Session Outline

Look back at whats available today Whats coming in ConfigMgr SP1 New Windows 8 behaviours Deploying Windows 8

SYSTEM CENTER 2012 CONFIGURATION MANAGER FEATURES

What we already know

Hardware Inventory Software Inventory Settings Management (previously known as DCM) Application Management (Software Distribution) Remote Control Software Metering Operating System Deployment Etc.

Whats New in ConfigMgr 2012 RTM

Good luck reading 40 pages of content New code written from the ground up Totally new console Sites and Hierarchy changes New client experience
Software Center Application Catalog

User Centric application deployment No more Native Mode

Whats New in ConfigMgr 2012 RTM

CTRL+ALT+DEL is back in Remote Control Ability to filter out old computer objects No more SMS_def.mof file Management of iOS and Android devices and loads more!

WHATS NEW IN CONFIGURATION MANAGER 2012 SP1

Whats New in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1

Good luck reading it too; 20 pages of content! Ability to add a CAS to expand an existing standalone

primary site Support for Mac computers

Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)

Support for Linux and UNIX servers

AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Solaris, SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server (SLES) various versions

Cloud distribution points in Windows Azure

Whats New in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1

Operating System Deployment
USMT is installed by default BitLocker built into the wizard UI (data only BitLocker by default) Provision Windows To Go

Support for SQL Server 2012 And most importantly support for Windows 8 and

Windows Server 2012!!!

NEW WINDOWS 8 CONCEPTS

Windows 8 Terminology / Concepts

AOAC:
Always On Always Connected

Connected Standby:
New sleep state (S0), replaces sleep/hibernate for AOAC systems only

Windows Automatic Maintenance:

Applies to all Windows 8 systems New daily task that Windows performs if device is on AC starting at 3am where 3rd party apps

can run with network access.

Idle:
Time between User Present and Connected Standby

AOAC overview
Always On Always Connected (AOAC) is a new

Windows 8 device type platforms

Very low power for SoC-based (System on Chip)

Potential
Great Battery life System stays connected while nearly off (Connected Standby)

Connected Standby Scenarios

System appears off while in Connected Standby Key user-centric scenarios continue to work:

Email VoIP Social networking Instant messaging

Think smart phone behavior

Why connected standby ?

No standby or hibernate these transitions do not

allow staying connected, and are too slow to enter and exit.

Devices and the system as a whole opportunistically

power down to save power when not needed and also busy systems.

Low idle power benefits system that are mostly idle,

Connected Standby key points

Key points: Connected Standby the new smartphone-like power model for Windows 8. Occurs when the screen is off, but the device is technically still powered on. Connected Standby enables applications to stay fresh and upto-date, even when the computer appears off. Only Windows 8 platforms that meet Windows Certification requirements will be Connected Standby enabled.

Typical day of a AOAC device

Remember think smart phone behavior
Timeline of states:
+1 min to dim and +2 min to screen off, regardless of AC or DC. +4 minutes User idle +8 system enforced Connected Standby
Meeting taking notes Meeting Meeting Office EOD Windows Maintenance

Active ` CS

9am

Lunch

5pm

3am

Windows Automatic Maintenance

The goal of Automatic Maintenance is to coalesce all background maintenance activity in Windows and help easily enable third party developers add their maintenance activity to Windows without negatively impacting performance and energy efficiency. Additionally, Automatic Maintenance enables users as well as enterprises to be in control of maintenance activity scheduling and configuration

Windows Automatic Maintenance

Conditions: A/C + Idle (+ network available)

Network is available Capable of waking device

Five functions:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Fully Automatic User-Initiated Automatic Stop Deadline and Notifications Enterprise Control

Features for Windows 8

Support for Windows 8 features, such as metered

Internet connections and Always On Always Connected Ability to configure user data and profiles configuration items for folder redirection, offline files, and roaming profiles. New deployment types for Windows 8 applications, which support standalone applications (.appx files) and links to the Windows Store

