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1. Windows Deployment Service (WDS) vs Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 (MDT) Choose The Right Tool Rhonda Layfield
Sr. Deployment Architect
Deployment Done Right
2. Rhonda Layfield I live in Washington DC in the States
Been in the IT industry for 30 years
US Navy for 7 years
Setup and Deployment MVP
Desktop Deployment Product Specialist (DDPS)
I am self employed
I provide training and consulting services
3. The Free Giveaway Almost 16 hours
WAIK
MDT
WDS
SCCM
2 sets to giveaway
Valued at $400.00 each
4. The Goal For This Session To help you decide which tool is right for you
All tools deploy both Server and Desktop Operating Systems (OSs)
All tools are either FREE or In-The-Box
6. Windows Image Formats There are two
Windows Image
.Wim
Virtual hard disk
.Vhd
7. .Wim Compared to .Vhd .Wim
Contain a single volume (c: d: e:)
Multiple images may be stored in a single .wim file
Single instancing
No redundant file storage
Service image offline
.Vhd
Contain an entire hard drive (multiple volumes)
Service image offline
8. Three Types of Images:Thick, Thin, Hybrid Thick images contain an OS and all applications
More difficult to make changes to later
Thin images usually contain only the OS
Applications are deployed after the OS
Group Policy deployment
MDT 2010 U1
Manually
Hybrid images contain OS and corporate approved applications
Like line of business (LOB) applications created in-house
9. Microsoft DEPLOYMENT TOOLKIT 2012 (MDT 2012)
10. Setting Up MDT 2012:as easy as 1-2-3
11. Create a Deployment ShareOpen Deployment Share
13. Add Components Applications
Office 2010
Adobe Reader
Drivers
3rd party
Packages
OS patches
Language packs
14. Over Time You Will Have Multiple Images To Deploy: Multiple OSs
Windows 7 SP1 base DVD
Windows 7 custom Hybrid .wim image
Windows Server 2008 R2
Drivers for different models of machines
Applications for different groups of users
So you will need a way to group components together for a specific deployment
This is called a Task Sequence
15. Update The Deployment Share Updating the deployment share creates a custom MDT Windows Pre Installation Environment (WinPE)
This WinPE is very intelligent
Pre-configured to know who the MDT server is and the name of the Deployment Share
16. Add an OS, Application, DriversCreate a Task SequenceUpdate the Deployment Share
17. MDT Network Deployment
18. Quick Note on Using USB Hard Drives Different BIOS number the USB hard drives differently
When numbered 0 they can show up as fixed drives and you dont want that
ConfigMgr OSD does not support booting from USB hard drives
19. Boot Client With WinPEWalk Through The Deployment Wizard
20. OR
21. Automate the Clients Experience When you run the Deployment Wizard
Choose which screens are displayed during the deployment
Suppress the ones you dont want anyone to see or change like:
Product Key
Administrators password
Customize the words displayed on the pages
22. Linked Deployment Shares (LDS)
23. Branch Offices
24. Linked Deployment Shares (LDS) LDS allows you to copy a subset (or all if you choose) of components to another machine
Even Windows 7 can host a LDS
But, if you host the LDS on a server you can integrate WDS with it
To create a LDS
Begin on the target computer
25. MDT Database Feature
26. MDT Database Feature
27. MDT Database Automate what gets installed on a computer
Original image and re-imaging
How it works:
When a client begins the Deployment Wizard a script runs: ZTIGather.wsf
Gathers all kinds of information from the client like:
Universally Unique ID (UUID)
Serial number
Asset tag
MACAddress
Queries the MDT database for a match
Applies the configured settings
28. New To MDT 2012
29. MDT 2012 & ConfigManager Aligned more closely with Config Manager 2012
Shipping times:
RTM after Config Manager 2012 ships
Beta 2 around October
Still need to integrate MDT 2012 into Config Manager 2012
New Terminology
Advertise = Deploy
Packages can either be optional or mandatory
Optional = available
Mandatory = required
30. New Features New Deployment Wizard
Deploy .vhd images
