Zero touch deployment using SCCM

Hi,
As SCCM is called as zero touch deployment method for operating system deployment. So please help me to clear my below doubts –
How SCCM take care of backup & restore of entire HDD, if SCCM does not take care of backup & restore of entire HDD then how we can say it is zero touch deployment method?

we can use USMT tool with SCCM to decide what we need to backup. I think good planned infrastructure will always have users data on file servers rather than on user's local system. please refer below few URLs for more information:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj127984.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560793(v=ws.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh397289.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/meacoex/archive/2013/02/19/migrate-windows-xp-to-windows-7-using-sccm-2012.aspx
Prashant Patil

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WinPE 4.0 Startup Script on a Zero Touch Deployment

Hi,
First, the scenario im using is SCCM2012 SP1 + MDT2012 Update 1, Zero Touch deployment, started from client, so no USB or PXE boot.
I want to run a startup command when WinPE boots.
WinPE have some ways to run startup scripts, you have to modify or include some files on your boot image to do it, please correct me if im wrong, there are some methods:
Startnet.cmd - When you update boot image on Distribution Point, SCCM adds his binaries and Startnet.cmd doest run on boot.
TSConfig.ini - Not valid for my ZeroTouch Scenario because, when computer reboots to the boot image it doesnt run. Only Media and PXE.
Unattend.xml - Not valid for my ZeroTouch Scenario because, when computer reboots to the boot image it doesnt run. Only Media and PXE.
AutoUnattend.xml - Not valid for my ZeroTouch Scenario because, when computer reboots to the boot image it doesnt run. Only Media and PXE.
WinPEshl.ini - When you update the file gets overwrited, so i cant add commands
to the file at the boot image and then update, anyways im trying to use this method because you should be able to inject the file on the boot image someway during
the update process.
Im trying inject the file at the update distribution point process by adding it on osdinjection.xml, but the update process fails to inject OSD Binaries on the boot image.
Maybe some one know how to do it, file and directories have the correct permisions.

I also wanted to inject some startupscripts in the winPe environment. SCCM 2012 ignored the WinPEshl.ini and the startnet.cmd.
This solved my issue ->
First I enabled powershell for the boot image and then added the script as a "Prestart Command".
Now my powershell script runs before the task sequence starts.

Windows 7 deployment using SCCM 2007 SP2

Hi,
We planning to do Windows 7 deployment using SCCM 2007 SP2 so we have some queries regarding same.
Is it possible to take entire HDD backup & restore using SCCM 2007 SP2? Also is it recommended to do so?
What will be the effective method to deploy OS at remote branches?
If we want to save the network bandwidth then what will way to send image to distribution point and client as well.
Is it mandatory to have PXE boot enable in bios & set as first boot preference on each client machine for PXE initiated windows 7 deployment? If so then is there any option to enable PXE boot & set as first preference on client machine
remotely?
Is it possible to deploy OS in other than C drive i.e D or E to have dual boot option?
Which we will be best method to have zero touch deployment without any end user intervention and why?
Please help to clarify.

As Jason said, these are the configurations that requires some high level skills to configure it, the answers are the same as said by Arnav... below links would give you a good heads up for the OSD in SCCM if you still want to try it on your own...
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/C/9/7C9A54AC-9661-48CA-9A7C-E3D2B5B23CF2/SystemCenterConfigurationManager2007OperatingSystemDeploymentGuide.pdf
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2009/07/27/a-step-by-step-for-using-osd-through-system-center-configuration-manager-2007.aspx
https://blogs.technet.com/b/birojitn/archive/2010/01/20/windows-7-deployment-using-sccm-2007-sp2.aspx
bluerail

Windows 8.1 Pro OS Deployment Using SCCM 2007 SP2 R3 - Possible? Supported?

I have been able to successfully capture and deploy a Windows 8.1 Pro image to a desktop, however the Apply Device Drivers action consistently fails with the following error in the smsts.log:
Driver-signing policy cannot be configured on this operating system
After that point no suitable drivers are able to be found and the task sequence is unable to proceed due to the lack of drivers. I'm using the same task sequence I used for Windows 8 OS deployment within SCCM 2007 SP2 R3. I'm just looking for confirmation
on whether or not driver deployment is now broken in Windows 8.1.

