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Question: When I deploy Windows 7 from the Media Install files and the task reaches the “State Restore” and begins with the Windows Update pre and post application installation. The deployment process can literally take hours to complete. If I disable the Windows Update pre and post application installation the process then is really completed in less than 10 minutes. Why does it take so long? Does the target machine pulls the updates from MS or does get the updates via the MDT machine? Aside from building a WIM that has all the updates, is there a way to speed up this part of the process?
Answer: These are all really good questions. This is typical, an unpatched image can take hours and hours to patch, depending on the starting point and your internet connection speed. Now, I use SP1 media and inject a hotfix rollup from last summer and there’s still over a hundred updates it still needs to run. I can only imagine if you’re missing SP1 and/or the hotfix rollup its going to take even more time, as these patches vary from anywhere to just a few Kb to over ten megs.
Some take just a mere second, and some like dotnet framework updates can take several minutes, and when those updates are done, they need updates. Yes, updating your updates, fun I know. When the State Restore phase starts the windows update, it’s calling to a script called ZTIWindowsUpdate.wsf.
Unless you specify in MDT to look for a WSUS server, you’re going to be pulling from Microsoft’s Windows Update servers. As far as speeding this up, yes, you could inject the post Win7 SP1 hotfix rollup from Microsoft or better yet, get a WSUS server setup. If you don’t have a WSUS server handy, there are a few other steps you could do. But for now, start with adding the hotfix rollup, its like 90 updates out of the way. Info on the HotFix Rollup: Add a step in the task sequence to install the latest version of IE BEFORE patching starts.
This really helps because that way you’re not upgrading to IE 9, patching and then upgrading to 10, patching, and then upgrading to 11, and yes, then doing more patching. Block updates you don’t need, I don’t think you really need the Bing Toolbar, so block the ones you don’t need in the customsettings.ini file.
See: I actually use MDT to build my images in a VM. I simply use the standard client task sequence, have it capture, use the LTISuspend.wsf script, and make my customizations then. Info on Adding IE 11 to your image: Question: At my day job, I would like to use MDT.
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Do I need WDS to deploy via PXE booting machines? We use Linux servers, and the company I work for cannot afford (read: does not want to pay for) Windows Servers in the environment.
Answer: It’s important to understand that WDS is just a server role, MDT is the scripts and GUI, and ADK is just the tools. So, no you don’t need WDS, its cool to have, but not a deal breaker. The ONLY thing you need WDS for is for is PXE boot and Multicasting. Which most people don’t need unless they’re running hundreds of machines (like I used to do when I worked for a large multinational conglomorate) Instead, just use the ISO that MDT spits out and burn it to CD or configure a USB drive to boot with that ISO. So, the answer is No, you don’t need WDS. In fact, you can run it off a Windows 7 box.
Better yet, use a Windows 7 VM on a server. Question: Is it possible to clone multiple devices at the same time in MDT 2012? I have about 50 surface Pro 2 tablets that I would like to clone from a master image that I will make in MDT. After creating my necessary deployment share drives, how many surfaces can I apply the clone to at once using 1 PC? Answer: This is a good question, I wish there was a real simple answer to this, but I can tell you what I know, and try to keep it as simple as possible. A great deal of this depends on what kind of server you’re copying the files from and the network you’re running on.
A small single disk server running on megabit will start to choke when you attempt to deploy to more than about half a dozen boxes at the same time, however, if you’re running a decent raid server using WDS multicasting on gigabit network, you could easily do a few dozen at a time before you’d see any real slowdown, and even then, with multicasting, you should have little trouble. What can also cause bottle necks is the update process, so if you’re going to keep office out of the image, take into consideration that you’ll want to let it update during deploy if you don’t have a WSUS server.
