System Center Configuration Manager и как с ним бороться

Доступна для скачивания утилита MDT 2012 Update 1 Beta 1. В эту версию включена поддержка Windows 8 RP, Windows Server 2012 RC и System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CTP2.

Из новшеств:

• Support for using the DaRT 8 Beta with the Windows 8 Release Preview version of the Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK).
• New “Build Your Own Pages” support for User-Driven Installation (UDI), enabling IT pros to create new wizard panes using simple drag-and-drop operations – no coding required.
• Integration with System Center Orchestrator, enabling task sequences to invoke Orchestrator runbooks at any point in the deployment process.
• Completely reworked “Roles and Features” logic, supporting both installation and removal, as well as providing a new Lite Touch wizard pane for selecting roles and features to install at deploy time.
• Support for PowerShell 3.0 to make it easier to run PowerShell scripts inside task sequences on Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows PE 4.0.
• Simple monitoring functionality for Configuration Manager task sequences, leveraging the monitoring capabilities provided initially in MDT 2012 for Lite Touch deployments.
• Improved “boot from VHD” deployment capabilities, supporting both bare metal and refresh deployments.

Забрать можно с Microsoft Connect.

• Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Overview;
• What’s New in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012?;
• A Drivers Saga: The Control Freak Meets the Dynamic Developer;
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Overview;
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Deployment and Infrastructure Technical Overview;
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012: Plan, Deploy, and Migrate from Configuration Manager 2007 to 2012;
• Deep Application Management with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012;
• Client Management scenarios in the Windows 8 timeframe;
• Choosing the Right OS Deployment Tool;
• Patch and Settings Management in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012;
• Deploying Windows 8 with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit;
• Office Deployment – Notes from the Field.

• Transform Classic Packages and Programs to Applications and Manage Individual Software Requests and Approvals;
• State of the Union;
• Accelerate Design and Implementation of Configuration Manager 2012 Using Microsoft Services Offerings to Enable Flexible Workstyle;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Getting Started;
• Enabling Flexible Workstyles with Intelligent Infrastructure;
• Hierarchy Simplification with Configuration Manager 2012: A Real-World Example;
• Windows Deployment 101: Getting Started with Windows 7 Deployment;
• Block Group Policy Processing During a Task Sequence in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit;
• Extending Configuration Manager to Embedded Devices with Windows Embedded Device Manager;
• Incorporate BGInfo into Your Build Process in the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Application Management Technical Overview;
• What’s New in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012?;
• A Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy: Building a Configuration Manager 2012 OS Deployment Solution;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Plan, Deploy, and Migrate from Configuration Manager 2007;
• Day-to-Day Client and Security Management on Configuration Manager 2012;
• End-to-End Integrated Management with System Center 2012 and Forefront;
• Get the Most Out of Patching with System Center Updates Publisher 2011 and Configuration Manager 2012: The Easy Way;
• How Microsoft Deployed Configuration Manager 2012 to (Almost) 280,000 Desktops;
• How to Manage Your Mobile Devices with Configuration Manager 2012 in Real Life;
• Inside a Configuration Manager 2012 Task Sequence;
• Leveraging PCM to Convert Applications into the New Application Model for Configuration Manager 2012;
• OS Deployment of Servers and Clients in a Fortune 50 Company with Configuration Manager 2012;
• Surviving the SUP Winds of Change: A Real-World Story On Translating the SUP Process from Configuration Manager 2007 to 2012;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Deployment and Infrastructure;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Maximizing Security;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Operating System Deployment Technical Overview;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Overview;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Security and Compliance Management;
• Endpoint Protection 2012: Overview;
• Troubleshooting Configuration Manager 2012 OS Deployments;
• Understanding Console Extension for Configuration Manager 2007 and 2012;
• You Did What? Worst Practices in Configuration Manager 2012 and How to Fix Them;
• A Drivers Saga: The Control Freak Meets the Dynamic Developer;
• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 UDI: Deploying Windows and Customizing the End User Deployment Experience;
• Extreme MDT: Deploying 90,000 Windows 7 Workstations in 16 Months;
• Troubleshooting Windows 7 Deployments;
• Why You Should Integrate Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 with Configuration Manager 2012;
• Configuration Manager 2007 R3: Review and Simplify Your Deployments;
• Ultimate Windows 7 Deployments Using Configuration Manager 2012 and 1E;
• Configuration Manager 2012 and PowerShell: Better Together;
• Deep Dive into Configuration Manager DRS and SEDO;
• Implementing Security Compliance Manager for Compliance in Configuration Manager 2012;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Application Management Advanced Topics and Troubleshooting;
• Configuration Manager 2012: The Expert Quiz;
• Configuration Manager 2012: Infrastructure Advanced Topics and Troubleshooting;
• Customizing the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit;
• How Microsoft Uses Operations Manager 2012 to Monitor Its Configuration Manager Infrastructure;
• System Center Configuration Manager: Ensuring Mission Possible;
• System Center 2012 and Orchestrator: Real-World Solutions By General Mills and Office 365 Dedicated SharePoint;
• Application Portfolio Management for the Digital Natives;
• Common Migration Blockers for Configuration Manager 2012.