The toolset has been updated significantly to support Win 8.1. Exact technical details of the changes aren't published anywhere beyond the fact that it simply isn't supported. It's insufficient simply because it is known not to work -- beyond that,
does it really matter?
Note that even Win8 deployment within ConfigMgr is unsupported so basically you're off into uncharted territory and assuming a lot of risk in doing so.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

Windows 7 Deployment using SCCM 2012

I am installing Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit on HP Desktops and Laptops using SCCM 2012 task sequence. I captured an image from the reference computer using capture media. The image works fine on Hp Desktops but when I install the same image on HP laptops,
I get an error message right at the end "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware". I captured another image with plain Windows 7 Enterprise without SP1, updates and drivers. it works perfectly fine on all desktops
and laptops both. Below is the setupact and setuperr error logs. Much appreciated.
SETUPACT.LOG
capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: assigned CAPI machine guid "d01b5e9b-0af5-4b3c-a712-70977e79a177"
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info capisp.dll::SamConnect failed: c00000dc
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: DisableAdministratorIfApplicable failed
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: returning 65b
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Error [0x0f0082] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Failure occurred while executing 'C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize', returned error code 1627[gle=0x000003e5]
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info IBS Callback_Specialize: Internal Providers Specialized Failed. System can't proceed to handle Internal Providers
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info IBS Callback_Specialize: Specialize return: [1627]
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Error [0x060435] IBS Callback_Specialize: An error occurred while either deciding if we need to specialize or while specializing; dwRet = 0x65b
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware.]
SETUPERR.LOG
2014-08-26 21:16:24, Error SYSPRP SPPNP: Error 0x25 (CONFIGRET) occurred while determining the buffer size needed to hold the list of devices that are using service usbhub20.
2014-08-26 21:16:24, Error SYSPRP SPPNP: Error 0x424 occurred while opening a handle to the service usbhub20.[gle=0x00000424]
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Error [0x0f0082] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Failure occurred while executing 'C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize', returned error code 1627[gle=0x000003e5]
2014-08-26 21:19:04, Error [0x060435] IBS Callback_Specialize: An error occurred while either deciding if we need to specialize or while specializing; dwRet = 0x65b

Hi,
From your error log, we could see the root is the incorrect driver.
How did you get the driver in your first image? If you enable "PersistAllDeviceInstalls" configuration when you capture the image, all Plug and Play devices in reference computer are uninstalled during the generalize pass and then reinstalled
during the specialize pass.
However, it‘s not always applied to your laptop.
Thus I suggest you download the proper driver or change the BIOS hard disk drive setting to IDE to check the result.
Warning: This procedure may involve changing your hard disk drive settings in the BIOS. Incorrect changes to the BIOS of your computer can result in serious problems. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that result from changes to the
BIOS can be resolved. Change the BIOS settings at your own risk. Incorrect or corrupted BIOS settings can cause startup problems or shutdown problems.
In addition, you could refer to the article below:
“Windows Setup could not configure Windows on this computer’s hardware” installation error on a Windows 7-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753/en-us
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

Using Native MDT to build images - then deploy using SCCM

Greetings,
I recently watched a webcast from the MS deployment guys and they were insistent that images were built using native MDT, not SCCM. This requires a separate standalone WSUS which is not a real problem.
For people who agree with this, I was interested in your experience of the advantages of doing this.
These are some that have been stated here (http://bit.ly/QSHqt3):
"Using MDT 2013 Lite Touch is simply faster in most cases"
I dont understand this one - why should it be faster?
"You can use the same image for every type
of OS deployment (VDI, SCVMM, MDT, ConfigMgr, WDS, and more)"
Can't the WIM file generated by SCCM built images be used everywhere?
"You don’t need to worry about any challenges
related to running everything in the LocalSystem context"
What does this mean exactly (examples please)?
"You don’t need to worry about the ConfigMgr
task sequence suppressing UI interaction"
What do they mean here?
And are software updates really that much of a pain with SCCM built images?
Lastly - do people always build images from scratch or do they feed the output wim back into the next build process and just add the changes required (like
software updates)?
Thanks
David Z