With that being said, if you’re pulling the image from 1 PC, don’t expect to do more than half a dozen at a time before the whole system starts to choke. Get WDS and Multicast working from a real server if you plan on cooking 50 some tablets at once. Question:“How do I activate Office and/or Windows with MDT 2013?” Turns out this actually pretty simple, both can be done easily from the command line The quickest way to do this it is by simply adding it to your task sequence. I prefer however to add it as an application. This gives you the benefit of only activating when you’re ready to deploy at prime time, and keeps you from burning up activations when you’re only testing, giving you control of when and where it is done. I also recommend adding your office key in the Office Customization Wizard, thus keeping your key out of plain text, and safe from snooping eyes. For Windows, I can’t recommend KMS enough, but if you’re using MAK, you may have to keep that in your answer file as well.
Office 2010 (64bit) cscript 'C: Program Files Microsoft Office Office14 ospp.vbs' /act Windows 7 cscript c: windows system32 slmgr.vbs /ato See Also: Question:“Why is it better to let a task sequence install software instead of including it on the image to start with?” Answer:Ideally you want to have one and only one image, the less apps you have in the images, the easier it is to do this. This “thin” image is exponentially more flexible since you’re able to select which apps to install on the fly. You might be able to get away with Office in the image, but its really up to you. (Follow the less is more principle here!) So imagine a basic image done the “old” way with adobe reader, java, flash, etc. In six to nine months this image is horribly out of date, the java is out of date, the adobe is now two or three quarters behind and out of date flash is bad news bears as the hipsters like to say.
So ask yourself: Do you want to build a whole new image just because of this or would it be easier to just go into MDT and copy three new msi files to the apps directory in the share? I like option two, besides a leaner image that’s just windows, updates and office can go anywhere if the vast majority of applications are installed “automagically” only when YOU say, its a beautiful thing. Almost as beautiful are how you can then bundle groups of apps with App Bundles. App bundles are pretty neat. We used to use Bundles for specific groups of PCs at one company I used to work at, we had a “laptop bundle” it included the extra security software and VPN software and the web-cam app.
We had a “Manager’s bundle” it included the software only supervisors would need. We had a “call center bundle” for our call center PCs, they come in real handy. At a school I worked with we had one bundle for student PCs and a second bundle of teacher PCs, it worked really well.
Another thing you can do is bundle office and office activation scripts, hide the standalone office and activation apps, and leave just the bundle, this way you can “combine apps” Question:“Why is MDT lite touch still prompting me with the welcome screen even though I still have skipbddwelcome=yes set in my customsettings.ini file. Answer:This is a pretty common problem, and the answer is pretty simple. For some Reason, (don’t ask me why) Skip BDDWelcome needs to be set in both or just in the boot.ini file, and then you have to update your share AND your boot media, be that CD, USB or PXE. Question:“Does it matter what format of installer you use with MDT?” Answer:The answer is two part: Yes and No. While I’ve yet to see an application that couldn’t be installed silently or be kicked off for an unattended install, MSI files by and large tend to be the easiest to run unattended installs.
However this question really does have one “gotcha” and that’s the commandline syntax needed to install the application unattended. Which for MSIs is fairly straightforward. MSI files are very easy to install this way. Not that standalone.exe’s won’t run with some secret “app.exe /silent” or “setup.exe /quiet” command line magic, it may take some research and real luck, but it most likely will require some real trial and error. The best thing about.msi files is that they can be edited with Orca so that they will already have the answers they’d ask predefined, and there is little to no guesswork with MSI files.
Now, with that being said, not all.exe’s are created equal. Firefox likes one “magic word” to install silently, Microsoft products prefer another way, and its hard to know offhand what some other vendor will prefer, but don’t fret, it turns out lots of vendors actually hide MSI files in their executables, so try checking the Googles to see if your app is really just an exe bootstrapper for an MSI file. And on another note, if you’re lucky enough to have an installsheild.exe you should be able to generate and use an.iss file. Check unattended.sourceforge.net for more info on how that works.
Also double check my page Application Cheatsheet and ITNinja.com for notes on what command line syntax is needed. Question:“What are the advantages of using the database with MDT? Does it benefit me even if I only have 20 computers in my office?” Answer:Ask not whether you have the time and resources to use the MDT database, but if you can afford not to use the MDT database. The advantages of using MDT’s database feature are just as beneficial to an office of 20 as they are to an office of 2000.
