Microsoft announced release of System Center Configuration Manager 1602 on 11th March 2016 and made it public on 24th March 2016. Company called it as first update to the SCCM Current Branch(CB) which is under new concept called SCCM as a Service.
Lets have a quick look at the new features of SCCM 1602 :
Now, let me brief each of these new feature under each category.
1) Site Infrastructure
a) In-place upgrade the operating system of site servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2:
This is cool feature. If you have SCCM 1602 or later version, you can upgrade the Site Server Operating System Version. If your site server is running with Windows Server 2008 R2, then you can easily upgrade the OS to Windows 2012 R2.
However you have uninstall WSUS 3.2 before you upgrade the OS to Windows Server 2012 R2 from SCCM 1602 console.
Please follow these official links from Microsoft before you proceed:
Windows Server Update Services Overview : https://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh852345.aspx
Upgrade Options for Windows Server 2012 R2 : https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn303416.aspx
b) SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups :
We can use SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups to host the site database at primary sites and the central administration site as a high-availability and disaster-recovery solution. The availability group can be hosted on-premises or in Microsoft Azure.
2) Operating system deployment
There are new added features in Windows 10 servicing
Lets have a quick look at the new features of SCCM 1602 :
Now, let me brief each of these new feature under each category.
1) Site Infrastructure
a) In-place upgrade the operating system of site servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2:
This is cool feature. If you have SCCM 1602 or later version, you can upgrade the Site Server Operating System Version. If your site server is running with Windows Server 2008 R2, then you can easily upgrade the OS to Windows 2012 R2.
However you have uninstall WSUS 3.2 before you upgrade the OS to Windows Server 2012 R2 from SCCM 1602 console.
Please follow these official links from Microsoft before you proceed:
Windows Server Update Services Overview : https://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh852345.aspx
Upgrade Options for Windows Server 2012 R2 : https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn303416.aspx
b) SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups :
We can use SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups to host the site database at primary sites and the central administration site as a high-availability and disaster-recovery solution. The availability group can be hosted on-premises or in Microsoft Azure.
2) Operating system deployment
There are new added features in Windows 10 servicing
