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As a matter of interest are there any parts of the sccm install process you have not been able to powershell? I ask as around this time last year I was in a position of knowing I needed to rebuild my entire domain as we were going through a company rename but didnt yet have the new name. Ended up building a few dozen domain environments through powershell+powercli (vmware environment) including a lot of the sccm stuff so that once i did have the name+domain name i was ready to get going pretty quickly. I accept I am no powershell expert but as it took me a long time to put together if there are any smaller parts of interest I'm happy to share them, log of entire build attached. I made a lot of sacrifices in the scripts for the fact these scripts were all running remotely, e.g. i installed SQL as a scheduled task. Names/ip addresses tweaked for semi-anonymity. CleanedUpNames.Build.txt

Introduction At the start of this series of step by step guides you installed System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch), then you configured discovery methods. Next you configured boundaries to get an understanding of how automatic site assignment and content location works. After that you learned how to update ConfigMgr with new features and fixes using a new ability called Updates and Servicing and you learned how to configure ConfigMgr to use Updates and Servicing in one of these two modes: Online mode Offline mode To prepare your environment for Windows 10 servicing (this guide) you learned how to setup Software Updates using an automated method (via a PowerShell script) or manually using the ConfigMgr console. Next you used a PowerShell script to prepare some device collections, then you configured client settings for your enterprise and finally you'll deployed the ConfigMgr client agent using the software updates method which is the least intensive method of deploying the Configuration Manager client agent. As System Center Configuration Manager (current branch) is being delivered as a service now, version 1602 was made available (March 11th, 2016) and you used Updates and Servicing to do an in-place upgrade to that version as explained here. Next you learned about how to use the Upgrade task sequence to upgrade your Windows 7, Windows 8 (and 8.1) and even your Windows 10 devices to a later build of Windows 10. You then learned about the new Windows 10 servicing features which use Servicing Plans in ConfigMgr (Current Branch). Next you integrated MDT 2013 update 2. MDT integration with ConfigMgr is useful as it provides additional functionality for operating system deployment scenarios such as Offline Language Package installation or User Driven Integration (UDI). Next you learned how to deploy Language Packs offline for Windows 10. To assist with Windows 10 servicing and for applying appropriate software updates to your Windows 10 devices, you used PowerShell to add queries to the various Windows 10 collections. Next you took a deeper look at the Windows 10 Upgrade task sequence, and learned one way of dealing with potential upgrade issues. While that method will flag a problem, such as determining the system UI language doesn't match the provided media, it won't allow you to continue with the upgrade. Next you learned how to upgrade the operating system when a language pack was installed, provided that the system UI language is from a 'list' of approved languages that you intend to support. This guide will show you how to display customized messages to a user during a task sequence, and how to set an exit code which could allow you to deliberately fail an action if necessary. All that's required is a few steps to set variables, a PowerShell script, and the serviceUI.exe executable from MDT 2013 Update 2. Step 1. Create a package On your ConfigMgr server, in the sources share, create a folder called Display Custom Message and place the DisplayCustomMessage.ps1 PowerShell script available in the downloads section of this guide, in the folder. Even though you might be deploying an X64 operating system, locate, select and copy the x86 architecture version of ServiceUI.exe from the Sources\OSD\MDT\MDT2013u2\Toolkit\Tools\x86 folder into the Display Custom Message folder as shown below. In the ConfigMgr console, Software Library, select Packages and right click, choose Create Package. Fill in the following details, Choose Do not create a program and then continue through the wizard until completion. Once the package is created, right click the package and choose Distribute Content. Distribute the package to your distribution points. Step 2. Create a custom task sequence In the ConfigMgr console, in Software Library, select Operating Systems and right click on Task Sequences, choose Create Task Sequence. select Create a new custom task sequence give the task sequence a suitable name such as Display Custom Messages with exit codes continue through that wizard until completion. Step 3. Edit the task sequence Right click on the newly created task sequence and choose edit It will appear blank, click on the Add Drop down and add a New Group called Display Custom Message Create a new Set Task Sequence Variable step called Set Title with a Task Sequence Variable called Title, with a suitable value as follows: Create a new Set Task Sequence Variable step called Set Message with a Task Sequence Variable called Message, with a suitable value as follows: Create a new Set Task Sequence Variable step called Set ReturnCode with a Task Sequence Variable called ReturnCode, with a suitable positive value as follows: Click Add and choose Run Command Line, name the step Display Custom Message and paste in the following: ServiceUI.exe -process:TSProgressUI.exe %windir%\sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy bypass -nologo -file DisplayCustomMessage.ps1 For Package, select the Display Custom Message package created above. Copy the entire group and paste it below the first group Edit the Set Message step as below Edit the Set ReturnCode step, and choose a value that the Options tab on the Display Custom Message step is not going to expect such as 1, this will cause the next step to fail when it returns the return code. Apply your changes and exit the Task Sequence wizard. Step 4. Deploy the task sequence Right Click on the task sequence and choose Deploy Choose a suitable collection and use a purpose of Available. Step 5. Review the capabilities On a client computer that is in the collection that the task sequence was deployed to, open Software Center and select the Display Custom Message with exit codes task sequence. choose Install and after a few moments the first popup message appears ! As the ReturnCode for the first message was set to a value we expected (0 or 3010) it did not fail the task sequence. Click OK to continue... the next message appears, note the different text, and it's hinting towards what will happen Clicking OK will produce the failure Which is OK because we were expecting it, in fact, the ReturnCode we set (1) is listed in the failure message. In a real Production task sequence however, you'd take care of failures and deal with them in a professional way, I just want you to see that we can actually set the ReturnCode via the custom message. To get more proof of that refer to the SMSTS.log file, and you can see that it's setting the ReturnCode to the value we chose result ! Summary Popping up messages to users during a task sequence is sometimes necessary, and when things go wrong, you sometimes need to fail the task sequence or set a ReturnCode to do a planned action. This guide helps you do both of those things dynamically. Related Reading Task sequence steps in System Center Configuration Manager - https://technet.micr...y/mt629396.aspx If you'd like to send a notification message to users in Intune in Azure, try the following guide. Downloads You can download a Microsoft Word copy of this guide here dated 2016/05/26 How can I display custom messages to users during a task sequence in SCCM Current Branch.zip You can download the PowerShell script used above here: DisplayCustomMessage.zip\