First of all, it allows you to EXPAND on the dynamic capabilities of your customsetting.ini file, and assign special rules to specific devices, but still assign specific settings to specific PCs. For instance, if you wanted to assign specific names to specific hardware, the database would be an ideal way to do that. The fact of the matter is that there is only so much you can do with your customsettings.ini file. Now, you don’t need to be a SQL expert to setup the MDT database, it’s quick, easy, and is effectively a very good way to supplement and complement the customizations you’ve made with your MDT customsettings.ini file. It’s not an issue of whether you’re too small for a MDT database, the issue is whether your needs require expanding on the customizations made in the CS.ini file.
See: Question:“Why is MDT not installing drivers in my custom image?” Answer:Remember, log files are your friend. Use CMTrace to check your logfiles, and use separate shares for building images, and for deploying images. There’s specific log files for driver injection. Set driver path variables either in your task sequence or in you customsettings.ini files. Finally, remember to use task sequences to build your image in a VM, simply set capture to true either in the wizard or in your build share’s customsettings.ini file.
I can’t recommend any other way to build images. But if you’ve done all of this, check out: Question:“Does user state migration fix profile issues on a user’s desktop?” Answer:Yes it should, the User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) is remarkably adept at rebuilding user profiles. The infamous “Corrupt Profile” is in all reality, very rare. Usually the real culprit is registry issues or issues with bad program installs.
Remember USMT just captures pointers to data, the profile gets rebuilt at first login. When the user logs into the PC for the first time, the system rebuilds the profile, and just uses the data that was moved. The USMT’s xml files can be tweaked to preserve less or more depending on what you want to copy. If you suspect its copying over information that’s causing issues, tweak it to preserve less data.” Question:“I’ve been using clonezilla, and I think it rocks, why should I switch?” Answer:Clonezilla is a joke. Switch to the ONLY Microsoft supported windows deployment solution and you’ll thank me later.
Need a better reason? Reduce your image count from 12 to 1. Clonezilla is just a poor man’s version of Ghost, and believe me, its a poor one at that. MDT does so much more AFTER imaging like joining the domain and restoring user data. You want to do that by hand? No, don’t be that guy joining to the domain by hand. Use MDT to join the domain, build your sysprep files, and unattended.xml files as well.
Trust me, don’t use Clonezilla. With all the time you’ll save, you’ll be able to do real work.” Got a question? I LOVE Questions!
Windows 10 deployment scenarios. 11 minutes to read. Contributors. In this article Applies to. Windows 10 To successfully deploy the Windows 10 operating system in your organization, it is important to understand the different ways that it can be deployed, especially now that there are new scenarios to consider.
Choosing among these scenarios, and understanding the capabilities and limitations of each, is a key task. The following table summarizes various Windows 10 deployment scenarios. The scenarios are each assigned to one of three categories. Modern deployment methods are recommended unless you have a specific need to use a different procedure. Dynamic deployment methods enable you to configure applications and settings for specific use cases.
Traditional deployment methods use tools such as Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and System Center Configuration Manager. Category Scenario Description More information Modern Customize the out-of-box-experience (OOBE) for your organization, and deploy a new system with apps and settings already configured. Use Windows Setup to update your OS and migrate apps and settings.
Rollback data is saved in Windows.old. Dynamic Switch from Windows 10 Pro to Enterprise when a subscribed user signs in. The device is automatically joined to AAD and configured by MDM. Using the Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer tool, create provisioning packages that can be applied to devices. Traditional Deploy a new device, or wipe an existing device and deploy with a fresh image. Also called wipe and load.
Redeploy a device by saving the user state, wiping the disk, then restoring the user state. Replace an existing device with a new one by saving the user state on the old device and then restoring it to the new device.
