Windows 10 deployment with SCCM 2012/vNext

Windows 10 deployment with SCCM looks like fun but!

First of all the image capture and deploy scenarios work fine as you have learned with Win7/Win8.

There is also a "supportability thing" to keep in mind:


Windows 10 Build Support 

(Threshold 1 - Build 10240 GA in July 2015)
(Threshold 2 - Build 10586 GA in November 2015):

• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 CU1

• System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 CU1

• System Center Configuration Manager (Min. TP3)

 

(Redstone - (Build 1xxxx TBD) GA in Summer 2016):

• System Center Configuration Manager (RTM GA expected end 2015)

This version adds new servicing capabilities needed for Redstone and beyond. To get FULL feature support for Windows 10 you should migrate to the latest ConfigMgr available.

Also ConfigMgr will introduce similar versioning as Windows Client as well.

To get more reference checkout here:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2015/10/27/system-center-configmgr-support-for-win-10-and-intune.aspx

SystemCenter Config Manager 2016 Technical Preview 4 publicly available

SystemCenter Configuration Manager 2016 Technical Preview 4 is now publicly available! Same as with Windows Server 2016 TP4 no production support available! This is for testing only.

This is the last technical preview before the general availability (GA) of the current branch of System Center Configuration Manager. This release is a great opportunity for you to get your hands on the next version and try it out before it is officially available!
New features in this technical preview include:

• Mobile Device management (MDM): enhanced feature parity with Intune standalone – With this technical preview, many of the MDM features that are supported via Intune standalone (cloud only) are also enabled for Configuration Manager integrated with Intune (hybrid). MS will publish additional information later this year about the specific capabilities which will be supported with a hybrid deployment. 
• Integration with Windows Update for Business – With Technical Preview 4, you have the ability to view the list of devices that are controlled by Windows Update for Business.  
• Certificate provisioning for Windows 10 devices managed via on-premises mobile device management

While this build is very similar to the final System Center Configuration Manager build, it also includes several features for early preview. You will notice that this technical preview is a full setup and not an upgrade from previous releases. Moving forward, this release will be used as a baseline to deliver technical preview updates, similar to how we have delivered updates to Technical Preview 3 in September and October.


If you may wonder there is an internal difference between SystemCenter and SystemCenter Configuration Manager. When you are in WSSC TAP (MS Beta Program) you operate on Windows Client&Server and the rest of the SystemCenter products exept on SystemCenter Configuration Manager where a dedicated TAP program is available. Some things are more equal than others ;-)

Also keep in mind there is a ton of new functionality around the new endpoint protection. With Windows 10, System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview will manage Windows Defender on Windows 10 computers without installing a separate Endpoint Protection agent. This means that all malware management and reporting will now come from Defender. The Endpoint Protection agent is still required for Windows 8.1 and earlier Windows operating systems. But there are much more new features like cloud scan. Stay tuned to find out more here.

Reference:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2015/11/19/now-available-system-center-configuration-manager-technical-preview-4.aspx


Download SCCM TP4 here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-configuration-manager-and-endpoint-protection-technical-preview

Tons of good free official MS Ebooks can be found here: https://mva.microsoft.com/ebooks#9780735695832