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Uninstall Remove SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager

Uninstall Remove SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager

Written By Anoop C Nair
Last Updated August 7, 2024
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Let’s learn how to uninstall and remove SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager. So why do you want to uninstall/remove your primary site?

What if the SCCM CB primary is in your lab environment, and you want to eliminate it? That’s fine; go ahead and remove it. But you can delete the entire virtual machine and create a new one. That is a cleaner way of setting up a new lab environment.

You can have a quick look at my old video, which shows the process of decommissioning the SCCM | ConfigMgr hierarchy. The approach that you will need to take to remove SCCM infra is a bottom-up approach.

This post will give you all the details on uninstalling and removing the SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager.

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How to Uninstall Remove SCCM ConfigMgr CB Current Branch Primary Site

So why do you want to uninstall/remove your primary site? So, is the SCCM CB primary in your LAB environment, and do you want to eliminate it? Ok, then, that is fine; go ahead and remove it. But you can delete the entire virtual machine and create a new one.

Uninstall Remove SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager – Video 1

Introduction – Uninstall Remove SCCM Primary Site

In this video tutorial, I will show you how to remove or uninstall the SCCM/ConfigMgr Current Branch Primary site. This is a standalone SCCM CB primary site, and I don’t have much data on it. So, again, the log file related to SCCM CB primary site server uninstallation is also ConfigMgrsetup.log.

  • So, what is the list of Tasks that the SCCM CB primary site uninstallation program will go through:-
Uninstall Remove SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager - Fig.1
Uninstall Remove SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager – Fig.1
  1. Evaluating setup environment
  2. Cleaning up replication
  3. Uninstalling the DP role
  4. Uninstalling Cloud role
  5. Uninstalling clients
  6. Removing inbox definitions
  7. Uninstalling services ( It took the Longest time ;))
  8. Uninstalling SQL Server Database done
  9. Cleaning Active Directory
  10. Removing files
  11. Uninstalling SMS Provider
  12. Cleaning Registry
  13. Deleting program group

Learn How to Uninstall Remove SCCM ConfigMgr CB Primary Site

Uninstall Remove SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager. P.S…As part of the SCCM CB primary server uninstallation process, I saw the “SMS_Server_BootStrap_CMCBTP” service kicked off.

Uninstall Remove SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager - Fig.2
Uninstall Remove SCCM Primary Site | ConfigMgr CB | Configuration Manager – Fig.2

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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.

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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer. Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.

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