Introduction At the start of this series of step by step guides you installed System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch), then you configured discovery methods. Next you configured boundaries to get an understanding of how automatic site assignment and content location works. After that you learned how to update ConfigMgr with new features and fixes using a new ability called Updates and Servicing and you learned how to configure ConfigMgr to use Updates and Servicing in one of these two modes: Online mode Offline mode To prepare your environment for Windows 10 servicing you learned how to setup Software Updates using an automated method (via a PowerShell script) or manually using the ConfigMgr console. Next you used a PowerShell script to prepare some device collections, then you configured client settings for your enterprise and finally you'll deployed the ConfigMgr client agent using the software updates method which is the least intensive method of deploying the Configuration Manager client agent. As System Center Configuration Manager (current branch) is being delivered as a service now, version 1602 was made available (March 11th, 2016) and you used Updates and Servicing to do an in-place upgrade to that version as explained here. Next you learned about how to use the Upgrade task sequence to upgrade your Windows 7, Windows 8 (and 8.1) and even your Windows 10 devices to a later build of Windows 10. You then learned about the new Windows 10 servicing features which use Servicing Plans in ConfigMgr (Current Branch). Next you integrated MDT 2013 update 2. MDT integration with ConfigMgr is useful as it provides additional functionality for operating system deployment scenarios such as Offline Language Package installation or User Driven Integration (UDI). Next you learned how to deploy Language Packs offline for Windows 10. To assist with Windows 10 servicing and for applying appropriate software updates to your Windows 10 devices, you used PowerShell to add queries to the various Windows 10 collections. In this post you'll take a deeper look at the Windows 10 Upgrade task sequence, and see one way of dealing with potential upgrade issues. The idea here is to keep track of any upgrade failures, capture the logs that matter, capture the computer name and hardware type. If you see repeated 'common' failures you can add those error codes to the Windows Setup compatibility scan PowerShell script. This way your users that do experience failures will not get cryptic error messages, and you'll have the logs to fix things. Step 1. Create a share to store failed upgrade log files As you'll want to keep track of potential problems, create a hidden share to store log files. On your configuration manager server, start Windows PowerShell ISE as Administrator, and run the create upgradelogs.ps1 PowerShell script available in the downloads section at the end of this guide. Step 2. Create a package On your ConfigMgr server, in the sources share, create a folder called Windows setup compatibility scan results and place the WindowsSetupCompatibilityScanResults.ps1 PowerShell script in the folder. Locate, select and copy ServiceUI.exe from the Sources\OSD\MDT\MDT2013u2\Toolkit\Tools\x86 folder as shown below. paste that into the Windows setup compatibility scan results folder. In the ConfigMgr console, Software Library, select Packages and right click, choose Create Package. Fill in the following details. Choose Do not create a program and then continue through the wizard until completion. Step 3. Distribute the package Right click the package and choose Distribute Content. Distribute the package to your distribution points. continue through that wizard until completion. Step 4. Edit the existing upgrade task sequence In a previous guide you created the Upgrade task sequence, now it's time to add additional functionality to that task sequence. In the ConfigMgr console, locate the Upgrade to Windows 10 x64 version 1511 task sequence, right click on it and choose Edit. In the Prepare for Upgrade group select the Check Readiness for Upgrade step and click on Add then select New Group, name the new group Set Variables. Create a new Set Task Sequence Variable step called Set Server as follows: Create a new Set Task Sequence Variable step called Set Share to UpgradeLogs$ as follows: Create a new Set Task Sequence Variable step called Set Domain (fill in your domain name) as follows: Create a new Set Task Sequence Variable step called Set User and enter a username that will be used to connect to the share as follows: Next create another New Group and call it Windows Setup compatibility scan Next click on Add, choose Images, then Upgrade Operating System and name the step Windows Setup compatibility scan. Select the Perform Windows Setup compatibility scan without starting upgrade option. On the Options tab, select the Continue on Error option. Click Add and choose Run Command Line, name the step Process Windows Setup compatibility results and paste in the following: ServiceUI.exe -process:TSProgressUI.exe %windir%\sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy bypass -nologo -file