2. 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-forconfigmgr-and-endpoint-protection.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2882125/en-us
5. What is ADK?
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Released with support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
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Integrates tools that used to be separate downloads
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Adds new assessment tools
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Download the bootstrapper, remaining components are downloaded on the fly
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Includes x86 and x64 components, but not ARM
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Can only be installed on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8.x, and Windows Server
2012 Rx
8. ADK Tools
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•
o
Application Compatibility Manager
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Compatibility Administrator
o
Standard User Analyzer
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o
o
o
BCDBoot, BCDEdit, Bootsect
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DISM (and ImageX)
o
o
o
o
Scanstate
o
Loadstate
o
UsmtUtils
XBootMgr
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•
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Wpr
o
Windows System Image Manager
Wpa
o
WDSMCAST
MakeWinPEMedia
o
OSCDImg
SetSANPolicy
o
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CopyPE
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9. ADK 8.1 What’s New
• WinPE 5.0
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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
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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
10. What To Select?
ACT - Application Compatibility Toolkit
MAP - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
• Agent
• Agentless
• Inventory
• Inventory
o
Primary: Software
o
Primay: Hardware
o
Secondary: Hardware
o
Seconday: Software
• Assesment
• Assessment
o
Software
o
Pc's
o
Drivers
o
Servers
o
(Hardware)
o
SQL
o
Office
o
Server Conslidation
o
Etc……
• Reporting
o
Limited, more a tool
• Reporting
o
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh824826.aspx
Extended
http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/solutionaccelerators/dd537566.aspx
13. Changes To Performance In Windows 8
Reduced Install Time
Reduced Boot Time
Fewer Running
Services
14. 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
19. 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
o
Windows Server 2003
o
Windows 2008 (not R2)
o
ConfigMgr 2007
o
ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
o
Windows AIK
o
19
Windows XP
Windows ADK 8.0
21. 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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22. 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
