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/

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