Important The Windows Autopilot and Subscription Activation scenarios require that the beginning OS be Windows 10 version 1703, or later. Except for clean install scenarios such as traditional bare metal and Windows Autopilot, all the methods described can optionally migrate apps and settings to the new OS. Modern deployment methods Modern deployment methods embrace both traditional on-prem and cloud services to deliver a simple, streamlined, cost effective deployment experience. Windows Autopilot Windows Autopilot is a new suite of capabilities designed to simplify and modernize the deployment and management of new Windows 10 PCs. Windows Autopilot enables IT professionals to customize the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) for Windows 10 PCs and provide end users with a fully configured new Windows 10 device after just a few clicks. There are no images to deploy, no drivers to inject, and no infrastructure to manage. Users can go through the deployment process independently, without the need consult their IT administrator.
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For more information about Windows Autopilot, see and. In-place upgrade For existing computers running Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1, the recommended path for organizations deploying Windows 10 leverages the Windows installation program (Setup.exe) to perform an in-place upgrade, which automatically preserves all data, settings, applications, and drivers from the existing operating system version. This requires the least IT effort, because there is no need for any complex deployment infrastructure. Although consumer PCs will be upgraded using Windows Update, organizations want more control over the process. This is accomplished by leveraging tools like System Center Configuration Manager or the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to completely automate the upgrade process through simple task sequences. The in-place upgrade process is designed to be extremely reliable, with the ability to automatically roll back to the previous operating system if any issues are encountered during the deployment process, without any IT staff involvement.
Rolling back manually can also be done by leveraging the automatically-created recovery information (stored in the Windows.old folder), in case any issues are encountered after the upgrade is finished. The upgrade process is also typically faster than traditional deployments, because applications do not need to be reinstalled as part of the process. Because existing applications are preserved through the process, the upgrade process uses the standard Windows installation media image (Install.wim); custom images are not needed and cannot be used because the upgrade process is unable to deal with conflicts between apps in the old and new operating system. (For example, Contoso Timecard 1.0 in Windows 7 and Contoso Timecard 3.0 in the Windows 10 image.) Scenarios that support in-place upgrade with some additional procedures include changing from BIOS to UEFI boot mode and upgrade of devices that use non-Microsoft disk encryption software. Legacy BIOS to UEFI booting: To perform an in-place upgrade on a UEFI-capable system that currently boots using legacy BIOS, first perform the in-place upgrade to Windows 10, maintaining the legacy BIOS boot mode. Windows 10 does not require UEFI, so it will work fine to upgrade a system using legacy BIOS emulation. After the upgrade, if you wish to enable Windows 10 features that require UEFI (such as Secure Boot), you can convert the system disk to a format that supports UEFI boot using the tool.
Note: requires GPT disk layout. After the disk has been converted, you must also configure the firmware to boot in UEFI mode.
Non-Microsoft disk encryption software: While devices encrypted with BitLocker can easily be upgraded, more work is necessary for non-Microsoft disk encryption tools. Some ISVs will provide instructions on how to integrate their software into the in-place upgrade process. Check with your ISV to see if they have instructions.
The following articles provide details on how to provision encryption drivers for use during Windows Setup via the ReflectDrivers setting:. There are some situations where you cannot use in-place upgrade; in these situations, you can use traditional deployment (wipe-and-load) instead. Examples of these situations include:.
Changing from Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 x86 to Windows 10 x64. The upgrade process cannot change from a 32-bit operating system to a 64-bit operating system, because of possible complications with installed applications and drivers. Windows To Go and Boot from VHD installations. The upgrade process is unable to upgrade these installations. Instead, new installations would need to be performed. Updating existing images.
While it might be tempting to try to upgrade existing Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 images to Windows 10 by installing the old image, upgrading it, and then recapturing the new Windows 10 image, this is not supported – preparing an upgraded OS for imaging (using Sysprep.exe) is not supported and will not work when it detects the upgraded OS. Dual-boot and multi-boot systems. The upgrade process is designed for devices running a single OS; if using dual-boot or multi-boot systems with multiple operating systems (not leveraging virtual machines for the second and subsequent operating systems), additional care should be taken. Dynamic provisioning For new PCs, organizations have historically replaced the version of Windows included on the device with their own custom Windows image, because this was often faster and easier than leveraging the preinstalled version. But this is an added expense due to the time and effort required. With the new dynamic provisioning capabilities and tools provided with Windows 10, it is now possible to avoid this. The goal of dynamic provisioning is to take a new PC out of the box, turn it on, and transform it into a productive organization device, with minimal time and effort.
