Can we Deploy VM using task sequnce on ESXi servers using SCCM?

Hi Team,
I want to deploy windows 7(64 bit) on a VMware ESxi server by using SCCM task sequence .Please tell me can we image it using SCCM? If not please tell me what are the prerequisite for this.
Also tell me what is SCVMM (Virtual Machine Manager)? Is this used for deploying virtual machines? I don't have SCVMM, I only have SCCM 2012.
Thanks
Prashant

Hi Team,
I want to deploy windows 7(64 bit) on a VMware ESxi server by using SCCM task sequence .Please tell me can we image it using SCCM? If not please tell me what are the prerequisite for this.
Couple of ways to interpret this.
If you just want to know if you can use PXE deployments on VMs like VMWare the answer is yes, but you must use the e1000 legacy adapter as the para-virtualization VMNet adapters don't not support PXE deployment. Similar is true of Hyper-V BTW.
If you _also_ want to deploy the VM itself then we are coordinating SCCM with other tools like Orchestrator, SMA, maybe even the Microsoft WAP (Windows Azure Pack). It's
absolutely doable, but it's no longer a pure SCCM question. We are now talking about self-service workflows and all the wonderful steps that entails.
Bonus points: Now VMware has decided vmdk or bust, but both Xen and MS have decided VHDs are cool ... and if that back-end storage is NAS head with SMB support you can use SCCM to offline patch your templates, too.

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[#|2008-08-28T16:33:34.782-0400|SEVERE|SJS Portal Server|debug.com.sun.portal.admin.cli.commands|ThreadID=10; ClassName=com.sun.portal.admin.cli.commands.portlet.DeployPort
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</snip>
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Thanks,
Kevin

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