Supports deploying ThinPC and POSReady
ThinPC basic Win7
Citrix or Terminal Services client
POSReady
Point of Sales cash registers
Cross platform deployment
32 bit WinPE can deploy 32 or 64 bit OSs
31. More New Features Diagnosis and Recovery Toolset (DART)
Allows remote control of target machines
Even in the WinPE phase
Deployment Workbench gets a new tab
Monitor deployment clients
Properties of the deployment share are more streamlined
New UDI wizard designer
Image factory create .wim or .vhd
Vhd can be deployed via Virtual Machine Manager as templates to create new virtual machines
32. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Full support of UEFI
Intels replacement for PC BIOS
Offers support for GUID partition tables (GPT)
MBR partition tables restricted disk partition sizes to a maximum of 2.19 TB
MBR supports only 4 partitions
4 primary
3 primary and 1 extended (break it up into logicals)
GPT allows a maximum disk and partition size of 9.4 ZB
1 zettabyte = 1 billion terabytes
Supports upto 128 volumes
33. 512 Byte 4K Misalignment Legacy drives support 512-byte physical sectors
OSs use 4K logical block sizes
virtual memory pages & file systems like NTFS
34. Sector Overhead Data
ID Information
identify each sector by number and location
a single bit is used to indicate if the sector has been marked defective
Synchronization Fields
Where do I go to find the next piece of a file
Error Correcting Code (ECC)
ensure data integrity
Gaps or spacers
separate sector areas and gives the controller time to process what has been read before moving on to process more data
35. Whats The Problem? The Fix The result is performance is degraded
10% 30%
The fix is for hardware and OSs to both read at a 4K sector size
4K sector sizes are not supported for XP
But they are in WinPE 3.0
36. Windows Deployment Service (WDS)
37. Windows Deployment Service WDS replaces Remote Installation Services (RIS)
Provides both boot and installation images from the WDS server
Supports .WIM and .VHD technology
38. WDS Requirements
39. Install WDS Install WDS on a 2008 (& R2) server
Server Manager
Add Roles
Select Windows Deployment Services from the list of roles
40. Configuring WDS
41. Store Your Images
42. WDS Server also a DHCP Server?
43. WDS Server Responds To
44. Known Clients - Prestaged in Active Directory
45. Prestaging and The GUID
46. Use a Specific WDS Server
47. Adding a Boot Image A boot image is a Windows Pre Installation Environment (WinPE)
The most current will always be best
Windows 7 SP1 Boot.wim can deploy
Vista SP1 Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1
Windows Server 2003 R2, 2008 and 2008 R2
Use an older WinPE will produce undesired results
48. Adding an OS Image Both .wim and .vhd are supported
Adding a .wim
Rightclick Install Images
Add Install Image
Image Groups
Adding a .vhd
Elevated command prompt
WDSUTIL /Add-Image /ImageFile:\\Server\Share \Win7.vhd /Server:WDSServer /ImageType:Install /ImageGroup:Windows7 /Filename:"Windows7.vhd"
49. Add Drivers & Applications 3rd party drivers only
No Applications can be deployed from WDS
Only a Thick image containing your applications
50. From The Client Perform a Network Boot
Sometimes called a Pre Execution Boot Process
OR
PXE Boot
51. WDS Deployments
52. Multicast Transmissions WDSServer sends packet 1 to client1
WDSServer sends packet 1 to client2
WDSServer sends packet 1 to client3
53. Windows Deployment Services Multicast Enhancements Multiple streams of traffic
Optimized rates based onclient connection
Client Auto Removal
Slower clients can be dropped to unicast or entirely (only in standard multicast)
Boot Image Multicast
Windows PE boot images can use multicast (clients with EFI)
54. Multicast
55. Multicast
56. Multicast
57. Multicast
58. Multicast
59. The Best of Both Worlds Integrating MDT & WDS Together
60. MDT & WDS Together
62. What We Covered Deployment The Basics
Image formats
Types of images (thick, thin, hybrid)
Deployment Tools
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT)
Windows Deployment Service (WDS)
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