ConfigMgr 2012 / SCCM 2012 SP1 Step by Step Guide Part 1: Prerequisites

ConfigMgr 2012 / SCCM 2012 SP1 Step by Step Guide Part 1: Prerequisites

Part 1 describes the prerequisites that must be carried out before the successful installation and implementation of Config Mgr 2012 SP1

1. System Management Container
Log on to Domain Controller
Open adsiedit.msc
Connect to Default Naming Context using Default Options

Right Click on System and select New Object

Choose Container

Name the Container System Management (no other name can be used)

Select Finish and see newly created Container

Open Active Directory Users and Computers (dsa.msc). Select View/Advanced Features.

Right click on the new container and select Delegate Control

Complete the wizard granting the Config Mgr Server computer account full control over the System Management container

2. Schema Update
This step can be carried out on local PC (does not have to be on Domain Controller). However you must be logged in using an account with Schema Admin rights 

Browse to Config Mgr 2012 media and execute extadsch.exe

See resulting log file (ExtADSch.log)

3. Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8
Download from here (adksetup.exe)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/download/details.aspx?id=30652

Edit: Note that ADK 8.1 is now required for SCCM 2012 R2. 
You can download it here


Install and choose the following options
Deployment Tools
Windows PE
USMT

 

4. Add Server Roles and Features - the following are required

Server roles:

IIS
WSUS (can add but do not configure - only required if you are configuring Software Updates, recommend doing this after SQL installation)
WDS (can add but do not configure - recommended not to manually add WDS, it is automatically added when you enable PXE)

Features:

BITS
Remote Differential Compression

.Net Framework 3.5 (also a SQL prerequisite)

IIS Role Services:

Common HTTP Features
Static Content
Default Document
Directory Browsing
HTTP Errors
HTTP Redirection 

Application Development
ASP.NET 4.5
.NET Extensibility
ASP 4.5
ISAPI Extensions
ISAPI Filters

Health and Diagnostics
HTTP logging
Logging tools
Request Monitor
Tracing

Security

Basic Authentication
Windows Authentication
URL Authorization
Request Filtering
IP and Domain Restrictions

Performance
Static Content Compression
Dynamic Content Compression

All Management Tools
IIS Management Console
IIS Management Scripts and Tools

Management Service
IIS 6 Management Compatibilty
IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
IIS 6 Scripting Tools
IIS 6 Management Console