Building a CM Lab – ConfigMgr Collections/App Deployments [10]

Post 10, because you’d like to make App Deployments and you need collections to test that.

So now we have a functional ConfigMgr Server, lets set up some Collections and Create a few Apps [MS Docs Collection Overview]

There is a great community script available that I used to create a bunch of handy collections.  While I ended up deleting a ton that will not pertain to my lab, it still saved me a ton of time.

I also then made a collection for OSD Baremetal and included the “Unknown Computer” Collections to make OSD easier. [MS Docs Creating Collections]

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Now over to User Collections

Now lets make an easy app and deploy it so we can test it out. [MS Docs Create Application] [MS Docs Deploy]

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Next up, lets do a simple OSD Test, make sure all the parts are working before we import a fancy TS.

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Blog Post List

Series Introduction – Building a CM Lab from Scratch

1. Domain Controller – Setting up your Domain Controller
2. Gateway Virtual Machine – Creating a Router for your Lab using Windows Server
3. Certificate Authority – On Domain Controller [Optional]
4. ConfigMgr Server Pre-Reqs (Windows Features)
5. Configuration Settings (AD & GPOs)
6. Source Server (File Share)
7. ConfigMgr SQL Install
8. ConfigMgr Install
9. ConfigMgr Basic Settings
10. ConfigMgr Collections & App Deployment
11. ConfigMgr OSD
12. ConfigMgr Reporting Services

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