Demo

User Data and Profiles Application Management

ConfigMgr client as a better citizen

Client Framework changes to

address new Windows 8 devices

Changes to address AOAC devices

Answer = We made ConfigMgr agent resource aware of different states of a system:

Network Power states Idle Windows Automatic Maintenance

Conditions
Network
On or off or both

Battery
A/C or D/C A/C

Battery Level
When run Low=10%, Critical=5% High only High/low

Idle
Yes or no Yes Yes Yes Yes

WinMaint
A/C+only+Idle+Network Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Met

Application Deployment Collection Cycle Discovery Data Collection Cycle (Heartbeat) File collection Hardware inventory Machine policy retrieval and evaluation Software Inventory Cycle Software Metering usage Report Cycle Software Update Deployment Evaluation Cycle Software Update Scan cycle Windows installer source list update cycle User policy retrieval & Evaluation Cycle Other Software Update installation Send state & status messages Client check (ccmeval) DCM baselines App Install
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Both A/C A/C Both A/C A/C

High/low

Yes Yes Yes

High/low

Yes Yes

A/C Both High/low

Yes Yes

High/low Yes High/low

Met Met Met

High Yes High/low

Yes

Met Met

Guidance vs ConfigMgr 2012 SP1

Windows 8 Guidance Changes in ConfigMgr 2012 Sp1 Avoid periodic CPU, disk, and network activity

Implemented event-driven awareness and scheduling within ConfigMgr agent to be aware of each of these resource states. This reduces unnecessary polling, spinning, and work that cannot be performed because conditions cannot be met.
ConfigMgr agent is resilient and will resume when out of Connected Standby. ConfigMgr agent will leverage Windows Automatic Maintenance as another opportunity to perform pending schedules and tasks In order to be as most energy efficient and least impactful to the user experience Optimized certain code paths to accomplishing the same work with less resources saves power

Ensure that when the display is off or the user is not present, all periodic active ceases along with not adjusting system timer resolution

Convert background activity to tasks

Optimize hot code paths for performance and ensure dependencies don't break

Met all Windows 8 engineering guidance Fixed over 50 bugs significantly reducing average memory utilization by 33%

What about my customers?

None of them have Windows 8 or AOAC devices..

Changes apply to all Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or later systems Scheduling improvements Memory reduction improvements

ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 client is a better overall citizen

OPERATING SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT

Whats New

Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Support for UEFI architecture Updated Task Sequence wizards Updated prestaged media Improved administration experience Other cool stuff

Setup Changes
Windows AIK is replaced with the Windows Assessment

and Deployment Kit (ADK)

legally redistribute the files

Manual download and setup of the toolkit is required. We can no longer

Automatic creation of the USMT package Default Boot Images are upgraded Custom boot images need to be manually updated
Replace the Windows PE in the source path (Dont forget to update

distribution points after the file is updated) Add a new Boot Image with customizations

ADK Requirements For Setup

ADK Component
Windows Deployment Tools

Configuration Manager Site System

Central Administration Site Server Primary Site Server All providers Central Administration Site Server Primary Site Server All providers Top Level Site System Central Administration Site Server Standalone Primary Site Server

Windows PE

User State Migration Tool

ADK Requirements, enforced by PrereqChk.exe Windows AIK should be removed for these systems

Windows 8 & Windows Server 2012 Support

Deploys just like Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

Support for PXE on Windows Server 2012 Support for State Migration Point on Windows Server

2012

User State Migration Changes

Versions supported (see Windows matrix):
USMT for Windows 8 USMT 4.0 USMT 3.0.1

Where to get the files:

USMT for Windows 8 is part of the ADK and created at installation of Service Pack 1 [New Feature] USMT 4.0 needs to be copied from the WAIK for Windows 7 before it is uninstalled (If required) USMT 3.0.1 is available from the Microsoft download center for Windows XP SP3 to Windows XP SP3 deployments

Deploying to UEFI
New task sequence variable _SMSTSBootUEFI
Detects if the system is booted as UEFI Detected at the start of the Task Sequence

