OS DEPLOYMENT

Olav Tvedt

Chief Consultant

MVP -

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System Center Configuration Manager Windows 8.1 Support

• Sccm 2007 sp2 (incl. R2 & R3)

o Clients

o No OS Deployment

o No Site Servers or System

• Sccm 2012 sp1 (Cumulative Update 3)

o Clients

o Limited OS Deployment

o Distribution Point

o All Site Server roles

• Sccm 2012 R2

o Full support

http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/09/16/support-questions-about-win-8.1-and-winsvr-2012-r2-for-

configmgr-and-endpoint-protection.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2882125/en-us

MDT Windows 8.1 Support

• 2013

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ADK

Assessment and Deployment Kit

The Kit Previous Known As

(W)AIK

Windows Automated Installation Kit

What is ADK?• Released with support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

• Integrates tools that used to be separate downloads

• Adds new assessment tools

• Download the bootstrapper, remaining components are downloaded on the fly

• Includes x86 and x64 components, but not ARM

• Can only be installed on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8.x, and Windows Server 2012 Rx

adksetup.exe /layout "C:\OfflineADK".

ADK Tools

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o Application Compatibility Manager

o Compatibility Administrator

o Standard User Analyzer

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o BCDBoot, BCDEdit, Bootsect

o DISM (and ImageX)

o OSCDImg

o WDSMCAST

o Windows System Image Manager

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o Scanstate

o Loadstate

o UsmtUtils

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o CopyPE

o SetSANPolicy

o MakeWinPEMedia

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o Wpa

o Wpr

o XBootMgr

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ADK 8.1 What’s New

• WinPE 5.0

o Profiling in WinPE 5.0 is removed

o WinPE 5.0 x64 supports 4 TB of RAM (still 64 GB for x86)

o Scratchspace set automatically to 512 MB when having more than 1 GB of RAM, otherwise 32 MB

• USMT 6.3

o Support for Windows 8.1

o You cannot use USMT 6.3 to migrate settings from Windows XP to Windows 8.1 (Workaround: Run backup with USMT 5.0, restore with USMT 6.3)

o Supports Office 2013 (hotfix available for USMT 5.0)

• DISM

o Support capturing and deploying Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows PE 5.

o Windows Vista is no longer supported as host platform or as target image.

o Windows Server 2008 SP2 is only supported as a host platform with limited functionality.

o All advanced image management functions, for example, apply, capture, and export, are supported in Windows PowerShell using the DISM module.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn247001.aspx

• Agent

• Inventory

o Primary: Software

o Secondary: Hardware

• Assesment

o Software

o Drivers

o (Hardware)

• Reporting

o Limited, more a tool

• Agentless

• Inventory

o Primay: Hardware

o Seconday: Software

• Assessment

o Pc's

o Servers

o SQL

o Office

o Server Conslidation

o Etc……

• Reporting

o Extended

ACT - Application Compatibility Toolkit

What To Select?

MAP - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-

us/solutionaccelerators/dd537566.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh824826.aspx

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Performance

Important To The End Result

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Changes To Performance In Windows 8

Reduced Install Time

Reduced Boot Time

Fewer Running

Services

Changes To Performance In Windows 8

Automatic - Start at boot time

Automatic (Delayed Start) - Start just after boot time

Manual (Trigger Start) - Allows Windows to start a service

when specifically called

Manual - Start a service when needed

Measuring Performance

Windows Assessment and

Deployment Kit

Windows Performance Toolkit

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh162945.aspx

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WHAT’S NEW?

Windows, MDT & SCCM

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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

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MDT 2013

• Support Added

o Windows 8.1

o Windows Server 2012 R2

o Configuration Manager 2012 R2 Support

o Windows ADK 8.1

• Support Dropped

o Windows XP

o Windows Server 2003

o Windows 2008 (not R2)

o ConfigMgr 2007

o ConfigMgr 2012 SP1

o Windows AIK

o Windows ADK 8.0

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System Center Configuration Manager

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http://www.configmgr.no/

Service Pack 1

• ADK 8.0 Replaces Windows AIK

• Task sequences

o UEFI Support

o Build And Capture Uses Apply (Not Setup.exe)

• Prestage Media

o Select Applications, Packages & Driver Packages

o Checks For Valid Content, If Not Found Or Revised, It Downloads From DP

• Bitlocker

o Pre-provision Bitlocker Task Sequence To Encrypt From WinPE (Only Parts With Data)

o TPM And Pin

• Windows To Go

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R2

• OS Support

• Support For WinPE 3.1 Boot Images

• Virtual Hard Disk Management (SCVMM)

• New Task Sequence Steps

o Run Powershell Script

o Check Readiness

o Set Dynamic Variables

• Vpn, Wifi, Certificate & Remote Connection Profiles

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn236351.aspx

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Windows 8.1

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Start MenuConfiguration

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn283403(v=wps.630).aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn283401.aspx

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MDT VS SCCM

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The Missing Intune Link

Deploying

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IMAGE

• Don’t Use DVD Image

• Thin Or Thick

• Automate The Creation

• Offline Patch

• Recreate The Image (Online patching)

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Refresh Image Commands

WinRE Management Commands