"Using MDT 2013 Lite Touch is simply faster in most cases"
I dont understand this one - why should it be faster?
You can stand up an instance of MDT, import the necessary media, and produce an image more quickly than you can do the same in ConfigMgr. Actual image creation time can vary due to a number of factors, but in my experience the actual time to run the
Task Sequence is often also shorter.
"You can use the same image for
every type of OS deployment (VDI, SCVMM, MDT, ConfigMgr, WDS, and more)"
Can't the WIM file generated by SCCM built images be used everywhere?
Yes, it can...though bear in mind the image built with ConfigMgr does have the ConfigMgr client installed in the image where the MDT image does not.
"You don’t need to worry about any
challenges related to running everything in the LocalSystem context"
What does this mean exactly (examples please)?
This is not as much of an issue as it used to be. When the MDT Task Sequence runs post-Windows Setup, it is running as the local Administrator account. When ConfigMgr runs this portion, it's running in the Local System context. This can be problematic
with some application installs that rely on certain user environment conditions, but the bigger reason was always the CopyProfile feature in the unattend.xml (and moreso with the UpdateServerProfileDirectory entry in the unattend.txt for WinXP). This took
whatever customizations were made under the local Administrator profile and copied them (mostly) into the Default User profile. This made for an easy way to customize the Default User. This is *not* currently considered a best practice by
any means, even though it is still an available option in the Win8.1 unattend.xml file (Specialize pass).
"You don’t need to worry about the
ConfigMgr task sequence suppressing UI interaction"
What do they mean here?
ConfigMgr suppresses virtually any prompts, dialogs or notifications that are not generated by the Task Sequence engine itself, whether it's intended to be shown by design or generated by an error condition from an app or command line being run.
For example, the default max run time for apps is generally 2 hours. If the application decides to throw up a notification window for some reason, it will not be visible and the Task Sequence engine will wait the full 2 hours before timing out and finally
failing.
And are software updates really that much of a pain with SCCM built images?
No, and in fact Software Updates are one of the biggest arguments against using MDT if you're already using ConfigMgr for Software Update deployment. Because MDT doesn't have the ConfigMgr client, it can't recognize the availability of Software Updates
deployed in ConfigMgr, and it's really a bad idea to try and use the same instance of WSUS that ConfigMgr is using to deploy updates directly from WSUS. So you end up having to maintain Software Updates in two places: ConfigMgr and standalone WSUS.
Lastly - do people always build images from scratch or do they feed the output wim back into the next build process and just add the changes required
(like software updates)?
I recommend doing a clean build and capture every time, whether ConfigMgr or MDT. If you have a solid Task Sequence developed and a consistent revisioning process in place, it's just a matter of firing up a VM and kicking off the TS, then importing
the captured WIM into ConfigMgr, distributing and testing.
Hope that answers your questions!

Automating Software Deployment using SCCM Powershell cmdlets

Hello,
I am trying to automate our Software Update deployment procedure. However I am having problems trying to download software updates associated to a Software Update Group using Start-CMSoftwareDeployment cmdlet.
In this instance, I have a Software Update Group with one update KB2817369. When I use Start-CMSoftwareDeployment cmdlet, I get the error message "Warning: The object <Name of Software Update> cannot be downloaded".
Any ideas how I can automate the download of the security updates associated to a Software Update Group ?
Thanks
Imran
Imran

Hello Prabha,
I had a look at Automatic deployment rules but I do not think this would work in our environment because I just want to be able to download the software updates for a specific Software Update Group and at a later date create the corresponding Deployment
Package.
The process I am trying to automate is:-
1) Create Software Update Group with appropriate software updates
2) After removing any redundant software updates from the Software Update Group, download the software updates
3) Create a Software Update Deployment package and deploy to collections.
Hope you can help.
Imran
Imran

Adobe Creative Cloud Enterprise Deployment Issues using SCCM 2012 R2

Hi,
I have been trying to deploy Adobe Creative Cloud Enterprise to Windows 8.1 machines that are identical, using SCCM 2012 R2.
The Adobe package seems fine, because it seems to deploy successfully to some machines. And SCCM 2012 R2 has been configured correctly, as I can deploy other software using it, and again, it deploys Adobe CC successfully to some of the machines.
I have tried comparing the package that is downloaded on the test machine/client machine, with the original package on the distribution point, using Beyond Compare, and there are no differences.
I have contacted Adobe Enterprise Support, and they asked me to send to them log files from Event Viewer, the msi installer, and other Adobe logs, from the machine that failed the deployment. However, after Adobe studying them, they told me that they could not identify any problems... Strange, because I could have sworn that I saw error 1603 pop up over 20 times on different machines indicating that the 'Set-up.dat' file had a problem with it.
After all the testing on over 20 identical machines (same hardware/same software), using different configurations on SCCM 2012 R2 and the client machines, I still can't seem to have a reliable solution to deploying Adobe CC.
The fact that it deploys successfully on one machine and fails on another, or sometimes deploy to two machines and fail on another (simultaneously), is something that I don't understand.
Another thing is that, if I retry the deployment 10-15 times after it failed the first time, it might go through...
Adobe Enterprise Support asked me if they could remote into a machine that failed the deployment to have a look at it and I agreed to that option, but it seems like my issue has been ignored because they never got back to me.
Has anyone had this kind of problem or anything similar before?
I need to be able to deploy this remotely to 100+ machines. So installing manually is not an option.
Any help is appreciated.
This was posted in the wrong section a few days ago. I'm hoping I can get some help here.
Case Number: 1862659812
UPDATE: I spoke to Adobe Customer Support and after 1.5 hours on the phone with a remote session going on, problem was still not solved or identified. Additional log files have been sent and now I'm waiting for a call back.

