SCCM 2012 OSD Design & Planning FAQs

This page contains the various categories for the SCCM 2012 OSD Design & Planning FAQs aka Operating System Deployment.

General

• Can I deploy an Operating System to computers that don’t have the ConfigMgr Client installed on them?

Boot Images

• Can I import Windows ADK-based Boot Images to a RTM Site?
• Can I import Windows AIK-based Boot Images to a SP1 Site?

Media

• Can I deploy Operating Systems using media such as USB keys or DVDs?

Operating System Upgrades

• If I upgrade the Operating System on a User’s computer can I retain all of their data and settings?
• Where does a User’s State Data get stored during an Operating System upgrade?

PXE

• Does PXE in ConfigMgr 2012 support IA-32 EFI computers?
• When a Client PXE Boots, how does the Distribution Point decide which Management Point to use?

Software Updates

• Can I use a Task Sequence to install Software Updates that require multiple restarts?

Sysprep

• Can I Sysprep an Operating System that’s been upgraded?
• Do I have to use Sysprep to Capture an image?

Task Sequences

• What is “Provisioning Mode”?
• Is there a list of machine models somewhere that I can use as the basis of my OSD Task Sequences to only apply drivers to certain models?

Unknown Computers

• What is an “Unknown Computer”?

Windows Deployment Services

• What is the Default Port Range for WDS?

Windows PE

• Which version of WinPE relates to each version of Windows?