Increase the level of Service Pack to the supported level IMPACT

Migrate the required objects

Check the functionality of the
migrated objects
Migrate clients in pilot
Perform bulk migration of clients
Decommission the old SCCM
Install SCCM 2012 (ensure the
required HW resources)
Use the latest recommended OS
and SQL level (2012)
Perform the smoke and
performance test on the new
environment

Discover existing environment
Level up SCCM 2007 SP2
Select objects to be migrated
Design the new hierarchy
Consideration SCCM 2007 SCCM 2012
Security boundaries - delegation New site Role Based Access Control
Site-wide settings New site Client settings
PXE with DP Secondary site Distribution point
Manage computers in other AD forests New site Client Push installation
In most cases only one SCCM 2012 site server is enough IMPACT
BUT add the new SCCM 2012 server object with FULL admin right to the System Management OU
in ALL concerning Active Directory domains
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Configuration Manager 2007/Configuration Manager
2007 Client/Configure Configuration Manager 2007 Client Deployment Settings

Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Configuration Manager 2007/Configuration Manager
2007 Client/Configure Configuration Manager 2007 Site Assignment
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Update/Specify intranet
Microsoft update service location
Set the intranet update service for detecting updates: <FQDN of new WSUS server>
Set the intranet statistics server: <FQDN of new WSUS server>
Configure Configuration
Manager 2007 Site Assignment
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SMS\MobileClient\GPRequestedSiteAssignmentCode
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SMS\MobileClient\GPSiteAssignmentRetryInterval(Min)
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SMS\MobileClient\GPSiteAssignmentRetryDuration(Hour)
*...only when you have managed the SCCM agent assignments with group policy
If you do not delete the keys referenced above, the newly installed
SCCM 2012 clients will not be able to locate the new SCCM 2012
Management Point
IMPACT
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
$file = Get-Content $PSScriptRoot\machines.txt
foreach ($computername in $file)
{
$PingStatus = Gwmi Win32_PingStatus -Filter "Address = '$computername'" | Select-Object StatusCode
If ($PingStatus.StatusCode -eq 0)
{
$reg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine', $computername )
$regKey= $reg.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SMS\\Mobile Client",$true)
$regKey.DeleteValue("GPRequestedSiteAssignmentCode")
$regKey.DeleteValue("GPSiteAssignmentRetryInterval(Min)")
$regKey.DeleteValue("GPSiteAssignmentRetryDuration(Hour)")
Write-Host "Registry keys has been deleted from $computername"
}
else
{
Write-Host "$computername unreachable"
}
}
In a fancy newsletter with
the expected changes in their life
Software Center
Software Catalog
*requires Silverlight
Tier 2
Tier 1
Top level PS1
PS2-1
BS2-1 BS2-2
PS2-2
PS3-1
PS1
SCCM 2007 SCCM 2012
Migration jobs
Boundaries
Asset Intelligence
customizations
Operating System
Deployment:
Boot images
Driver packages
Drivers
Images
Packages
Task sequences
Desired Configuration
Management:
Configuration baselines
Configuration items
SITE
Collection
Linked
Collection 1
Linked
Collection 2
SITE (Folder)
Collection
(Folder)
Linked
Collection 1
Linked
Collection 2
EMPTY!
C1
LC1
LC2
C1 (Folder)
C1
LC1
LC2
C1 includes members of LC1 and LC2
Use Powershell instead of MDT in the future IMPACT
Symptom
Inject drivers to the operating system image Workaround
Use /Get-WimInfo /Mount-Wim /Unmount-Wim /WimFile switches
in case of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Note
Silverlight is installed by default BUT can be skipped
Ccmsetup.exe /mp:<FQDN of management point /skipprereq:silverlight.exe
Installation
parameters
The following properties will be migrated on clients:
Installed from package
Pre-requisites
Push install
Clean up the migration data on SCCM 2012 servers

Delete SCCM 2007 secondary sites first

Disconnect the SCCM 2007 parent sites from each
other started by the bottom of the hierarchy

Delete all objects from System\System Management
container in the Active Directory started by
Redesign the hierarchy, remove unnecessary sites and site components
Avoid to migrate the unused\not needed objects and packages
Use the new features instead of existing solutions (servicing, applications)
Remove the obstacles from agent installation
Communicate the changes in user experience to end-users
Perform the migration is small batches
Clean up the Active Directory and all related objects after decommission of SCCM 2007