System Center Configuration Manager 1706 requirements

As mentioned earlier, before we attempt to install the ConfigMgr server, certain requirements need to be fulfilled.

The prerequisites for server systems are as follows:

• ConfigMgr cannot and must not be installed on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2
• ConfigMgr cannot be installed on Windows Server Core
• ConfigMgr cannot be installed on Windows Server 2012 Foundation or Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation
• Server ConfigMgr 1706 can cooperate with MS SQL Server 2014 or higher
• Server ConfigMgr 1706 cannot be installed on Windows failover cluster
• Only the ConfigMgr database can be installed with high availability using SQL cluster or Always On availability

Prerequisites for a server handling the ConfigMgr server role are as follows:

• Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit in version 1703 
• IIS server role
• MS SQL

Before the installation, we need to make choices for the following settings:

• Site code: Three character strings identifying our installed server
• Site name: Name of the location identifying our installed server

Before starting the installation, we need to prepare AD user accounts and groups that will be used for installation:

• Prepare an administrative Active Directory installation account or accounts for MS SQL Server. All of the accounts should have administrative permissions on a machine where MS SQL will be installed.
• Prepare an administrative Active Directory installation account for ConfigMgr with administrative permissions on a machine where the ConfigMgr server will be installed.

Apart from the preceding permissions, the mentioned accounts are regular Active Directory domain user accounts.