Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. TechNet goes virtual System Center Configuration Manager 2007 What’s new in Service Pack 2

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Intro  Kenny Buntinx, Senior System Center Lead Computacenter   MVP since July 2009  Co-Founder of the System Center User Group Belgium  Microsoft System Center product family Related Knowledge (posts,downloads)  Membership is free.  Community Events 4x/Year

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Agenda Operating System & Site Role Support Config Manager 2007 SP2 policy Management User state migration 4.0 Branch Cache Support for Windows 7 Intel AMT Enhancements Additional items App-V Integration Deployment Tips R3 Announcement

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. A quick assumption You have seen Configuration Manager 2007 in action. This is a summary session of what has added or changed since Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 As I am a native Dutch speaker, my French could sound terrible …

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Operating System & Site Role Support

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Operating System & Site Role Support Added support on : –Windows 7 –Windows Server 2008 R2 –Windows Server 2008 SP2 –Windows Vista Sp2 Added Site Role support on : –Windows Server 2008 R2

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Operating System & Site Role Support  KB Article : entitled “Update rollup for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 to add support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 clients”.  This rollup adds basic support for client management capabilities for recognizing and being able to target Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems  This support is limited to client only. Service Pack 2 is required for the following areas:  Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 OS Deployment  Admin Console access from a Windows 7 client or Windows Server 2008 R2  Windows Server 2008 R2 hosting site server roles  Branch Cache  Direct Access  App-V 4.6 (x64) support

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Config Mgr Policy management

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 policy changes Before SP2 : –Policies were retrieved from the Management Point and were not effective until after 2 minutes With SP2 : –Policies are now being applied straight away Benefits : –OSD Task Sequences will run faster as they do not need to wait anymore after a reboot. –User or group targeted deployments at logon will run instantly. This is a huge improvement for App-V applications

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. PolicyAgent.log

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Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. User state Migration Tool V4

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. User state Migration Tool v4 USMT 4.0 new features –Document finder –Volume shadow copy support Applies to all online scenarios Utilize the volume shadow copy service –If the service is available –Used when a file is locked Benefits: –Eliminates most file access issues –Reduces the need for applications to be closed

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. User state Migration Tool v4 –Running ScanState Offline (in WinPE) –Hard link migration store PC refresh –Deploy an OS to existing hardware –Retain user state on the machine Benefits –Incredible performance increases –Significantly reduces hard disk utilization Caution –Links are only possible within same volume !

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Understanding OSD Scenarios with USMT 4.0 USMTv4 Process Options USMTv4 Storage Options

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Hard link migration performance

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Using USMTv4 with ConfigMgr SP2 task sequences ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 Support –USMTv4 provides hardlink support for Win7 –ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 built-in user interface doesn’t currently support hardlinks ! –Use command-line task sequence variables and scanstate.exe to support hardlinks in task sequence !

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Branch Cache

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Branch Cache Support Prerequisites :  Requires Win7 client and W2K8 R2 backend ( Distribution Point)  Out of band BITS release patch will bring P2P Win7 support to Vista, Server 2k8 (No XP support) The goals of Branch Cache integration with Configuration Manager are threefold:  Enable Configuration Manager administrators to significantly reduce WAN utilization in a branch office scenario  Enable Configuration Manager administrators to reduce the number of actively managed Distribution Points.  Enable Configuration Manager users to transfer content faster and with less restrictions in the remote office scenario.

