MDT 2012 and Configmgr 2012: Operating System Deployment
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Chris Nackers
Senior Consultant
Microsoft MVP - ConfigMgr
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 - Overview
New UI (to match System Center products)
Next release will support ConfigMgr 2012 and lay foundation for the next version of
Windows
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012
- Features
Support for ConfigMgr 2012
New application model support (in TS and database)
Integration with the new console (wizards, task sequence actions)
New UDI components (extensible)
Support for new pre-execution hook (automate TS selection)
Infrastructure enhancements
Partitioning improvements
Full support for UEFI, 4K disks
Bug fixes, supportability enhancements, etc.
Cross-platform deployment (x64 OS from x86 Windows PE)
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012
- Potential Features
Support for new OSes
Windows Embedded POSReady 7, ThinPC (WinFLP)
Added support for Windows 7 scenarios
Windows RE
Deploy to VHD
MDOP functionality
Integration of DaRT
Support for App-V
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012
- Potential Features (cont’d)
• Error recovery and retry logic
• Client-side UI “facelift”
• PowerShell support in the task sequence
• Replace “Components” tab with community content
• Security improvements
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 – Wizard Facelift
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 – Wizard Facelift
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 – Deploy to VHD Templates
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 – Improved Status Bar Progress
Configuration Manager 2012 - Overview
New Application Model Support for Task Sequences
Boot Media Changes
Offline Image Servicing
New PXE Service Points
USMT 4.0 Integration
Configuration Manager 2012 – New Application Model
New Application Model
Preference for User Device
Affinity, although the TS app
installation is fully supported
Configuration Manager 2012 – Boot Media Changes
Pre-Start (Pre-Execution Hook)
Unattended boot media mode
No more “next” screen
Doesn’t suppress password screen
Hierarchy-wide boot media
Finds site and MP based upon boundaries
Configuration Manager 2012 – Boot Media Changes
Hierarchy-wide boot
media
Finds site and MP
based upon
boundaries
Configuration Manager 2012 – Boot Media Changes
• Support for User
Device Affinity
Configuration Manager 2012 – Boot Media Changes
• Ability to select the
default MP
Configuration Manager 2012 – Boot Media Changes
• Ability to add
“prestart”
commands (preexecution hook)
Configuration Manager 2012 – Offline Image Servicing
Ability to update OS image(s) stored in ConfigMgr
No need to deploy/capture to update the image
Helps reduce the deployment time
Component Based Servicing (CBS) updates
Works with following OS’s (SP1 support will be added)
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and later
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and later
Microsoft Windows 7 RTM
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2
Configuration Manager 2012 – Offline Image Servicing
Right-click or wunderbar
option
Configuration Manager 2012 – Offline Image Servicing
Ability to select what
updates you want
injected into the
image
Configuration Manager 2012 – Offline Image Servicing
Can perform “ASAP”
update or schedule for a
later time
Configuration Manager 2012 – Offline Image Servicing
Ability to see updates that
have been added to image
Configuration Manager 2012 - New PXE Service Points
New PXE Service Points
No more PXE Shares for DP’s
Configuration Manager 2012 - New PXE Service Points
New PXE Service Points
No longer role, part of DP
Configuration Manager 2012 – USMT 4.0 Integration
• Hopefully easier way to use new
features
• Updated actions to allow for
HardLink, offline capture and
shadow copy