Determine Your Operating System Deployment Method

• PXE service point site role.
  
  
• Windows Deployment Services installation.
  
  
• Firewall port configuration.
  
  

• This method works well when no user is present at the destination computer or in datacenter environments.
  
  

• Optional PXE advertisements require user intervention.
  
  
• DHCP considerations when co-located with PXE service point site role.
  
  

Planning for PXE Initiated Operating System Deployments

• Appropriate image architecture must be available on an accessible distribution point.
  
  

• Works well for bare metal operating system deployment scenarios.
  
  
• Media can be password-protected for security purposes.
  
  

• You must use bootable media in the same Configuration Manager 2007 site where the media was created.
  
  

How to Deploy an Operating System Image Using Media

• Media set of USB flash drive, CD, or DVD which will contain the necessary installation files.
  
  

• Use this method for computers that are connected to the Configuration Manager 2007 site by using a low bandwidth connection.
  
  
• No connection to the Configuration Manager 2007 site is required.
  
  
• Media should be password-protected for security purposes.
  
  

• All necessary installation files must be contained on the media.
  
  
• All required device drivers must be contained on the media.
  
  
• No method to set an expiration date on the media.
  
  

How to Deploy an Operating System Image Using Media

• State migration point site role.
  
  
• You must create a computer association between the source and destination computer.
  
  

• Using the state migration point site role, the user state can be saved and restored to the new computer.
  
  

• State migration point must have sufficient hard disk space available to store user state.
  
  

How to Perform a Side-by-Side Operating System Deployment

How to Create a Computer Association for a Side-by-Side Migration

How to Manage the User State

• Destination computer must be a Configuration Manager 2007 client.
  
  

• You can deploy an operating system image without creating additional media.
  
  

• Requires connection to Configuration Manager 2007 site.
  
  
• Destination computers must be Configuration Manager 2007 clients.
  
  

How to Deploy Operating System Images to a Computer

How to Capture an Image from a Reference Computer by Using Capture Media

• Appropriate image architecture must be available on an accessible distribution point.
  
  

• Facilitates preloading an operating system image in a factory or staging center.
  
  
• Speeds up the onsite deployment time.
  
  
• Works with current task sequences to provide up-to-date deployments.
  
  
• Media can be password-protected for security purposes.
  
  

• Requires connection to Configuration Manager 2007 site.
  
  
• You must use prestaged media in the same Configuration Manager 2007 site where the media was created.
  
  

How to Deploy Operating System Images to a Computer

How to Capture an Image from a Reference Computer by Using Capture Media