WindowsSetupCompatibilityScanResults.ps1 For Package, select the Windows Setup compatibility scan results package created above. Create a New Group called Capture Windows Setup logs on failure On the Options tab, check if the following Variable WindowsSetupCompatibilityScan = Failed as shown below Next create a Connect To Network Folder step and populate it as below when prompted for Windows User Account enter the Password for the account you added in the Set User step Create a new Run Command Line step called xcopy WindowsSetupCompatibilityScan log file and paste in the following: cmd /c ECHO F | xcopy /Y C:\Windows\Temp\WindowsSetupCompatScan.Log Z:\%computername%\WindowsSetupCompatScan.log On the Options tab of this step, place a checkmark in Continue on error Create a new Run Command Line step called xcopy Windows Setup log files and paste in the following: cmd /c xcopy /C /Y C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther\*.log Z:\%computername%\ On the Options tab of this step, place a checkmark in Continue on error Create a new Run Command Line step called xcopy SMSTS log files and paste in the following: cmd /c xcopy /C /Y C:\Windows\CCM\LOGS\SMSTSLOG\*.log Z:\%computername%\ On the Options tab of this step, place a checkmark in Continue on error Create a new Run Command Line step called xcopy XML log files and paste in the following: cmd /c xcopy /C /Y C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther\*.xml Z:\%computername%\ On the Options tab of this step, place a checkmark in Continue on error Create a new Run Command Line step called del network connection and paste in the following: cmd.exe /c "net use * /del /yes" On the Upgrade Operating System group, click on the Options tab and set the variable WindowsSetupCompatibilityScan = OK Apply the changes and close the Task Sequence editor. Step 5. Review the new functionality Tip: To induce a failure you can temporarily disable the Check Readiness for Upgrade step and use a Virtual Machine with only 1.5GB of RAM. This does not meet the requirements as stated here and will cause the Windows Setup compatibility scan step to report a failure. Here are the system requirements for updating to Windows 10 (as of 2017/1/5) Once an Upgrade failure takes place you'll see something similar to the following:- after clicking OK the task sequence will jump to the end without any further communication to the end user. At this point (or whenever it's convenient) check the UpgradeLogs$ share for new content. For every failure that occurs, a folder matching the Computer Name will be created. In that folder you'll find log files and bunch of XML files, these files will help you to troubleshoot the actual failure The WindowsSetupCompatScan.log file is generated by the Windows Setup compatibility scan results script and sample content is below. Note that it contains information about what the error was (including friendly text about the error) and the date/time and hardware that it occurred on. In addition to that log file you have the smsts.log file from C:\Windows\CCM\Logs\SMSTSLOG folder and two relevant Windows setup log files called setupact.log and setuperr.log from the C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther\ folder. The failure highlighted in setupact.log is shown below (clear as mud right ?) The PowerShell script converts knownerrorcodes into meaningful text that won't give your end users a heart attack. You can add your own known error codes and friendly text by editing the PowerShell script in this section: Well that's it ! job done, I hope this helps you with your Windows 10 Upgrade Task Sequences. Tip: You can use the MailLog functionality described in the Windows-noob OSD Guides book to be notified of failures in real time. Summary Sometimes things don't go according to plan and the Windows 10 Upgrade task sequence can fail for a variety of reasons. Rather than having the task sequence fail during an actual upgrade, it makes sense to run a compatibility scan first and to assess the results of that scan before attempting the actual upgrade. If the compatibility scan does fail, you can notify your users with a helpful message and the task sequence will automatically capture the data you need to troubleshoot and resolve the upgrade issue. This guide helps you achieve that goal. Related Reading Windows 10 known error codes - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3107983 Windows Setup /Compat ScanOnly - https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mniehaus/2015/08/23/windows-10-pre-upgrade-validation-using-setup-exe/ Create a task sequence to upgrade an operating system in System Center Configuration Manager - https://technet.micr...y/mt613172.aspx Task sequence steps in System Center Configuration Manager - https://technet.micr...y/mt629396.aspx Manage operating system upgrade packages with System Center Configuration Manager - https://technet.micr...echnet.10).aspx Downloads You can download a Microsoft Word copy of this guide here dated 2016/05/14. a deeper look at the Windows 10 Upgrade task sequence.zip You can download the PowerShell scripts used above here. WindowsSetupCompatibilityScanResults.zip