На смену MDT 2012 RC1 вышла Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 RTM, которая может интегрироваться с Configuration Manager 2012. Поддерживается обновление с MDT 2008/2010.

Скачать можно здесь.

Появилось несколько скринкастов с TechDays Belgium 2012:

• Introduction to MDT 2012;
• MDT 2012 Advanced;
• Deployment using SCCM;
• Troubleshooting your SCCM deployments;
• Settings management;
• User Centric Application Delivery.

Сегодня утром вышел набор утилит MDT 2012 RC1. Скачать можно с сайта Microsoft Connect. Ниже список изменений этой версии, самое важное из которых, конечно, — это поддержка SCCM 2012 RC2.

Support for Configuration Manager 2012 RC2: This update provides support for Configuration Manager 2012 RC2 releases. MDT 2012 fully leverages the capabilities provided by Configuration Manager 2012 for OS deployment. The latest version of MDT offers new User-Driven Installation components and extensibility for Configuration Manager 2007 and 2012. Users now also have the ability to migrate MDT 2012 task sequences from Configuration Manager 2007 to Configuration Manager 2012.

Customize deployment questions: For System Center Configuration Manager customers, MDT 2012 provides an improved, extensible wizard and designer for customizing deployment questions.

Ease Lite Touch installation: The Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit (DaRT) is now integrated with Lite Touch Installation, providing remote control and diagnostics. New monitoring capabilities are available to check on the status of currently running deployments. LTI now has an improved deployment wizard user experience. Enhanced partitioning support ensures that deployments work regardless of the current structure.

Secure Deployments: MDT 2012 offers integration with the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool to ensure a secure Windows deployment from the start.

Reliability and flexibility: Existing MDT users will find more reliability and flexibility with the many small enhancements and bug fixes and a smooth and simple upgrade process.

Support for Windows 8: The RC1 release of MDT 2012 provides support for deploying Windows 8 Consumer Preview in a lab environment.

Key Benefits:

• Full use of the capabilities provided by System Center Configuration Manager 2012 for OS deployment.
• Improved Lite Touch user experience and functionality.
• A smooth and simple upgrade process for all existing MDT users.

New Features:

For System Center Configuration Manager customers:

• Support for Configuration Manager 2012 (while still supporting Configuration Manager 2007)
• New User-Driven Installation components for Configuration Manager 2007 and Configuration Manager 2012
  • Extensible wizard and designer, additional integration with Configuration Manager to deliver a more customized OS experience, support for more imaging scenarios, and an enhanced end-user deployment experience
• Ability to migrate MDT 2012 task sequences from Configuration Manager 2007 to Configuration Manager 2012

For Lite Touch Installation:

• Integration with the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit (DaRT) for remote control and diagnostics
• New monitoring capabilities to see the progress of currently running deployments
• Support for deploying Windows to computers using UEFIAbility to deploy Windows 7 so that the computer will start from a new VHD file, «Deploy to VHD»
• Improved deployment wizard user experience

For all customers:

• Integration with configuration templates from the Security Compliance Manager Solution Accelerator, ensuring Windows is secure from the start
• A simple mechanism for running Windows PowerShell scripts during a deployment, with task sequence environment and logging integration
• Better partitioning support, creating the recommended partitioning structures on new computers and ensuring deployments work regardless of the current structure
• A smooth and simple upgrade process for all existing MDT users
• Many small enhancements and bug fixes

Видео докладов стало появляться ещё недели полторы назад, но официальный анонс был только вчера. Этот пост я хотел написать ещё несколько дней назад, но ждал некоторые видео, например, с доклада Особенности миграции профилей с помощью User State Migration Tool, которое так и не появилось.

