Evaluate SCCM capability
Assess how Configuration Manager could support NELFT's administration, monitoring, provisioning and service management needs.
Case study • NHS IT infrastructure
Streamlined IT management for North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Altiatech supported North East London NHS Foundation Trust with a System Centre Configuration Manager proof of concept, helping the Trust assess a more controlled model for device management, software deployment, operating system deployment and IT estate visibility.
NHS
IT infrastructure
SCCM PoC
Device management
Overview
Helping a large NHS foundation trust improve the way IT infrastructure could be managed at scale.
North East London NHS Foundation Trust provides mental and community health services across a large and distributed estate. The Trust needed a structured proof of concept to assess whether System Centre Configuration Manager could improve administration, deployment, monitoring and service management.
Programme priorities
From infrastructure evaluation to practical deployment readiness.
The engagement focused on creating a functional proof of concept that could demonstrate centralised management, application deployment, driver integration, image deployment and stronger visibility across the Trust's IT environment.
Improve deployment control
Test the ability to deploy applications, drivers and operating system images in a more consistent and repeatable way.
Support a distributed estate
Provide a proof of concept suited to a healthcare organisation operating across more than 150 sites.
Strengthen operational visibility
Improve inventory, reporting, compliance awareness and the Trust's understanding of its IT estate.
The challenge
Creating a reliable proof of concept for centralised IT management in a complex NHS environment.
NELFT needed to understand how a robust management platform could help automate IT administration, support deployment activity, improve visibility and reduce the burden of manual infrastructure management across its estate.
Scale
Supporting a large healthcare estate
The Trust operates across more than 150 sites, increasing the need for consistent configuration, visibility and deployment control.
Management
Centralising device administration
NELFT needed to evaluate centralised management across desktops, laptops and mobile devices.
Deployment
Making software rollout more consistent
The project needed to test application packaging and deployment strategies for silent installation.
Operating systems
Improving OS deployment
NELFT required image deployment capabilities, task sequences, PXE boot and a standard Windows image for future rollout.
Visibility
Improving inventory and reporting
The Trust needed better insight into its IT estate to support reporting, compliance and operational decision-making.
Efficiency
Reducing administrative overhead
The proof of concept needed to show how automation could reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
Altiatech's role
Building, configuring and proving the SCCM environment needed to test the Trust's requirements.
Altiatech delivered a structured proof of concept covering SCCM and SQL installation, application packaging, driver pack creation, image deployment configuration, task sequencing, scheduled updates and distribution point setup.
Delivery focus
Build • Package • ConfigureA practical proof of concept built around operational IT management.
The engagement gave NELFT a functional SCCM environment that could be tested against real infrastructure management requirements, helping the Trust evaluate centralised management, deployment automation and reporting capability.
Foundation
SCCM and SQL build
Installed and configured SCCM and SQL server, including core roles and features required for the proof of concept.
Applications
Application packaging
Created 10 application packages for silent installation and developed deployment strategies for those applications.
Hardware
Device driver integration
Created five device driver packs for specific hardware models and integrated them into SCCM.
Deployment
Image and task sequence setup
Configured image deployment, task sequences, scheduled updates, distribution points and PXE boot capability.
The approach
A phased implementation focused on build, packaging, deployment and operational readiness.
Altiatech's approach gave NELFT a structured route from platform build through to application deployment, driver integration, task sequencing and Windows image development.
Build SCCM and SQL
Install and configure the core SCCM and SQL environment needed for the proof of concept.
Set up SCCM roles
Configure the core SCCM roles and features needed to test management and deployment capabilities.
Package applications
Create 10 application packages and deployment strategies for silent installation.
Integrate device drivers
Create and integrate five device driver packs for specific hardware models.
Configure deployment
Set up image deployment, task sequences, scheduled updates, distribution points and PXE boot.
Create Windows image
Develop a standardised Windows image with the required drivers and applications integrated.
Outcomes
A functional management environment and clearer control over deployment, reporting and IT operations.
The proof of concept helped NELFT validate how SCCM could support centralised device management, automated software deployment, operating system deployment, inventory reporting, compliance and reduced administrative overhead.
Centralised device management
NELFT gained a clearer route to managing desktops, laptops and mobile devices from a central platform.
Automated software deployment
The proof of concept demonstrated how packaged applications and deployment strategies could support more consistent rollout.
Streamlined OS deployment
Task sequences, PXE boot and a standard Windows image supported a more repeatable deployment process.
Better inventory and reporting
The Trust gained improved visibility into its IT estate through enhanced inventory management and reporting capability.
Improved compliance awareness
The work supported better compliance and security management through clearer systems control.
Reduced administrative overhead
Automation and centralised management created a path to reducing manual IT administration effort.
Project impact
A proof of concept that helped NELFT move towards more consistent and visible IT management.
With 10 packaged applications, five device driver packs, a standardised Windows image and a functional SCCM environment, the Trust was better equipped to improve deployment consistency, estate visibility and operational control.
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