I have this working in my TS OSD. I setup mine differently than what you noted above. Here is what I have: 1) Create a TS for the powershell ps1 file call 2) Create the TS for the OSD Pics: location of 2 files; data in my ps1; TS for the OSD

Another great step-by-step guide from Windows-noob, thanks. Save us so much time. In one of the other step-by-step guide (I think it was in 1606) a user asked for splitting up the different SQL logs,DB,Temp and so on to different drives, maybe it would be a good ide to include that in your SQL configuration settings. Again thanks for some really nice guides.

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Just to confirm, I've removed "2018-04 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB4093119)" and now the 1703 Feature Update has appeared in Software Center! I'll get the CUs for each month of this year and try to find out where it's breaking.

you know your spoiling us You have no idea how much this is appreciated. I am working on my SCCM certification and I used your documents in the past to create an SCCM 2007 environment and it worked well. I used other docs for my SCCM 1710 build (on Server 2008r2 and Server 2012). Even though the docs work, they were not laid out as organized as this (and they skipped some steps) and never provided scripts to auto build. With your process, I can build and rebuild (manual and automatically) so I can learn better. Again, I thank you very very much

Hi All, Finally Managed to resolve the issue. As the CM was not able to find the CurrentSiteVersion, I did a search on registry to see if the current site version is available anywhere and the result was none. So I had to manually add the site version on registry in the following path HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SMS\Setup\Full version Please note when you add the version entry, you have to match it with the format same as in the hman log as the 'about' information in the console shows only 5.0.8xxx.xxxx (you need to add additional '0' after 5.0 (eg:5.00.8412.1000) Once you done this, restart sms_executive service and the updates will be available instantly in updates and servicing node. Happy imaging!!!

no problem I want this to work as well as it possibly can so any feedback and ideas are welcome, I think i'll put together another blog post with the remove computer from collection and update machine policy steps added (time willing)

Wow, it works now! After I added the line that you suggested! <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/> Thanks alot! :=)

