Pushing out windows 8 on boot up

[DalekSec]

Hello

 

I've been tasked with setting up our SCCM to be able to install Windows 7 OS and Software, drivers etc. From when the system detects a new machine and on boot-up will get to work. My previous experience of SCCM is nil, so was wondering if anyone has any useful tips/guides?

 

Thanks

 

-Please note its windows 7 not 8-

Edited December 4, 2014 by DalekSec

[synaesthesia]

It's really quite a large task - SCCM is no small beast as no doubt you've already figured out and I really believe it would be a pointless exercise to try and push you through menial tasks like that until you've had a chance to get to grips with it.

I would strongly suggest a few months testing and playing around with it before going live, and the best resource for this is easily windows-noob.com - they have a great guide on SCCM 2012 R2 from initial install and setup to using it for deployments of operating systems, updates, software, security, everything.

 

Windows 8 though? Do you hate your users that much?

[DalekSec]

Running though all the windows-noob ones at the moment, may take awhile. Also I meant 7! must of been my subconscious...

[sted]

It's really quite a large task - SCCM is no small beast as no doubt you've already figured out and I really believe it would be a pointless exercise to try and push you through menial tasks like that until you've had a chance to get to grips with it.

I would strongly suggest a few months testing and playing around with it before going live, and the best resource for this is easily windows-noob.com - they have a great guide on SCCM 2012 R2 from initial install and setup to using it for deployments of operating systems, updates, software, security, everything.

 

Windows 8 though? Do you hate your users that much?

 

im also not sure you would want it to auto deploy to anything you brought onto your network. What if someone brought in their own laptop plugged it in and you automagically wiped it for them?

[DalekSec]

im also not sure you would want it to auto deploy to anything you brought onto your network. What if someone brought in their own laptop plugged it in and you automagically wiped it for them?

From what I read you password protect it so people can't wipe their own machines

[sted]

From what I read you password protect it so people can't wipe their own machines

 

if you hav to go to the pc anyway where the point in it autostarting you may as well just let it boot into windows and install the client or pxe boot it manually them

[beancole]

I work in a special need school and we have a department in a mainstream school. they have this set up and everytime they mess around with some networking they wipe all our machines.

 

Honest opinion use Fog 0.32 (no newer) on Ubuntu. PM me if you want full setup guides including known pitfalls etc.

[localzuk]

SCCM is a complex beast but well worth getting setup. By installing it here, we've completely changed the way we provide IT support - support tickets are now a third of what they were before we did it. Staff can self install software on their laptops, re-imaging computers is quick and reliable and we have the safety net of it being a relatively "standard" piece of kit which someone else could step in and use quite easily.

 

That said, if you get it wrong, you can end up with the sort of thing that @bencole has mentioned - accidentally re-imaging random PCs. It requires the IT team to check what they're doing before clicking "go".

 

Fog is great, but for our more complicated OS's now, eg Windows 7 onwards, maintaining images is a time consuming beast using it. Changing our image in SCCM is a matter of clicks. Changing one in SCCM is a whole mess of booting virtual machines and working with snapshots.

[DalekSec]

It looks like I has been setup before by a previous tech, but at what stage it is at I am unsure as the image needs around 370 updates to it, might be worth while to make a new image. Have read several guide and found a very useful youtube video ( I find it much easier to learn from videos )