MMS Minnesota 2014

Troubleshooting OS Deployment

Johan Arwidmark @jarwidmark Michael Niehaus @mniehaus

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Agenda

MDT 2013

ConfigMgr 2012 R2

Available for download

PC0002CM01MDT01DC01

Demo environment

ConfigMgr v.Next and MDT v.Next• In general, minor changes and bug fixes• Driver import filtering• New WinPE version (Windows 10 ADK)• Including BranchCache

• Log configuration is easier• Operating System Installer -> Operating System Upgrade Package• New Task Sequnce binaries for MDT 2013 Lite Touch• Make LTI and ZTI more Accessibility Compliant• Documentation on TechNet, no longer CHM and DOCX

General Driver Challenges

• Challenges:• A constantly changing list of “supported” hardware• Rapidly-changing PC hardware• “Configuration of the day” vendors• Chipsets / CPUs

• Infrastructure Optimization, standardization• Maybe even less frequent purchases

Driver Solutions - What approach to take

“Chaos” “Control Freak”

Let the tool decide

Explicitly specify

Find a happy medium

Windows Drivers

• Boot Image Drivers (WinPE 5.0)• Primarily Nic & Storage• Uses Windows 8.1 and/or WS 2012 R2 drivers

• Operating System Drivers• All drivers• Depending on what you are deploying

Demo

“Finding” drivers

Drivers in MDT 2013 Lite Touch

• Deployment Share holds driver repository• Import• Folders / Selection profiles

• Designed to be dynamic• Rules-based process to help filter• DriverGroup• DriverPaths (legacy)

Demo

MDT 2013 Lite Touch Driver Injection

ConfigMgr 2012 R2 Drivers

• Driver catalog• Driver packages• Used for two purposes:• Driver distribution (replication)• “Forced” driver installation

• Driver categories• Used as a filter when automatically detecting needed drivers

• Offline injection “just in time”

ConfigMgr 2012 R2 Drivers

• Auto apply drivers• Drivers are matched by PnP ID

• Apply driver package• Only the specified package is used• All drivers are injected

Demo

ConfigMgr 2012 R2 Driver Injection

Drivers Tips & Tricks

• Unsigned versus signed drivers• Understanding driver ranking• Troubleshooting driver Infs• Scratchspace• Drivers as Applications• BlueTooth, QLB, Mobile Broadband, Biometric

• Hybrid Scenarios

Demo

Drivers Tips & Tricks

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Resources

deploymentresearch.com

blogs.technet.com/mniehaus

Resources – Trainings, Videos, books

deploymentartist.com

Troubleshooting OS Deployment

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Johan Arwidmark @jarwidmarkMichael Niehaus @mniehaus

#MMSOSD