Deploying Windows 7 with ConfigMgr 2012

2. SESSION CODE: CLI309 Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Deploying Windows 7 with ConfigMgr 2012 (c) 2011 Microsoft. All rights reserved.

3. Quick overview of ConfigMgr 2012 enhancements The “world” is changing all around me… Migrating from ConfigMgr 2007 to ConfigMgr 2012 How do I get to this new “world”? New and enhanced OS deployment capabilities Back to familiar and safe surroundings Deploying Windows 7 Putting it all to work Deploying Windows 7 with ConfigMgr 2012Agenda

4. ConfigMgr 2012Quick overview

5. As with previous versions of ConfigMgr, OS deployment depends on a properly designed and functioning infrastructure ConfigMgr 2012Quick overview

6. ConfigMgr 2012Configuring for OS deployment • Install site roles • Server locator point • Fallback status point • State migration point • Configure network access account • Administration \ Site Operations \ Sites,then Component Configuration \ Software Distribution \ Network Access Account • Enable PXE and multicast if needed • Properties on the distribution point • Server OSesonly

7. Quick Overview Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft demo

8. ConfigMgr 2012What’s new in OS Deployment? • Boot image improvements • Hierarchy-wide boot media • Unattended OS installation • Prestart command hooks • Task sequence improvements • Preconfigure User Device Affinity • Support for new application model • Enhancements to user state migration • Offline servicing for OS images

9. ConfigMgr 2012What’s new in OS Deployment? • Driver import improvements • Options for how to handle duplicates • More PXE distribution point scalability • Potentially every DP can provide PXE services • 64-bit task sequence engine • Everything is now 64-bit on 64-bit OSes, including the task sequence engine • This can impact existing task sequences (e.g. references to SYSNATIVE) so test appropriately

10. ConfigMgr 2012Integration of ConfigMgr R3 features • Prestaged media • Originally a ConfigMgr 2012 feature, released earlier with ConfigMgr 2007 R3 • Enhanced in ConfigMgr 2012, with support for the new features: • Application model • Boot image improvements

11. ConfigMgr 2012Boot image improvements • Hierarchy-wide boot image • One boot image ISO can be used to service clients from any site • Specify one or more MPs that the clients should talk to • Unattended OS installation • If you are using a mandatory advertisement, configure this to skip the initial OSD wizard • Prestart command enhancements • Properties on the boot image make it easier to configure the command, source files to include • Easier to make updates to existing boot images: • Change source files and update DPs

12. Boot Image Improvements Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft demo

13. ConfigMgr 2012Task sequence improvements • Preconfigure User Device Affinity • New task sequence variables to preconfigure the primary users of the computer • Enables installation of applications prior to first logon • Option to configure acceptance mode (auto, manual, blocked) • Support for new application model • Applications can be installed by the task sequence (single or multiple, static or dynamic) • Dependencies and prerequisites will be respected • Enhancements to user state migration • Supports hardlinks, offline capture

14. Task Sequence Improvements Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft demo

15. ConfigMgr 2012The debate: UDA vs. task sequences • The goal: • Refresh an existing computer and immediately have access to all the applications • The choices: • Let the task sequence reinstall all the applications • Target applications to the user so that they all reinstall themselves • Task sequence can pre-configure UDA so that apps can install before the user logs on for the first time

16. ConfigMgr 2012The debate: Applications vs. task sequences • The goal: • Install complex applications with dependencies, reboots etc. • The choices: • Use a task sequence to lay out the exact steps needed • Set up the application and dependencies using the new application model and let ConfigMgr take care of making it so

17. ConfigMgr 2012Offline servicing of images • Wizard-based approach for patching existing OS images • Select an image • Select updates to be applied • Specify when to do the servicing (e.g. after hours) • Component-Based Servicing (CBS) images only • Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 • Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 • OS updates only • Safe processing • Servicing is done in a temporary folder, copied to the package source when complete • A backup of the original WIM is kept • Distribution points aren’t updated automatically

18. Offline Servicing of Images Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft demo

19. ConfigMgr 2012What about the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit? • MDT 2012 will be released to support ConfigMgr 2012 • Adds support for new ConfigMgr features • UDA (user-device affinity) • New application model • Boot image enhancements • Includes a new version of UDI (wizard, designer) • Customizable wizard (add or remove panes) • New “replace” wizard • With continued ConfigMgr 2007 support too • MDT 2012 ZTI and UDI task sequences can be migrated from ConfigMgr 2007 to ConfigMgr2012

20. Deploying Windows 7 with ConfigMgr 2012 and MDT 2012 Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft demo

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