Hi Robert,
We seem to be having a very similar issue. Our installs would randomly fail with error code 1603 and an error message about a fault in Set-up.dat. Failure rate was near 95% on our 900 machines. Adobe Support and Karl having been looking into our issues but so far no solution has been found.
Having done a lot of investigating we've managed to deploy our package using a schedule task running as a domain admin. This is a nasty solution and we don't intend on using this permanently, but we needed to get the package out.
Are you seeing any of the following:
Entries in PDApp.log:
[FATAL] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 2900 | The Bootstrapper Process is (5).Stopping the installation process.
[FATAL] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 2900 | The return code from the Adobe Installer Process is (33).Stopping the uninstallation process.
[WARN] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 2900 | Failed to find the pdb database.
[WARN] | | ASU | DeploymentManager | DeploymentManager | | | 2900 | Failed to get the local payload database handle.
Event Log:
Faulting application name: Set-up.dat, version: 2.9.1.474, time stamp: 0x54e11f94
Faulting module name: Set-up.dat, version: 2.9.1.474, time stamp: 0x54e11f94
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000d7c52
Faulting process id: 0xb40
Faulting application start time: 0x01d072a073861622
Faulting application path: \\server.name.path\Adobe CC\FullPackage\Build\ASU\Set-up.dat
Faulting module path: \\server.name.path\Adobe CC\FullPackage\Build\ASU\Set-up.dat
Report Id: c86d9216-de93-11e4-8284-782bcb99e284
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Installer Log
Indicates it can't find the Media_db. We noticed that the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps doesn't get created on the machines were the install fails, so error message is correct in that there isn't a Media_db.db. Sysinterals Process Monitor seems to show that the setup tried to create the folder/files but they don't actually get created. Copying a Media_db into the folder from another machine seems to allow the installation to almost finish, but unsurprisingly you end up with problems later on.

Error while deploying Windows 2008 R2 using SCCM 2012 R2

I am trying to deploy Window 2008 R2 image (captured from a reference machine) using SCCM 2012 R2. I have integrated MDT 2013 with SCCM 2012 R2 and created an MDT task sequence. During deployment, towards the end of Applying image.wim, it gives me
an error that task sequence failed with the error code 0x80070002. And then the system reboots. After reboot, I am able to login to the Windows Server. It seems to work fine, but there are no applications etc installed. Also the _SMSTS log folder is still
present in the C drive. And in the smsts.log file, i can see errors like failed to copy unattend.xml file. Please help me.

Hi,
Error code 0x80070002, it means the system cannot find file specified.
For more information, please review the link below:
Task Sequence Failed with the Error Code 0x80070002
http://prajwaldesai.com/task-sequence-failed-error-code-0x80070002/
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Can I use SCCM 2007 to deploy SCCM 2012 Agent

I was reading the scenarios for deploying the SCCM 2012 agent here
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682132.aspx
I have been planning to deploy the 2012 agent using an SCCM 2007 deployment package. I am not migrating any data/packages/collections/anything from SCCM 2007.
I am looking for a sane way to deploy 2000ish clients a day for 2 weeks and be done.
I figure they are all SCCM 2007 clients so lets deploy 2012 agent using SCCM 2007.
I read the following in the link above and it sounds like the way I want to go – use SCCM 2007 software distribution…
Upgrade installation by using application management
Upgrades clients to a newer version by using Configuration Manager application management. You can also use Configuration Manager 2007 software
distribution to upgrade clients to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
Then later in the same document there is this…
How to Upgrade Configuration Manager Clients by Using a Package and Program
You can use Configuration Manager to create and deploy a package and program that upgrades the client software for selected computers in your hierarchy. A package definition file
is supplied with Configuration Manager that populates the package properties with typically used values. You can customize the behavior of the client installation by specifying additional command line properties.
You cannot upgrade Configuration Manager 2007 clients to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager by using this method.
In this scenario, use automatic client upgrade, which automatically creates and deploys a package that contains the latest version of the client.
What???!?? There is no Automatic client upgrade feature in 2007 – so how does that even make sense? In one section, it says I can deploy the 2012 Agent using SCCM 2007 software distribution, and then later in the same document, it
says I can't. I am probably misunderstanding somthing.
Is it possible to make a package/program in SCCM 2007 that will make targeted clients upgrade to Agent 2012 and join the new SCCM 2012 Site?

