Transcript MDT 2012 and Configmgr 2012: Operating System Deployment

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