The types of transformations that are available include: Windows 10 Subscription Activation Windows 10 Subscription Activation is a modern deployment method that enables you to change the SKU from Pro to Enterprise with no keys and no reboots. Indian constitution parts. For more information about Subscription Activation, see. Azure Active Directory (AAD) join with automatic mobile device management (MDM) enrollment In this scenario, the organization member just needs to provide their work or school user ID and password; the device can then be automatically joined to Azure Active Directory and enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) solution with no additional user interaction. Once done, the MDM solution can finish configuring the device as needed. For more information, see.
Provisioning package configuration Using the, IT administrators can create a self-contained package that contains all of the configuration, settings, and apps that need to be applied to a machine. These packages can then be deployed to new PCs through a variety of means, typically by IT professionals. For more information, see. These scenarios can be used to enable “choose your own device” (CYOD) programs where the organization’s users can pick their own PC and not be restricted to a small list of approved or certified models (programs that are difficult to implement using traditional deployment scenarios). While the initial Windows 10 release includes a variety of provisioning settings and deployment mechanisms, these will continue to be enhanced and extended based on feedback from organizations. As with all Windows features, organizations can submit suggestions for additional features through the Windows Feedback app or through their Microsoft Support contacts.
Traditional deployment: New versions of Windows have typically been deployed by organizations using an image-based process built on top of tools provided in the, Windows Deployment Services, the, and. With the release of Windows 10, all of these tools are being updated to fully support Windows 10. Although newer scenarios such as in-place upgrade and dynamic provisioning may reduce the need for traditional deployment capabilities in some organizations, these traditional methods remain important and will continue to be available to organizations that need them. The traditional deployment scenario can be divided into different sub-scenarios.
These are explained in detail in the following sections, but the following provides a brief summary:. New computer. A bare-metal deployment of a new machine. Computer refresh. A reinstall of the same machine (with user-state migration and an optional full Windows Imaging (WIM) image backup).
Computer replace. A replacement of the old machine with a new machine (with user-state migration and an optional full WIM image backup). New computer Also called a 'bare metal' deployment. This scenario occurs when you have a blank machine you need to deploy, or an existing machine you want to wipe and redeploy without needing to preserve any existing data. The setup starts from a boot media, using CD, USB, ISO, or Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE). You can also generate a full offline media that includes all the files needed for a client deployment, allowing you to deploy without having to connect to a central deployment share.
The target can be a physical computer, a virtual machine, or a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) running on a physical computer (boot from VHD). The deployment process for the new machine scenario is as follows:. Start the setup from boot media (CD, USB, ISO, or PXE). Wipe the hard disk clean and create new volume(s). Install the operating system image.
Install other applications (as part of the task sequence). After taking these steps, the computer is ready for use. Computer refresh A refresh is sometimes called wipe-and-load. The process is normally initiated in the running operating system. User data and settings are backed up and restored later as part of the deployment process. The target can be the same as for the new computer scenario.
The deployment process for the wipe-and-load scenario is as follows:. Start the setup on a running operating system. Save the user state locally. Wipe the hard disk clean (except for the folder containing the backup). Install the operating system image.
Install other applications. Restore the user state. After taking these steps, the machine is ready for use. Computer replace A computer replace is similar to the refresh scenario. However, since we are replacing the machine, we divide this scenario into two main tasks: backup of the old client and bare-metal deployment of the new client. As with the refresh scenario, user data and settings are backed up and restored. The deployment process for the replace scenario is as follows:.
Save the user state (data and settings) on the server through a backup job on the running operating system. Deploy the new computer as a bare-metal deployment. Note In some situations, you can use the replace scenario even if the target is the same machine. For example, you can use replace if you want to modify the disk layout from the master boot record (MBR) to the GUID partition table (GPT), which will allow you to take advantage of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) functionality. You can also use replace if the disk needs to be repartitioned since user data needs to be transferred off the disk. Related topics. Feedback.