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Intel AMT enhancements

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Intel ® vPro™ Technology With Configuration Manager; IT can Wired or Wireless & independent of OS/Power state… Collect inventory/Audit information Perform remote diagnosis & repair Improve power management Powered on but OS is down SNMP-enabled network device Powered on and working properly Powered off Server Router

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Scheduled Power OnScheduled Power On  SWDist, SUM, OSD On Demand Power ControlOn Demand Power Control  Wake, Restart, Shutdown Interactive via OOB ConsoleInteractive via OOB Console Scheduled Power OnScheduled Power On  SWDist, SUM, OSD On Demand Power ControlOn Demand Power Control  Wake, Restart, Shutdown Interactive via OOB ConsoleInteractive via OOB Console Helpdesk or Break/FixHelpdesk or Break/Fix Serial over LANSerial over LAN  Media Redirection  BIOS password bypass  Manual power control Helpdesk or Break/FixHelpdesk or Break/Fix Serial over LANSerial over LAN  Media Redirection  BIOS password bypass  Manual power control Secure Setup & Configure AMTSecure Setup & Configure AMT Zero Touch – Certificate HashZero Touch – Certificate Hash Zero Touch – In band via agentZero Touch – In band via agent Ties to OSD w/targetingTies to OSD w/targeting Secure Setup & Configure AMTSecure Setup & Configure AMT Zero Touch – Certificate HashZero Touch – Certificate Hash Zero Touch – In band via agentZero Touch – In band via agent Ties to OSD w/targetingTies to OSD w/targeting ConfigMgr 2007 Out of Band Features Setup & Configuration Remote Console Discovery/Inventory/Audit Power Control Discover On DemandDiscover On Demand Scheduled DiscoveryScheduled Discovery In band inventory via agentIn band inventory via agent Audit Out of Band AccessAudit Out of Band Access Discover On DemandDiscover On Demand Scheduled DiscoveryScheduled Discovery In band inventory via agentIn band inventory via agent Audit Out of Band AccessAudit Out of Band Access

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Intel AMT Integration Enhancements that Config Mgr SP2 brings Provisioning schedule  no more editing your sitectrl.ct0 file

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Intel AMT Enhancements that Config Mgr SP2 brings OOB Wireless Management: Wireless Profile Management  Wireless profiles associated with all Intel® vPro™ clients in the site  Set the wireless information on a per-collection basis during provisioning. End Point Access Control: 802.1x support  Configuration of 802.1x settings on a per-collection basis during provisioning.

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Intel AMT Enhancements that Config Mgr SP2 brings Remote Power Management  Power Package - Enable configuration of the power package settings with the core provisioning settings for the site.

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Intel AMT Enhancements that ConfigMgr SP2 brings Access Monitor  Audit Logs - Retrieve, store and clear the security audit log on a periodic basis

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Additional smaller ConfigMgr SP2 Improvements

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Additional improvements Asset Intelligence  Certificate requirement is removed for online sync Operations Manager 64bit support  Update to Management Pack for 64-bit OS’s  SP2 will ship 64-bit perf counters Remote control  added in for (x64 XP and Sever 2003) Drivers  Multi-select and delete driver catalog drivers from the console AD extension  Better feedback on AD extension success / failure at installation time Hotfix merge  75 hotfixes post SP1 included in SP2 RC

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. App-V App-V 4.5 SP1 :  Required for Windows 7 support  Part of MDOP 2009 R2MDOP 2009 R2  Will be available around same date as ConfigMgr SP2 App-V 4.6 Beta:  First vendor to virtualise x64 applications  Windows 7 support  Will be available around H1 2010

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ConfigMgr SP2 Deployment Tips

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Deployment Tips Before upgrading to SP2 :  Backup your database and SCCM (central) primary site server.  Upgrade your WSUS server to WSUS SP2 as well ! During the upgrade to SP2 :  Your Db will be upgraded  The Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows® 7 is being installed  ConfigMgr Custom Boot Images are not upgraded. After the upgrade to SP2 :  Check your log files for successful reinstallation of your different roles  Align the rest of your pc-park slowly with the new client

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ConfigMgr R3 announcement

Click to edit Master title style TechNet goes virtual ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ConfigMgr R3 Release Announcement  Power Management  Plan a power strategy by monitoring current power state  Create, deploy and enforce specific power settings  Provide the business meaningful report formats  Enhanced scale and performance above current known numbers  Enhanced OSD deployment for Windows 7 ConfigMgr 2007 R3 TAP Nominations now Open  Nominations close October 1st, 2009.

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