SCCM OSD Advice

[n30_mkii]

I've been asked to do the following;

Build a Win7 X64 base WIM with Office 2010 installed

Build a TS to layer on the drivers etc for numerous laptops, setup bitlocker

I'm fine with the TS side of things but my knowledge of the actual base WIM is a little sketchy,

At the moment I have done an install in VMWare of Windows 7 SP1 x64, I have installed office with a custom MSP

That's the max I want to put in the WIM for servicing reasons.

I installed office in Audit Mode, my question being whats the best method to capture this. I also want to be able to re-open the WIM and service at a later point online.

Do I just sysprep / rearm the capture for rollout and capture the DEV build without?

I was going to create an SCCM capture media to do that, which I believe needs the client installed and the machine to be in a workgroup.

Any advice appreciated

 

[PAz]

CM2007 or CM2012?

Use OSD capture TS or capture media.

Make sure you install latest Windows updates in your WIM as well to make deployment faster at update scan steps.

 

[n30_mkii]

CM 2012

Will be doing that yes, as the idea is we have a pretty tight SLA to re-build machines so anything that saves time is a benefit hence office going in the WIM.

From a service point of view I'm pondering copying a local installation source to the base wim and then deploy it in the TS, thinking it might be quicker but still servicable later.

 

[winoutreach5]

Paz is correct. You could use Configuration Manager to capture the image directly. More information on the procedure to do so can be found in the How to Create a Task Sequence to Build and Capture an Operating System Image library article from TechNet. You might also want to consider using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) in conjunction with Configuration Manager.

Some helpful videos to walk you through the process of deploying and managing Configuration Manager clients can be found on the TechNet page here.

Hope this helps and keep us posted on your progress!

Jessica
Windows Outreach Team – IT Pro
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