Windows Deployment Ben Dumke – Hortonville Area School District Sadie O’Brien – School District of Shiocton

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Agenda Proof of Concept Environment Reference Images Deployments

Proof of Concept – Hydration Kit Hydration Kits Scripts that automatically create environment Works with Hyper-V or VMware Can run on a laptop Variations for different authors

Proof of Concept – Downloads Hydration Kit Scripts Windows 10 Assessment and Deployment Kit 1511 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 Update 2 Windows Server 2012 R2* Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 System Center Configuration Manager, Version PreReqs* SQL Server 2014 Standard SP1 x64* Additional Support Software per the Hydration Kit Guide

Proof of Concept – Prep Work On your Host Install Windows 10 ADK Deployment Tools Windows PE Install Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 Default Settings Extract and Run the Hydration Kit Scripts Populate the Hydration Deployment Share Create the Hydration Deployment Media

Proof of Concept – Deployment Create the Virtual Machines Domain Controller SCCM Server Other Servers as needed Clients Mount the ISO Start the Domain Controller Task Sequence Start the Remaining Task Sequences Go to Lunch

Proof of Concept – Demo Demo

Reference Image – Overview Build a Strong Foundation Use Virtual Machines Fast and Flexible Rule Out Hardware and Driver Issues Quickly move from lab, test, and production Thin Image OS and Nothing Else Thick Image OS and All Apps Hybrid Image OS and Important Apps Naming Conventions – Align with Microsoft 1511 = 2015 November

Reference Image - Creation Step 1 – Install Windows 10 ADK v1511 and MDT 2013 Update 2 Step 2 – Create the MDT Build Lab Deployment Share Step 3 – Import the operating system Demo

Reference Image - Creation Step 4 – Import Critical Hotfixes and Updates Step 5 – Add Visual C++ Runtimes and.NET Framework Step 6 – Add Additional Applications (Optional) Demo

Reference Image - Creation Step 7 – Create the Task Sequence Step 8 – Modify the unattend.xml File Step 9 – Configure and Update the Deployment Share Step 10 – Create Windows Reference Image Demo

Deployments – Overview Real Disasters CommBank, Australia 2012 – 9000 Workstations; 490 Servers Imaged Emory University, Atlanta 2014 – Windows 7 Upgrade to all Devices Limit the Damage Separate Servers from Workstations Best Practices Never Use the Built-in Collections Custom Collections with Query Rules Start Simple

Deployments - Images Import your Reference Image Distribute the Image

Deployments - Drivers Finding the Drivers Start with the Vendor HP SoftPaq Download Manager HP Client Integration Kit Dell – Dell Family Driver Packs Go to the Vendor’s Vendor Last Resort Microsoft Update Catalog Adding the Drivers File Structure Import Drivers Distribute the Driver Package

Deployments – Task Sequence Create Edit Add Driver Selections WMIC ComputerSystem GET Manufacturer WMIC ComputerSystem GET Model Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE Manufacturer like "Microsoft%" Deploy

Resources Documentation System Center Configuration Manager - us/library/mt aspx us/library/mt aspx Deployment ToolKit - us/library/dn aspxhttps://technet.microsoft.com/en- us/library/dn aspx Books - Training Channel 9 Ignite - System Center Universe - Center/ Center/ Microsoft Virtual Academy training/system-center#!lang= training/system-center#!lang=1033 Microsoft Virtual Labs Twitter Mikael Johan Websites/Blogs Events Midwest Management Summit - Microsoft Ignite - TechNet Virtual Conference -