Delivering People-centric IT with

Configuration Manager 2012 R2

Ronny de Jong

Inovativ | Consultant@ronnydejong

ronnydejong.com

Welkom

Session Objectives & Takeaways

People-centric IT

Demo’s

Q&A

Agenda

Review infrastructure changes in Configuration Manager R2

Discuss new and updated features in Configuration Manager

R2

Highlight changes to support Windows Server 2012 R2 and

Windows 8.1

Session Objectives and Takeaways

Today’s Challenges

Deploying and managing applications across platforms is difficult.

Apps Data

Users need to be productive while maintaining compliance and reducing risk.

Users expect to be able to work in any location and have access to all their work resources.

Users

The explosion of devices is eroding the standards-based approach to corporate IT.

Devices

People-centric IT

AppsUsers

Empower users

Allow users to work on the devices of their choice and provide consistent access to corporate resources.

Unify your environment

Deliver a unified application and device management on-premises and in the cloud.

Protect your data

Help protect corporate information and manage risk.Management. Access. Protection.

DataDevices

Increased SQL Server flexibility in Setup

Easy client mobility

Reduced Need For Multiple Sites

Improved visibility into a better optimized content system

Upgrade/interoperability considerations

64-bit native PowerShell module

What’s New In Infrastructure?

Specify file locations for database and transaction log

SQL Server flexibility In Setup

Specify file locations for database and transaction log

Restore to a different SQL Server instance

Requires same SQL Server version

SQL Server flexibility In Setup

Scenario: I installed a new primary site in my hierarchy and would

like to move some or all of the clients from an existing site to the

new site (e.g. load-balancing, server replacement).

Solution: Client reassignment

Supports single or multi-select client reassignment

Enforces proper client/site versioning

User standard client policy channel (no client notification)

Note: This will not work for disaster recovery scenarios.

Easy client mobility

Why might you need multiple primary sites?

More than 100K clients

Organizational politics

Reporting from the CAS

Clients reside in multiple untrusted forests

Solution: multiple network access accounts per site

Supports backward compatibility for SP1 clients

Troubleshooting assistance provided through dts.log

Reduced Need For Multiple Sites

Easy client mobility

Demo

In-console monitoring improvements

Pull DP on par with standard DP

Clearer and more detailed messages

Cancel/retry distribution

Pull DP improvements

Source DP ordering and randomization

Improved scalability (no more polling)

Migration of branch DP’s to pull DP’s

General content improvements

Content download optimizations (client side) for superseded applications

Content distribution optimizations (priority, send requests in SQL, versioning auto-cancel

Improved visibility into a better

optimized content system

Content System Enhancements

Demo

Only supported upgrade path is from ConfigMgr 2012 SP1

Must upgrade Windows ADK first

Improved site to site interoperability

Upgrade/Interoperability

Considerations

Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 support

Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) management

Native integration of some MDT actions

What’s New In OSD?

Requires new version of Windows ADK

Added multi-version boot images support

Deploys just like Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012

Support for OSD-specific site system roles

State Migration Point on Windows Server 2012 R2

Distribution Point with PXE on Windows Server 2012 R2

Distribution Point without PXE on Windows 8.1

OSD for Windows Server 2012 R2 &

Windows 8.1

Expanding virtualization scenarios

Example: workstation image validation, datacenter integration

Create VHD

Requires Hyper-V on ConfigMgr console computer

User standard task sequence (new template available)

Modify VHD

Uses offline servicing

Upload to Virtual Machine Manager

Virtual Hard Drive (VHD)

Management

Create Virtual Hard Drive (VHD)

Demo

Check Readiness

MDT Validate action

Prevent late failure or bad targeting

Set Dynamic Variables

MDT Gather action

Dynamic task sequence through conditional rules

Run PowerShell Scripts

Set PowerShell Execution Policy

ConfigMgr Cmdlets x64

Native MDT Actions

Native MDT Actions

Demo

Maintenance windows specific to updates

Automatic Deployment Rule (ADR) filter query preview

Package flexibility for ADR’s

What’s New In Software Updates?

Software Updates

Demo

Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1

Full client and site system role support (also OMADM)

On-Premise Self-Service Portal*

Windows Embedded

Support for Windows Embedded 8 Industry

Support for Unified Write Filters (UWF)

Mac OS

Enrollment UI

What’s New In Platform Support?

SP1 Enrollement

Command lin experience with username, password, server and

other parameters to specify

Enrollement process biggest pain point for customers and largest

barrier to adaption

R2 Enrollment

Enrollment wizard

User only has to enter username/email, password, server

Command-line enrollment remains for scripting scenarios

Mac OS Enrollement: Current vs New

Experience

With SCCM 2012 R2, all reports updated to use RBA

configuration

Control access to specific reports

Enabled by default in R2 via registry/WMI setting

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\SRSRP

“EnableRbacReporting”

Role Based Administration

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