I tested this (deploying 2012 agent using existing 2007 SCCM infrastructure) with a few test systems at my desk and it seems to work pretty smoothly. I made a package to deploy SCCM 2012 SP1 and added it to my SCCM 2007 Site. Then I deployed
the 2012 agent from 2007 and it worked great. If it works this well in production, I will be able to migrate all of my clients in less than a weeks time.
I have not published the 2012 site information in AD - and I don't plan to. We would have some overlapping site boundaries - and in 2012 it seems its unnecessary in a single site hierarchy. I AM planning to use boundaries to assign
DPs, but thankfully site and DP boundaries have been separated. It works great to just specify the site in everything and not worry about auto discovery. My clients don't move among sites since I only have one large site.
Sorry that I somehow posted this same question twice, and thanks for cleaning that up.
In my installation, I just called ccmsetup.exe with the following command line...
/mp:myMP.mydomain.com CCMLOGMAXHISTORY=5 CCMLOGMAXSIZE=1000000 SMSCACHEFLAGS=PERCENTDISKSPACE;NTFSONLY SMSCACHESIZE=10 SMSMP=myMP.mydomain.com SMSSITECODE=CCM
I am not sure that I need to specify the MP twice, but it is working to do so. I'm also not sure whether the log and cache flags will be honored since there are existing settings from SCCM2007 agent. I think that the 2012 install will not change
these settings upon installation, but it does not appear to hurt the process to include them just in case it does work.

SCCM 2012 - 802.1x authentication for zero touch installation

Hi guys,
I'm setting up a demo environment for sccm 2012. Our customer has the requirement to enforce 802.1x authentication (username & password without certificates) on the network. So I need a 802.1x integration into the WinPE image, that clients can access
the install vlan instead of the guest vlan during the zero touch Windows 7 OS install process.
What I did before:
- mount the SCCM modified WinPE image (boot.XXX99999.wim)
- integration of the KB972831 hotfix into the WinPE
- creation of a lan profile and eap profile file
- copy both files into the mounted image
- creation of new wim file
I've booted the boot wim via a usb stick to test the 802.1x integration with the following commands:
net start dot3svc
=> The Wired AutoConfig service was started successfully
netsh lan add profile filename="X:\8021x\Local Area Connection.xml " interface="Local Area Connection"
=> The profile was added successfully on the interface Local Area connection
netsh lan set eapuserdata filename=x:\8021x\Wired-WinPE-UserData-PEAP-MSChapv2.xml allusers=yes interface="Local Area Connection"
=> Error setting user data for interface Local Area Connection. The operation is not supported.
Actually I can't post web links here. If the files are needed I can send them per mail.
What can I do to solve this problem?
Thanks!
Regards
Bastian

Hi!
Did you gave a look at this website: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/lakey81/archive/2011/07/06/configuring-802-1x-network-authentication-for-winpe-3-0-and-configmgr-deployments.aspx
I've followed those steps and it worked as a charm, even for WinPE 4.0.
If you have questions let me know.
Cheers.

Deploy Java and Oracle updates using SCCM 2007 Software Updates

Hi Team,
I am using SCCM 2007 to deploy software updates on all my servers. Now i want deploy updates fro third party tools like Adobe, Java etc..Please suggest me on how to deploy these updates using SCCM.
I am looking for other simple solution than SCUP 2011. Please suggest.
Thanks
Siva

Hi,
SCUP 2011 would be the way to do it or a package/program. There are commercial software solutions that plugins to configuration Manager like Secunia
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/sc2012_plugin/ ,Solarwinds
http://www.solarwinds.com/patch-manager.aspx and Shavlik
http://www.shavlik.com/products/scupdates/ that offer a subscription of updates for these products for a cost of course.
Regards,
Jörgen
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I used SCCM to deploy Firefox 5.0 to our organization, and when I redeploy firefox 6.0 I still have users complaining that Firefox needs an admin to upgrade even though it is already at 6.0

I used SCCM to deploy Firefox 5.0 to our organization, and when I redeploy firefox 6.0 I still have users complaining that Firefox needs an admin to upgrade even though it is already at 6.0

Absolutely! This post has the best solution by a user named cor-el.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/818780#answer-179418

Deploy virual machines 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

You can deploy VMs using ConfigMgr (i.e. you can install an OS in an existing VM).
SCVMM can be used to manage virtualisation hosts and guest - even VMWare. And yes there are overlapping functionalities.
Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

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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