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SCCM Configmgr 2012 SP1 is out now and available only for MSDN and TechNet subscribers for now.For General Availability,we may have to wait for couple of days or so.

Johan updated the Hydration Kit to automate the installation of SCCM 2012 SP1 with One Domain Controller and Configmr 2012 SP1 Member server with all the required prerequisites.

It took 3 hours of time to complete the setup on Johan Laptop.Installation time may vary on the resources what you have on your computer.

For more information about Hydration Kit and download details http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/82/The-Hydration-Kit-for-ConfigMgr-2012-SP1-with-Windows-Server-2012-SQL-Server-2012-is-available-for-download.aspx

Here is a download for deploying a complete ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 (which was release recently http://eskonr.com/2012/01/configmgr-2012-rc2-released/)  infrastructure in either Hyper-V or VMware: One Domain Controller and one ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 member server – Including pre-requisites like .Net Framework, SQL 2008 R2 SP1 CU4 and IIS – all fully automated.
Once configured, the total build time for the full ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 lab environment is about 1.5 hours (on my laptop).
Download the Hydration Kit for ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 (137 kb).

Full post, Please Read Via http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Blog/tabid/62/EntryId/49/The-Hydration-Kit-for-ConfigMgr-2012-RC2-is-available-for-download.aspx

Additional Resources

• Getting Started with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
• Introduction to Software Updates in Configuration Manager
• Configuring Software Updates in Configuration Manager
• What’s New in Configuration Manager