2. Deploying Windows 7 with ConfigMgr 2012
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Michael Niehaus
Senior Software Development Engineer
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Deploying Windows 7 with ConfigMgr 2012
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3. Deploying Windows 7 with ConfigMgr 2012 Agenda
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Deploying Windows 7 with ConfigMgr 2012 Agenda
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
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4. ConfigMgr 2012 Quick overview
Hierarchy changes
New central administration site
Should be first site created
Can’t be added later
One level of primaries
One level of secondaries
Settings and security don’t need to be defined at the site level
Can be more granular
Replication uses SQL instead of inboxes
Secondaries need SQL
Boundaries need to be grouped
Multiple types too (content vs. client assignment)
Collections are global
Application Model
Rethink the way software is delivered
Lifecycle management
Designed to be user-targeted (User Device Affinity)
Supports dependencies, supersedence, requirements, detection, uninstall
Multiple deployment types, depending on the situation
Standard install, App-V, TS RemoteApp, etc.
Target the app, let ConfigMgr pick the deployment type
Software Catalog for self-service
Old-style package/program/advertisement can still be used, but should be transitioned
Infrastructure Changes
One type of distribution point
No more branch DPs
PXE is a property of the DP, more scalable
Server 2003 and later, Vista SP2 and later (x86 and x64)
Single instance content library
WebDAV no longer used
Site servers are 64-bit only (except DP)
New console
Software update improvements
Auto deployment, groups
New DCM “Set” capability
Remote control with Ctl-Alt-Del
SQL Reporting only
GUI-based inventory config
No more SMS_DEF.MOF

5. ConfigMgr 2012 Quick overview
Plan
Redesign (flatten) hierarchy
Decide how to implement application model
Deploy
Create CAS
Create one or more primaries
Get everything working
Migrate
Content (shared?)
Clients
Convert to applications (optional)
P2V for existing site servers or DPs?
As with previous versions of ConfigMgr, OS deployment depends on a properly designed and functioning infrastructure

6. ConfigMgr 2012 Configuring 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 OSes only

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Quick Overview
Michael Niehaus
Senior Software Development Engineer
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8. ConfigMgr 2012 What’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 2012 What’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 2012 Integration 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 2012 Boot 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
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Boot Image Improvements
Michael Niehaus
Senior Software Development Engineer
Microsoft
demo
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13. ConfigMgr 2012 Task 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
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Task Sequence Improvements
Michael Niehaus
Senior Software Development Engineer
Microsoft
demo
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15. ConfigMgr 2012 The 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 2012 The 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 2012 Offline 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
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Offline Servicing of Images
Michael Niehaus
Senior Software Development Engineer
Microsoft
demo
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19. ConfigMgr 2012 What 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 ConfigMgr 2012

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