Best Practice?

[VMixture]

Sorry only my 2nd post here so please feel free to merge or point me to an existing thread.

 

Im reasonably new to SCCM but have a quite decent understanding, ive captured and deployed operating systems and deployed software through RAP from AD group membership.

 

My question is to do with OSD.

 

Ive been working in an environment of many different models of hardware for the client machines. My procedure has been to install XPSP3 along with all updates and drivers on EACH type of machine and capture the image and then name it according to its type IE HP7900SFF etc. Obviously ive collected a number of 'operating system images' but the process seems to work if not being a little time consuming.

 

We are now looking at deploying Windows 7 to the estate. Am I better off creating one 'master' Windows 7 operating system image and then injecting the drivers for ALL the different types of desktops/laptops we have? Is there a guide on how to do this? Or once again am I better off capturing an image from each indiviual type of machine?

 

Thanks in advance

[anyweb]

create one master and use separate WMI query based steps to install your device drivers (look at the task sequence XML file in this download for an example of that)

no need at all to have several images, create your master image on virtual hardware, more info about that here

to create you master image follow this guide:-

 

Using SCCM 2007 Sp2 to deploy Windows 7

Deploy 7 (4 parts)