Service Manual

Introduction
System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a system management software by Microsoft to manage large groups of
Windows-based computers. Dell Wyse supports SCCM 2012 R2, SCCM 2016, and SCCM 2019 to manage thin clients that run
the following operating systems:
● Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
● Windows Embedded 8 Standard
● Windows Embedded Standard 7 Enterprise
● Windows Embedded Standard 7P
Topics:
• About this guide
• SCCM system requirements
• SCCM features
• SCCM prerequisites
About this guide
This guide is intended for administrators and system engineers who work on SCCM.
This guide contains the following information:
● Features that are supported on the Dell Wyse Enhanced Windows Embedded builds
● Managing software on Dell Wyse thin clients
● Imaging and deploying operating systems on Dell Wyse thin clients
For more information about SCCM and Windows Embedded operating system, see System Center Developer Documentation
Library at https://msdn.microsoft.com.
SCCM system requirements
Additional storage space for the installation of Microsoft quick fix engineering (QFEs) on the thin client is the minimum system
requirement.
SCCM features
The main features of SCCM are the following:
● Asset discovery
● Asset inventory
● Image capture
● Image deployment
● Software package advertisement with write filter management
SCCM prerequisites
Before working on SCCM, you must configure the following:
● Active Directory (AD)—You must create an AD to add a set of thin clients.
● Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)—You need to configure DHCP that hosts the IP that you have created.
● Domain Name System (DNS)—DNS helps in creating a unique IP which is the domain IP.
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