Managing software and
Windows deployments
with ConfigMgr and 1E
D A N I E L R AT L I F F
T E C H N O LO G Y A R C H I T E C T
W W W. P OT E N T E N G I N E E R . C O M
@ P OT E N T E N G I N E E R
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 setup
1.
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
1 E SE T SMSTSLO G
1 E U P D AT EB O OT IMAGE G U I
• REFRESH scenario doesn’t save
SMSTS log settings prior to
ConfigMgr 2012 R2 CU2
• Used to create command line to
update boot image used for
PXE Everywhere
• Sets read-only task sequence
variables for OSD in prior OS
• 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
Reboot to PXE &
WinPE
• Set boot order
• Boot to PXE
Everywhere
• Apply OS
• Restore apps using
AppMapping
• Restore user data
and printers
Apply new OS and
restore user data,
apps, printers
Daniel Ratliff
Questions? Feel free to reach out!
http://www.PotentEngineer.com
@PotentEngineer
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