Участие в конференции мне, как обладателю статуса Microsoft Community Contributor, оплатил вендор, за что ему большое спасибо. Появилась возможность познакомиться со специалистами, которых знал только по сети. Сама конференция оставила двоякое впечатление, много плюсов и минусов.

Первый доклад, на котором я был, — это доклад по USMT. Я повёлся на слово «особенности» в названии, хотя сам доклад был уровня 200: что такое USMT, какие утилиты запускать, с какими ключами и прочие базовые знания.

Управление лицензиями — технологии и практика

Доклад был обозначен, как круглый стол, на самом же деле являясь рекламой партнёров и крупных клиентов, занимающихся SAM. На вопросы аудитории оставили 6 (шесть) минут.

С 11 минуты записи отсутствует звук. 

Революция в ИТ-отделе: встречайте System Center Configuration Manager 2012

Ростислав Недосекин — хороший докладчик. Нового из доклада ничего не узнал, потому что сам такой доклад читал.

Зал был забит полностью, люди сидели в проходе, что, наверное, говорит о популярности SCCM 2012.

Как правильно организовать миграцию с SCCM 2007 на SCCM 2012

Лёшу Тараненко я знаю больше двух лет. Ждал от него меньшего, но он отлично справился. Интересный доклад для тех, кто планирует делать миграцию с SCCM 2007.

Практические вопросы внедрения и использования решений на базе System Center

Этот доклад смотрел уже в записи. Работники Microsoft (Недосекин, Тараненко, Гусев, четвёртого сотрудника не знаю) вместе со сторонними консультантами (Алексей Журавлёв и Антон Гриценко) отвечали на вопросы зала по продуктам семейства System Center.

Новый подход к управлению приложениями в System Center Configuration Manager 2012

Хороший доклад Недосекина. Я прояснил для себя некоторые подходы разработчиков, почему именно так было сделано.

Чем дольше работаешь с продуктом, тем больше понимаешь его философию. 🙂

Применение MDT 2012 для развёртывания десктопов (англ.)

Применение MDT 2012 для развёртывания десктопов (рус.)

Решение проблем при миграции на Windows 7 (англ.)

Решение проблем при миграции на Windows 7 (рус.)

Вчера зарелизили Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta 2. Процитирую разработчиков:

Key benefits include:

• Full use of the capabilities provided by System Center Configuration Manager 2012 for OS deployment.
• Improved Lite Touch user experience and functionality.
• A smooth and simple upgrade process for all existing MDT users.

New features For System Center Configuration Manager customers:

• Support for Configuration Manager 2012 (while still supporting Configuration Manager 2007)
• New User-Driven Installation components for Configuration Manager 2007 and Configuration Manager 2012
  • Extensible wizard and designer, additional integration with Configuration Manager to deliver a more customized OS experience, support for more imaging scenarios, and an enhanced end-user deployment experience
• Ability to migrate MDT 2012 task sequences from Configuration Manager 2007 to Configuration Manager 2012

New features For Lite Touch Installation:

• Integration with the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit (DaRT) for remote control and diagnostics
• New monitoring capabilities to see the progress of currently running deployments
• Support for deploying Windows to computers using UEFI
• Ability to deploy Windows 7 so that the computer will start from a new VHD file, “Deploy to VHD”
• Improved deployment wizard user experience

Скачать можно с сайта Microsoft Connect.

Ссылки на некоторые файлы будут доступны через несколько дней. Как обычно, добавляю то, что может заинтересовать администратора SCCM:

• 10 most common deployment mistakes and how to resolve them using WDS;
• Technical Overview of Forefront EndPoint Protection 2012;
• Creating Custom WinPE 3.0 boot images;
• Configuration Manager 2012 Infrastructure Drill Down;
• Deployment and User Profiles;
• Deploy Server OSes for Troubleshooting: Set up Re-Imaging;
• Deploying Windows 7 with Configuration Manager 2012;
• Make The Move: Migrate from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012;
• Fujitsu’s User Initiated Windows 7 Migration;
• Migrating XP to Windows 7 using ConfigMgr 2007;
• Unlock the power of User Device Affinity in SCCM 2012;
• Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit in the Real World (Notes from the field);
• What’s new in MDT 2012?.