I appreciate the assistance Niall! Everything has been working great so far! If anyone runs to issues upgrading to 1802, reach out to anyweb and he should be able to get you squared away! Thanks again, Mark

@anyweb wanted to let you know that this method does in fact work for LTSB, provided CopyProfile is not used.

you can start off by searching the smsts.log file for the related Apply Driver Package step, and look at what DISM is doing.....via the DISM.LOG

Why not use Installed Software, ProductName = iTunes ? I'd feel more confident about that vs. the two different ARP ones. Are you sure you HAVE iTunes older than v12? Can you look at a box you *know* has an older version? maybe it's not called exactly 'iTunes'; but is instead called something like ... 'Apple i Tunes The Media Player' or something... not 'iTunes'

there are TWO branches of SCCM, current branch (which is what you are using) and Technical Preview (which is what is in this video) Current Branch is for production environments, and Technical Preview is for labs, you cannot get TP updates in a Current Branch release

Try running this PowerShell command for any users that've logged onto your reference PC: Get-AppXPackage -User username | Remove-AppxPackage This will remove windows store apps that're preventing sysprep from running

One thing i can't stand about forums is no one responding back to how they fixed their issue. I hope this helps someone down the road. I just got off the phone with support and this was their fix as well. They said it's a client side issue with certificates being corrupt. ERROR: Error. Status code 500 returned OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:25:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) Received 1231 byte response. OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:25:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) pReply != NULL, HRESULT=80004005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\client\osdeployment\osdsmpclient\smpclient.cpp,2391) OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:25:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) SMP Root share info response is empty OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:25:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) ClientRequestToSMP::ClientRootShareRequestToSMP failed. error = (0x80004005). OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:25:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) ExecuteRootShareInfoRequest(sRootShareList), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\client\osdeployment\osdsmpclient\smpclient.cpp,1717) OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:25:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) ClientRequestToSMP::DoRequest failed. error = (0x80004005). OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:25:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) Request to SMP 'http://myservername.domain.com'failed with error (Code 0x80004005). Trying next SMP. OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:25:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) Sleeping for 60 seconds before next attempt to locate an SMP. OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:25:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) Retry number 2 OSDSMPClient 7/25/2016 4:26:28 PM 5656 (0x1618) Microsoft's response ++ It looks like there is certificate issues while performing the restoration task. ++ Please run following command under PowerShell (As Admin ) · Remove-Item -Path ‘HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SMS\Certificates\*’ -force; · restart-service ccmexec Sunshine

I appreciate the help. I was able to find a work around by deleting the keys located under ‘HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SMS\Certificates*’ on the client side and reboot the machine. Then the restores/captures work as expected. You have any ideas why this could be happening? Thanks Sunshine

hi guys, i know many people have requested to be able to download the guides here in PDF or Word DOC format so with help from a reader (Brian Thorp) we have just that ! now you can download the entire 18 part guide to using Configuration Manager 2012 in both PDF and WORD format and use whichever you want while on the go, Download the ZIP The windows-noob.com CM12 Guides in PDF and WORD format.zip a big thanks goes to Brian for compiling it all together so that you lot can have it remotely cheers ! niall

