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Session Outline
• Look back at what’s available today
• What’s 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.
What’s 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
What’s 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!
WHAT’S NEW IN CONFIGURATION MANAGER 2012 SP1
What’s 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
What’s 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
• Very low power for SoC-based (System on Chip) platforms
• Potential Great Battery life
System stays connected while nearly off (Connected Standby)
System appears off while in Connected Standby
Key user-centric scenarios continue to work: Email
VoIP
Social networking
Instant messaging
Think smart phone behavior
Connected Standby Scenarios
• 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
• Low idle power benefits system that are mostly idle, and also busy systems.
Why connected standby ?
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 up-to-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
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Meeting Meeting
Windows
Maintenance
Office
Meeting taking notes
Active
CS
EOD
9am 5pm 3am Lunch
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. Fully Automatic
2. User-Initiated
3. Automatic Stop
4. Deadline and Notifications
5. 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
• Network
• Power states
• Idle
• Windows Automatic Maintenance
Answer = We made ConfigMgr agent resource
aware of different states of a system:
Conditions
Network Battery Battery Level Idle WinMaint
On or off or both A/C or D/C When run
Low=10%, Critical=5%
Yes or no A/C+only+Idle+Network
Application Deployment Collection Cycle A/C High only Yes Met
Discovery Data Collection Cycle (Heartbeat) Yes
Both High/low Yes Met
File collection A/C Yes Met
Hardware inventory A/C Yes Met
Machine policy retrieval and evaluation Yes Both High/low Yes Met
Software Inventory Cycle A/C Yes Met
Software Metering usage Report Cycle A/C Yes Met
Software Update Deployment Evaluation Cycle High/low Yes Met
Software Update Scan cycle Yes Yes Met
Windows installer source list update cycle Yes A/C Yes Met
User policy retrieval & Evaluation Cycle Yes Both High/low Yes Met
Other
Software Update installation High/low Met
Send state & status messages Yes Yes High/low Met
Client check (ccmeval) Met
DCM baselines High Yes Met
App Install Yes High/low Met
Guidance vs ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 Windows 8 Guidance Changes in ConfigMgr 2012 Sp1
Avoid periodic CPU, disk, and network activity
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%
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
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
What’s 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) Manual download and setup of the toolkit is required. We can no longer
legally redistribute the files
• 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 (Don’t forget to update
distribution points after the file is updated)
Add a new Boot Image with customizations
ADK Requirements For Setup
ADK Component Configuration Manager Site System
Windows Deployment Tools Central Administration Site Server
Primary Site Server
All providers
Windows PE Central Administration Site Server
Primary Site Server
All providers
User State Migration Tool Top Level Site System
• Central Administration Site Server
• Standalone Primary Site Server
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 Checks the local task sequence cache for valid content first
If content cannot be found, has been revised, or has invalid hash the content will be downloaded from the distribution point
Creating Prestaged Media
• Prestaged media wizard allows you to select a task sequence to build a list of recommended content Prestaged media is not tied to this task sequence, it is just simplify adding the
content
• 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 (don’t 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: Contractors Bring Your Own Device Travel Light Shared PCs
• Create: Build a WTG image using Configuration Manager
• Provision: IT Pro can deploy Windows To Go to a users or machines End User can on demand provision Windows To Go with minimal downtime
• Manage: 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 Support for .wim files over 4 GB in size on USB flash drives Ability to have media span multiple DVDs with applications
• Apply operating system action • D: issue - Add OSDPreserveDriveLetter=False allows the task sequence to auto-
correct • Fixes to prevent failures when wiping the disk (trailing spaces, special characters, etc.)
• Content download Ability to temporarily persist content in the task sequence cache
(SMSTSPersistContent = TRUE) Improved connection to distribution points (less re-authentication)
• Language neutral boot images 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
sec per boot)
• Offline servicing 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
• PXE fixes 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 don’t 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
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/
Helpful Links
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Thank you
Teh Wei King (ConfigMgr MVP) Dimension Data Malaysia wei-king.teh@dimensiondata.com http://weikingteh.wordpress.com
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