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Configuration Manager 2012 latest Service Pack:

What you need to know

Nico Sienaert, Kenny Buntinx, Tim De Keukelaere, Kim Oppalfens

Key

features

Faster virtual app

(App-V) publishing

at first logon for

non-persistent VDI

environments

Increased hierarchy

and primary

standalone site scale

Improved data

transfer reliability

for slow and latent

networks

Improved scale and

performance

for pull distribution

points (DP)

Hybrid parity

features for

ConfigMgr

integrated with

Microsoft Intune

Native support for

SQL Server 2014

Full compatibility

with existing

features for

Windows 10

SQL SQL

Support for Windows 10 app deployments

Fixed issues with app model supersedence

Faster (App-V) virtual app publishing at first logon for non-persistent VDI environments

In order to take advantage of this improvement,the following requirements must be met :

Based on Windows ADK8.1 (upgrade later)

No Windows 10 Upgrade Task Sequence in SP1

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2014/10/29/how-to-upgrade-to-win-10-using-the-task-sequence-in-sc-2012-r2-configmgr.aspx

No Windows 10 ZTI deployments yet

Better filter when importing drivers

Criteria for Driver import to Boot images

Fixed about 24 bugs and DCRs

But it is slower then before Work in progress

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3070057

Problem: Task Sequence fails in Configuration Manager if software updates require multiple restarts (KB2894518) aka double reboot updates

Save task sequence state/environment +- 1,5 sec.

New option to retry the step “Install software updates” if

computer unexpectedly restarts

Protect the assets as

Task sequences are by default categorized as high risk objects

Only valid when deployed with the purpose required

You will define the criteria for a high risk collection

by new site settings

OS distribution

Support for Windows 10 OS deployments

• Setup prerequisite is still Windows 8.1 ADK but it supports Windows 10 ADK

Improvements to driver management UI

Ability to notify IT admin before implementing a potentially risky task sequence OS deployment

Added task sequence resiliency during software update restarts

Improved consistency of Smsts logging so that events are fully tracked throughout the deployment

Role-based access for standalone media

Enhanced audit messages (Clearing a PXE flag on a collection, audit status message with ID 30,000 is not generated if a Task Sequence is created and the console user is "Operating System Deployment Manager”)

“OS Installer Package” renamed to “OS Upgrade Packages”

Increased task sequence media supports >32GB USB

Resource access Support for multiple NDES servers per certificate profile

Application

management

Support for Windows 10 app deployments

Fixed issues with app model supersedence

Faster virtual app (App-V) publishing at first logon for non-persistent VDI environments

Conditional access to email - Process

Policy

verification

•••••••••

Username Microsoft Intune

Required settings defined by IT admin:

Enrolled device

Encrypted device

Passcode set

Admin console

Not jailbroken/rooted

ITITUser

Conditional access to email - Process

Policy

verification

•••••••••

Username Microsoft Intune

Required settings defined by IT admin:

Enrolled device

Encrypted device

Passcode set

Admin console

Not jailbroken/rooted

ITITUser

Mobile application management

Maximize mobile productivity and protect corporate

resources with Office mobile apps

Extend these capabilities to existing line-of-business

apps using the Intune App Wrapping Tool

Enable secure viewing of content using the Managed

Browser, PDF Viewer, AV Player, and Image Viewer apps

Managed apps

Personal appsPersonal apps

Managed apps

ITUser

Content

management

Improved data-transfer reliability for slow and latent networks

• New checkpoint restart functionality between site servers and remote distribution points (DPs)

• New checkpoint restart with failover functionality between source DPs and Pull DPs

Ability to define HTTPS configured source DPs for Pull DPs via the management console

Added start/end date for “distribution point usage summary" report and bug fixes

Improved Pull DP scale, reliability and performance

Hierarchy

Added client auto-upgrade option to exclude servers

Native support for SQL Server 2014

Increased hierarchy scale to 600K

Increased standalone primary site scale to 150K with WSUS optimizations

• Scale limit remains at 100K when attached to Central Administration Site (CAS)

Increased secondary site scale to support up to 10K clients

Improved management point (MP) rotation logic so when a client gets a new MP list, the client doesn’t arbitrarily choose a new MP

Improved preferred MP list logic so clients get MP list ordered with MPs in a boundary group at the top of the

list

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