In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, delegated permissions to the container, extended the Schema for Configuration Manager. We then opened TCP ports 1433 and 4022 for SQL replication between sites, installed some prerequisites like .NET Framework 4.0, added some features and then downloaded and installed SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU6. We then configured SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio for security and memory configurations prior to running the Configuration Manager 2012 setup to assess server readiness. Finally we installed a central administration site (CAS). In Part 2 we setup our Primary server with SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU6. We then installed Configuration Manager 2012 on our primary server (P01) and verified that it was replicating to our central administration site (CAS) server. Then we configured Discovery methods for our Hierarchy and then configure Boundaries and Boundary Groups. In Part 3 we configured Discovery methods and configured boundaries and created a boundary group, we then configured them for Automatic Site Assignment and Content Location. In Part 4 we added the Application Catalog roles to our Hierarchy. We then configured Custom Client Device Settings and then deployed those settings to the All Systems collection on site P01. After that we created Custom Client User Settings and deployed them to the All Users collection in order to allow users to define their own User and Device affinity settings. In Part 5 we installed the WSUS server role (it is required for the Software Update Point role). We then installed the Software Update Point role on our CAS and Primary servers and we configured the SUP to support ConfigMgr Client Agent deployment which is a recommended Best Practice method of deploying the Configuration Manager Client Agent. In Part 6 we prepared our server for the Endpoint Protection Point role, and installed that role before configuring custom client device settings and custom antimalware policies. We then deployed those custom client device settings and custom antimalware policies to our newly created Endpoint Protection collections. Now we will add operating system deployment ability to our hierarchy, starting by adding Windows 7 X64. We will use the Build and Capture process to capture a WIM image which we can later deploy to targetted computers using network boot (PXE). PXE boot requires specific settings on our distribution points and the boot images used to deliver the operating system WIM images must also be enabled for PXE support. To get an overview of the Operating System Deployment process please review the following on Technet, and to see what's new is Operating System Deployment in Configuration Manager please see the following from Technet. Step 1. Enable PXE support on the distribution point Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin In the ConfigMgr console, click on Administration, Site Configuration, Servers and Site System Roles, select our Primary Server (P01) as it is the site server hosting our distribution point role. double click on the Distribution Point role listed, select the PXE tab and place a checkmark in Enable PXE support for Clients, answer Yes when prompted about firewall ports (UDP ports 67, 68, 69 and 4011 ). next place a checkmark in the following options Allow this distribution point to respond to incoming PXE requests Enable unknown computer support Require a password when computers use PXE These options allow this distribution point to respond to incoming PXE requests and allow unknown computers to be supported, this is important as it allows you to do bare-metal deployments on unknown computers. That said, you should always think about the what-if scenarios, what-if someone PXE boots their computer by accident and sees the F12 menu, do you want them to automatically gain access to any deployed task sequences or protect yourself from possible damage, if in doubt, enable the password option for added security. When you choose to enable unknown computer support, you'll get a warning popup about required task sequences, take note of the warning and add a PXE password. Adding the PXE password does not prevent systems from being imaged but it does provide one additional layer of protection to stop systems getting imaged by unauthorised users. In addition, if you plan on using User Device Affinity select your UDA settings from the drop down menu. Note: If you want to do Zero Touch deployments then having a PXE password will involve someone having to be present at the computer in order to enter the password (in other words it won't be zero touch anymore...). Having this PXE password prompt is for your security, you do not want to be the one who has to explain to your CTO that all your servers have been imaged with Windows 7. By clicking on Apply you will add PXE support to the distribution point on the Primary server P01. If windows deployment services are not installed on the primary server then that service will be automatically added to that server as part of this configuration. If you have a primary server with multiple partitions and want the windows deployment services RemoteInstall folder to be on a specific drive then you'll need to manually install it prior to enabling this option. Tip: Monitor distrmgr.log on the P01 server to review installation of windows deployment services to support PXE boot on the distribution point on P01. See the screenshot below. Step 2. Distribute both boot images Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin PXE support requires boot images on our distribution points, therefore we need both of our boot images distributed to the distribution points. On the CAS browse to the Software Library workspace, expand Operating System Deployment and locate the boot images. Right click on the X64 boot image and select Distribute Content. the Distribute Content wizard appears click Next and in the drop down Add menu select Distribution Point, select the distribution point listed (P01) continue through the Distribute Content wizard to completion. You can review the distrmgr.log file on CAS to see where it mentions that it is sending the boot image to our Primary server. Note: Don't forget to repeat the above process for both the 32 bit and 64 bit boot images, we need both Architecture boot images (x86 and