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System Center Configuration Manager 2007What’s new in Service Pack 2



Intro

Kenny Buntinx , Senior System Center Lead Consultant @ Computacenter

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Agenda

• Operating System & Site Role Support• Config Manager 2007 SP2 policy Management • User state migration 4.0• Branch Cache Support for Windows 7• Intel AMT Enhancements • Additional items• App-V Integration• Deployment Tips• R3 Announcement



A quick assumption

• You have seen Configuration Manager 2007 in action.

• This is a summary session of what has added or changed since Configuration Manager 2007 SP1

• As I am a native Dutch speaker , my French could sound terrible …



Operating System & Site Role Support




• Added support on :– Windows 7 – Windows Server 2008 R2 – Windows Server 2008 SP2 – Windows Vista Sp2

• Added Site Role support on :– Windows Server 2008 R2




KB Article 974236 : entitled “Update rollup for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 to add support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 clients”.

This rollup adds basic support for client management capabilities for recognizing and being able to target Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems

This support is limited to client only. Service Pack 2 is required for the following areas: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 OS Deployment Admin Console access from a Windows 7 client or Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 hosting site server roles Branch Cache Direct Access App-V 4.6 (x64) support



Config Mgr Policy management



Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 policy changes

• Before SP2 :– Policies were retrieved from the Management Point and were not

effective until after 2 minutes • With SP2 :

– Policies are now being applied straight away

• Benefits :– OSD Task Sequences will run faster as they do not need to wait

anymore after a reboot. – User or group targeted deployments at logon will run instantly. This is a

huge improvement for App-V applications



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ExecMgr.log



User state Migration Tool V4



User state Migration Tool v4

• USMT 4.0 new features

– Document finder

– Volume shadow copy support

• Applies to all online scenarios• Utilize the volume shadow copy service

– If the service is available– Used when a file is locked

• Benefits:– Eliminates most file access issues– Reduces the need for applications to be closed



User state Migration Tool v4

– Running ScanState Offline (in WinPE)

– Hard link migration store

• PC refresh– Deploy an OS to existing hardware– Retain user state on the machine

• Benefits– Incredible performance increases– Significantly reduces hard disk utilization

• Caution– Links are only possible within same volume !



Understanding OSD Scenarios with USMT 4.0

USMT 4.0New Feature!


USMTv4 Process Options

USMTv4 StorageOptions




Hard link migration performance



Using USMTv4 with ConfigMgr SP2 task sequences

• ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 Support

– USMTv4 provides hardlink support for Win7– ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 built-in user interface

doesn’t currently support hardlinks !– Use command-line task sequence variables

and scanstate.exe to support hardlinks in task sequence !



Branch Cache



Branch Cache Support

• Prerequisites :

Requires Win7 client and W2K8 R2 backend ( Distribution Point) Out of band BITS release patch will bring P2P Win7 support to Vista,

Server 2k8 (No XP support)

• The goals of Branch Cache integration with Configuration Manager are threefold:

Enable Configuration Manager administrators to significantly reduce WAN utilization in a branch office scenario

Enable Configuration Manager administrators to reduce the number of actively managed Distribution Points.

Enable Configuration Manager users to transfer content faster and with less restrictions in the remote office scenario.



Intel AMT enhancements



Intel® vPro™ Technology With Configuration Manager; IT can

Wired or Wireless & independent of OS/Power state…

• Collect inventory/Audit information

• Perform remote diagnosis & repair• Improve power management

Powered on butOS is down

SNMP-enablednetwork device

Powered on andworking properly

Powered off

Server

Router



• Scheduled Power On SWDist, SUM, OSD

• On Demand Power Control Wake, Restart,

Shutdown• Interactive via OOB

Console

• Helpdesk or Break/Fix • Serial over LAN

Media Redirection BIOS password bypass Manual power control

• Secure Setup & Configure AMT

• Zero Touch – Certificate Hash

• Zero Touch – In band via agent

• Ties to OSD w/targeting

ConfigMgr 2007 Out of Band FeaturesSetup & Configuration

Remote Console

Discovery/Inventory/Audit

Power Control

• Discover On Demand • Scheduled Discovery• In band inventory via

agent• Audit Out of Band Access



Intel AMT Integration Enhancements that Config Mgr SP2 brings

• Provisioning schedule

no more editing your sitectrl.ct0 file



Intel AMT Enhancements that Config Mgr SP2 brings• OOB Wireless Management: Wireless Profile

Management Wireless profiles associated with all Intel® vPro™ clients in the site Set the wireless information on a per-collection basis during

provisioning.• End Point Access Control: 802.1x support

Configuration of 802.1x settings on a per-collection basis during provisioning.



Intel AMT Enhancements that Config Mgr SP2 brings

• Remote Power Management Power Package - Enable configuration of the power package settings with

the core provisioning settings for the site.



Intel AMT Enhancements that ConfigMgr SP2 brings

• Access Monitor Audit Logs - Retrieve, store and clear the security audit log on a

periodic basis



Additional smaller ConfigMgr SP2 Improvements



Additional improvements

• Asset Intelligence Certificate requirement is removed for online sync

• Operations Manager 64bit support Update to Management Pack for 64-bit OS’s SP2 will ship 64-bit perf counters

• Remote control added in for (x64 XP and Sever 2003)

• Drivers Multi-select and delete driver catalog drivers from the console

• AD extension Better feedback on AD extension success / failure at installation time

• Hotfix merge 75 hotfixes post SP1 included in SP2 RC



App-V

• App-V 4.5 SP1 : Required for Windows 7 support Part of MDOP 2009 R2 Will be available around same date as

ConfigMgr SP2• App-V 4.6 Beta:

First vendor to virtualise x64 applicationsWindows 7 supportWill be available around H1 2010

http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid/archive/2009/09/14/mdop-2009-r2-what-s-new-in-mdop-for-windows-7.aspx



ConfigMgr SP2 Deployment Tips



Deployment Tips

• Before upgrading to SP2 : Backup your database and SCCM (central) primary site server. Upgrade your WSUS server to WSUS SP2 as well !

• During the upgrade to SP2 : Your Db will be upgraded The Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows® 7 is

being installed ConfigMgr Custom Boot Images are not upgraded.

• After the upgrade to SP2 : Check your log files for successful reinstallation of your different roles Align the rest of your pc-park slowly with the new client



ConfigMgr R3 announcement



ConfigMgr R3 Release Announcement

Power Management Plan a power strategy by monitoring current power state Create, deploy and enforce specific power settings Provide the business meaningful report formats

Enhanced scale and performance above current known numbers

Enhanced OSD deployment for Windows 7

ConfigMgr 2007 R3 TAP Nominations now Open Nominations close October 1st, 2009.



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