Managing software and Windows deployments with ConfigMgr and 1EDANIEL RATLIFFTECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT

WWW.POTENTENGINEER.COM@POTENTENGINEER

Outline• Introduction

• Nomad and PXE

• Shopping and AppClarity

• Free tools• 1E SetSMSTS

• 1E UpdateBootImageGUI

• Windows Migration• User data and Peer Backup Assistant (PBA)

• PXE

• Applications and AppMapping

• Closing

NomadBranch• Just works, no need to change default bandwidth settings

• Save infrastructure, ~60,000 clients and 8 DPs

• Work rate – 80% of available bandwidth• Ex.) 100Mbps pipe, 60Mbps in use, 40Mbps left. 80% or up to 32Mbps

of remaining 40Mbps will be used

• Consider your network• VPNs and other distributed LAN segments• Use inhibited sites and subnets to control P2P

• Thorough documentation at http://help.1e.com/display/NMD55/Welcome

PXE Everywhere• Like Nomad, saves on Infrastructure• ~150 machines built a day, only 8 DPs, ~60 PXE masters

• Simple setup1. Configure boot image

2. Deploy TS with boot image assigned to PXE master

3. Configure PXE client settings (optional)

• Great session at MMS 2014 – PXE Booting in the Real World

• Thorough documentation at http://help.1e.com/display/PXE23/Welcome

Shopping and AppClarity• Shopping• User self-service for software, supply chain, any workflows you need

• Approvals for management

• AppClarity• Eliminate software waste

• Software license management

• Normalization of ConfigMgr data• (Adobe Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Inc.) = Adobe Systems Inc.

• Thorough AppClarity documentation at http://help.1e.com/display/APC45/Welcome

• Thorough Shopping documentation at http://help.1e.com/display/SHP51/Welcome

Free Tools

1E SETSMSTSLOG

• REFRESH scenario doesn’t save SMSTS log settings prior to ConfigMgr 2012 R2 CU2

• Sets read-only task sequence variables for OSD in prior OS

1E UPDATEBOOTIMAGE GUI

• Used to create command line to update boot image used for PXE Everywhere

• Auto-fills server and parameter info

• Lifesaver for typing out long lists of server FQDNs

Windows Migration (Refresh) with 1E• User data with Nomad Peer Backup Assistant (PBA)• 3rd party Full Disk Encryption, no hardlinks or Bitlocker, cant save

data locally

• Inventory with Jason Sandy’s User Estimate Script

• USMT state store saved on local peer using Nomad PBA

• PXE boot with PXE Everywhere• Change boot order to PXE first, set back after new OS installed

• Reboot to PXE boot from local peer

• Disable F12 for ZTI

Windows Migration (Refresh) with 1E• App backup/restore with AppMapping• Inventory apps

• Restore apps based on AppMapping rules and COALESCED variables• Anyone with Acrobat 7,8,9,10 automatically gets Acrobat 11 installed, etc

• Self-service with Shopping• User scheduling, pick specific time

• Technician scheduling

• 21,000+ machines in 4 months• 150+ a night

Windows Migration (Refresh) with 1E

• Inventory printers

• Backup user data via Nomad PBA

• Inventory user apps

Inventory and backup OS and user settings

• Set boot order• Boot to PXE

Everywhere

Reboot to PXE & WinPE • Apply OS

• Restore apps using AppMapping

• Restore user data and printersApply new OS

and restore user data, apps,

printers

Daniel RatliffQuestions? Feel free to reach out!

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