x64) distributed to our distribution points. Step 3. Enable PXE support on both boot images Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin In order for our computers to boot over the network we must also enable PXE boot support on our boot images. Failure to do so will mean that windows deployment services (which answers the initial PXE requests from the client computers) will fail to find any boot images and PXE boot will fail. On the CAS browse to the Software Library workspace, expand Operating System Deployment and locate the boot images. Right click on the X64 boot image and select properties. Select the Data Source tab and enable the following option Deploy this boot image from the PXE service point. while you are there, select the Customization tab and enable command prompt support (this gives us the ability to troubleshoot deploying images by pressing F8 during deployment, having this functionality will bring up a command prompt once the F8 key is detected, this will allow you to browse the computer in question and locate the SMSTS log files for troubleshooting.) Click Apply when ready, and answer Yes to the distribute images prompt. you will see an update distribution points wizard appear, click Next through the wizard until completion. This takes some time to complete, therefore give yourself some time to complete this task. Note: Don't forget to repeat the above process for the both the 32 bit boot image and the 64 bit boot image. We need both Architecture boot images (x86 and x64) distributed to our distribution points with the PXE options enabled on them. Tip: you can open the SMSProv.log file in CMTrace to review the progress of the boot image changes being made, infact in that log file you can even see that the CMtrace tool itself is now being copied into our boot images by default. Step 4. Enable the Network Access Account. Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin The Network access account is needed during operating system deployment in WinPE to access content on the network which is referenced by the task sequence. This account might also be used during operating system deployment when the computer installing the operating system does not yet have a computer account on the domain. In the ConfigMgr console, select Site Configuration, then click on Sites and right click on our Primary site P01, choose Configure Site Components, Software Distribution (alternatively in the ribbon click on Settings, Configure Site Components, Software Distribution) Click on the Network Access Account tab to specify your Network Access Account user, choose new user, input the user credentials and test the connection (point it to the primary server as a connection test as that's where it will be getting content from) click apply and you are done. Step 5. Add the Windows 7 X64 operating system Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RTM we use the Setup.exe method of deploying Windows which involves using the entire operating system image media (operating system installer). There are changes to this method in Service Pack 1, however this guide was written when RTM was the only version available, if you are using SP1 then read this post. In this step we will use the Build and Capture process based on an operating system installer image (Setup.exe), this is applicable for Configuration Manager 2012 RTM. In the Operating System Deployment section of the Software Library workspace, select Operating System Installers and right click, choose Add Operating System Installer point to the path where you have previously extracted your Windows 7 X64 files (I mounted the en_windows_7_enterprise_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677651.iso and extracted it to \\cas\sources\os\OS_Media\Windows7x64SP1) fill in some details about the image and click next through to completion of the wizard. Step 6. Distribute the Windows 7 X64 operating system Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin In order to access any content it needs to be on a distribution point (which is essentially a network share). Right click on our newly added Operating System installer image and choose Distribute Content, add the P01 distribution point in the Add drop down menu, and continue through the wizard until completion Step 7. Create some folders and collections Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin In order to simplify our operating system deployment process we will create some folders and collections in the following format, one Folder with two or more collections limited to All Systems within. Operating System Deployment (Folder) |___Windows 7 (Folder) |__________________Build Windows 7 (Collection) |__________________Deploy Windows 7 (Collection) The collections do not need any membership queries and will be empty, below is a sample of what to create in Assets and Compliance workspace, Device Collections. You can create them all manually in a couple of minutes or use a powershell script. In Addition to the above, browse to Software Library, Operating System Deployment and select the Task Sequences node, create a similar set of Folder names to further categorize your task sequences, this is optional but recommended as it will make it easier to work with task sequences in the future. Step 8. Create a Build and Capture Task Sequence Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin Navigate to the Windows 7 Build folder in Task Sequences and Right click, choose Create Task Sequence choose Build and Capture a reference operating system from the choices fill in some details about the image, make sure to select a 64 bit boot image when build and capturing a 64 bit image, it is fine to deploy a 64 bit boot image with a 32 bit boot image but for the capture process you need to select a 64 bit boot image. for the Install Windows step, select our previously added operating system installer image and specify a local administrator password Note: [update] if you are completing this guide using Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 then this option is not available, instead, select the WIM file from a previously captured WIM image or point to the Install.WIM file on the Windows media. Please see this post for details for the Configure Network step, choose Workgroup and enter a workgroup name for the Install Configuration Manager step select the built in Configuration Manager client