending Active Directory Schema.
Create Security Groups & Organizational Unit
- Create two security groups in Active Directory
- SCCM-Admins: Add all SCCM Admin users.
- SCCM-Servers: Add all SCCM Servers
- Create an organizational unit and move all SCCM Servers under it.
Create System Management Container
- Login to your domain controller.
- Open ADSI Edit and right click Connect to…
- Click OK on Default Connection Settings.
- Navigate to CN=System and right click New -> Object
- Select the class “Container”
- Enter the value “System Management” and click Next -> Finish.
- ConfigMgr Primary Site must have Full Control permission to the System Management Container. Open Active Directory Computers and Users -> Click on View at the top -> Select Advance Features.
- Expand System -> Right Click System Management -> Click Delegate Control. Add security group “SCCM-Servers” and click OK.
- Select the option “Create a custom task to delegate” on the next dialog and Click on Next
- On the next window, select the option “This folder, existing objects in this folder and creation of new objects in this folder” and click Next.
- On Permissions Wizard, give Full Control to “General, Property-specific and Creation/deletion of specific child objects” and click Next -> Click on Finish to complete the permissions on System Management Container.
Extending Active Directory Schema
- Open Command Prompt as administrator and execute exe from SMSSETUP\BIN\x64 path of SCCM Suite.
Make sure your account is a member of Schema Admin group.
- Active directory schema will be extended.
- AD Schema extension can also be verified in Extadsch.log located on Root System drive.
Extadsch.log
Modifying Active Directory Schema – with SMS extensions.
DS Root:CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=ginu,DC=com
Defined attribute cn=MS-SMS-Site-Code.
Defined attribute cn=mS-SMS-Assignment-Site-Code.
Defined attribute cn=MS-SMS-Site-Boundaries.
Defined attribute cn=MS-SMS-Roaming-Boundaries.
Defined attribute cn=MS-SMS-Default-MP.
Defined attribute cn=mS-SMS-Device-Management-Point.
Defined attribute cn=MS-SMS-MP-Name.
Defined attribute cn=MS-SMS-MP-Address.
Defined attribute cn=mS-SMS-Health-State.
Defined attribute cn=mS-SMS-Source-Forest.
Defined attribute cn=MS-SMS-Ranged-IP-Low.
Defined attribute cn=MS-SMS-Ranged-IP-High.
Defined attribute cn=mS-SMS-Version.
Defined attribute cn=mS-SMS-Capabilities.
Defined class cn=MS-SMS-Management-Point.
Defined class cn=MS-SMS-Server-Locator-Point.
Defined class cn=MS-SMS-Site.
Defined class cn=MS-SMS-Roaming-Boundary-Range.
Successfully extended the Active Directory schema.
That’s all from Active Directory perspective and you are done with one of the prerequisites for SCCM.