New disk configuration required

GUID Partition Table (GPT) disk FAT32 boot partition Unformatted Microsoft reserved partition (MSR) NTFS Operating System Partition

No support moving from BIOS to UEFI during a task

sequence

New Task Sequence wizard

Updated the wizard to be easier to use out of the box
Support to integrate BitLocker with Windows 7 or later Automatically creates the partition steps for UEFI/BIOS for Windows 7 or later Goal: You should not have to think about the different partition layouts

Build and Capture Scenario updated to apply image in

place of Setup.exe installation

Our previous methods were technically unsupported and we are moving to a

supported Windows matrix Can still use setup.exe for Windows 8 deployments Over time, we will deprecate Setup.exe installations Can use install.wim for Windows 7 and later. (D: issue is fixed)

Prestaged Media Improvements

Prestaged media is updated to include the ability to add

additional content Prestaged media will use the following sources for content
will be downloaded from the distribution point

Checks the local task sequence cache for valid content first If content cannot be found, has been revised, or has invalid hash the content

Creating Prestaged Media

Prestaged media wizard allows you to select a task

sequence to build a list of recommended content

content

Prestaged media is not tied to this task sequence, it is just simplify adding the

During media creation IT Pros can add or remove the

following content types:

Applications Packages Driver Packages

Administration Changes - Deployment

Added content readiness on each task sequence
Can see content status before creating a deployment Ability to View Status, if needed

Improved deployment monitoring experience

Get the status for all task sequence steps in the deployment from inconsole

monitoring (dont need to go to a report)

Ability to target to Windows PE only

Allows IT Pros to deploy to All Systems for new and break fix builds Can target as hidden and invoke using scripts or other automation

Other Really Cool Stuff

Ability to manage Windows PE optional components

from the Boot Image properties

In the past IT Pros had to do this outside the console

Driver Package Export and Import

Can easily move just a driver package between hierarchies.

BitLocker
Pre-provisioning: Ability to encrypt the drive from Windows PE and only

encrypt the space used by data. This means faster encryption times (5 minutes versus 3 hours) PIN support: Ability to set a PIN as part of an operating system deployment. (will impact Zero Touch scenarios)

Windows To Go
Scenarios:

Create:

Contractors Bring Your Own Device Travel Light Shared PCs

Provision: Manage:

Build a WTG image using Configuration Manager

IT Pro can deploy Windows To Go to a users or machines End User can on demand provision Windows To Go with minimal downtime
Updated and managed same as a physical laptop or desktop IT Pro can determine if device is Windows To Go or not

Improvements From Previous Releases

Stand-alone media

Apply operating system action

Support for .wim files over 4 GB in size on USB flash drives Ability to have media span multiple DVDs with applications

Content download

D: issue - Add OSDPreserveDriveLetter=False allows the task sequence to autocorrect Fixes to prevent failures when wiping the disk (trailing spaces, special characters, etc.)
Ability to temporarily persist content in the task sequence cache

Language neutral boot images

(SMSTSPersistContent = TRUE) Improved connection to distribution points (less re-authentication)

Windows PE screens can display different languages if the fonts are supported Language auto detected and used when started from Software Center Can set SMSTSLanguageFolder to change the display language

Improvements From Previous Releases

Faster Build Times
Removed delays starting the client agent when provisioning an operating system (45

Offline servicing
PXE fixes

sec per boot)

Ability to continue updating an image if one or more updates fails Updates copied from the Site Server Content library and not from the package source Improved logging and status on PXE installation Better integration with Windows Deployment Services logging

Improved policy interaction for Applications and Software

Updates

Improved policy clean up, means task sequence cleanup is faster Improved policy download so we dont rely on previously downloaded policies for

applications and software updates, which may no longer be valid in the new OS

Demo
Deploying Windows To Go

Helpful Links
Configuration Manager OS Deployment Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/inside_osd

Official Configuration Manager Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/

Official System Center Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/

Thank you
Teh Wei King (ConfigMgr MVP) Dimension Data Malaysia wei-king.teh@dimensiondata.com http://weikingteh.wordpress.com

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