package, for installation properties fill in the FQDN of our primary site so that it knows where the Management Point is if you want to install applications or windows updates. SMSMP=P01.server2008r2.lab.local Tip: you could create a Configuration Manager Client Package from Defintion if you want to have control over the abilit to access this content directly from a distribution point. The built in package does not give you this flexibility as all options are greyed out. however in this example we will not be installing any windows updates or applications until later in the series, so go ahead and click through the next three screens without selecting anything Install Software Updates Install Applications System Preparation and then fill in some properties about the image you are about to capture At this point you are ready to PXE boot your computer. fill in the Capture image settings and make sure that the user specified has appropriate access to the share specified otherwise the capture will fail continue the wizard through to completion. Step 8a. Edit the task sequence Tip: The steps below are for Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 and later otherwise Windows may install on D: Edit the task sequence by right clicking and choose Edit Note: make sure the step occurs before the Apply Operating System Step The step should be a Set Task Sequence Variable step called Set OSDPreserveDriveLetter and set the variable OSDPreserveDriveLetter to false as in the screenshot below when done editing, click Apply and Ok to close the Task Sequence Step 9. Deploy the Task Sequence Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin Locate our newly created task sequence, right click and choose Deploy select the Build Windows 7 collection and click ok to the message (we will add our client in the next step) for Deployment Settings keep the deployment as Available (optional) and make sure to select Make available to boot media and PXE, that makes it three places that you need to select a PXE option:- * on the PXE tab of the distribution point properties * on the Data Source tab of the boot image *on the Deployment Settings of the task sequence deployment continue through the rest of the task sequence deployment wizard until completion. Step 10. Import computer into the Build Windows 7 collection Perform the following on the CAS server as SMSadmin Next you need to import a computer into our Build Windows 7 collection so that it will have the Build Windows 7 task sequence made available to it. To do this click on devices in Assets and Compliance, and in the ribbon click on Import Computer Information. select the second option, import single computer enter the name and MAC address for this computer (for name you can call it whatever you want, for MAC address use the MAC address of the Network card used to PXE boot the computer.) review your data in the Data Preview for the Choose Target Collection step enter the Build Windows 7 collection and then click through the rest of the wizard until completion. The above creates a Direct Membership query in the membership rules tab of the Build Windows 7 collection. Refresh the collection so that you can see the imported computer before continuing, if it doesnt appear ty to update membership then refresh. . Step 11. PXE boot our computer Perform the following on the virtual machine used for build an capture On your virtual machine, PXE boot and you should see the standard F12 menu for PXE boot. You did set the network card as the first boot device didn't you ? ;-) If you don't see any PXE messages then check bios boot order on your Virtual Machine (use Legacy Network cards in HyperV) and reveiw the SMSPXE.LOG. Tip: To troubleshoot PXE issues open the SMSPXE.log file located on D:\Program Files\SMS_CCM\SMSPXE.LOG on your Primary server P01 using CMTrace to get a live scrolling view of whats happening. Notice that the PXE boot screen gives you a lof of information which can help with your troubleshooting, such as the Client IP address and ip address of your DHCP server. Press F12 when prompted... enter your PXE password select your Build and Capture Task sequence and off it goes, time for a well deserved break while Configuration Manager automatically does it's thing and captures your master Windows 7 image. Tip: if you want your Organization name listed instead of IT Organization change it in Computer Agent section of the Default Client Device Settings. and that's it, the image gets deployed too our virtual machine and finally captured to our network share that we specified in the task sequence in a later part of this series we will deploy the captured image using a separate task sequence, and customize it to work with different hardware, add some applications and windows updates. In the next part, we will learn how to Deploy Applications

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good idea, i'll put that together shortly and here it is ! http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10905-the-windows-noob-mobile-device-management-guides-now-available-to-download/

Hi The problem was the fact that the SCCM 2007 agent was still installed. After uninstalling the agent I managed to take a capture, thanks for your help in this.

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If you are looking for some of my other guides then please check below: Microsoft Intune (standalone) in Azure step by step guides are here Microsoft Intune (hybrid) guides look here (over 61,103 views as of July 2017) System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch and Technical Preview) here (96,953 views, May 2018) Configuration Manager 2007 guides then look here (over 948388 views as of July 2017) Microsoft Deployment Toolkit guides are here SMS 2003 guides are here (over 10423 views as of July 2017) Note: Some of my guides are also available for download, please see below links download the Microsoft Intune Mobile Device Management guides here. download the Standalone Primary guides in PDF and WORD format here. Step-by-Step Guides Hierarchy with CAS using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager - Part 1. Installation - CAS using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager - Part 2. Install the Primary server - P01 using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager - Part 3. 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