In recent weeks Microsoft achieved the general availability (GA) release of Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, and System Center 2012 R2. This is the fourth major release of a System Center. Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 is the successor to System Center 2012, a bundled suite of systems management products. System Center 2012 R2 has features for enterprise hybrid clouds that incorporate software-defined networking, storage enhancements and virtual machine portability.
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- Windows 10 versions 1507, 1511
Important
For instructions to deploy the most recent version of Windows 10 with Configuration Manager, see Scenarios to deploy enterprise operating systems with System Center Configuration Manager.Configuration Manager 2012 and 2012 R2 provide support for Windows 10 versions 1507 and 1511 only. Later versions of Windows 10 require an updated Configuration Manager release. For a list of Configuration Manager versions and the corresponding Windows 10 client versions that are supported, see Support for Windows 10 for System Center Configuration Manager.
If you have Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager in your environment, you will most likely want to use it to deploy Windows 10. This topic will show you how to set up Configuration Manager for operating system deployment and how to integrate Configuration Manager with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).
For the purposes of this topic, we will use four machines: DC01, CM01, PC0003, and PC0004. DC01 is a domain controller and CM01 is a machine running Windows Server 2012 R2 standard. PC0003 and PC0004 are machines with Windows 7 SP1, on which Windows 10 will be deployed via both refresh and replace scenarios. In addition to these four ready-made machines, you could also include a few blank virtual machines to be used for bare-metal deployments. DC01, CM01, PC003, and PC0004 are all members of the domain contoso.com for the fictitious Contoso Corporation. For more details on the setup for this topic, please see Deploy Windows 10 with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
Figure 1. The machines used in this topic.
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Components of Configuration Manager operating system deployment
Operating system deployment with Configuration Manager is part of the normal software distribution infrastructure, but there are additional components. For example, operating system deployment in Configuration Manager may use the State Migration Point role, which is not used by normal application deployment in Configuration Manager. This section describes the Configuration Manager components involved with the deployment of an operating system, such as Windows 10.
- State migration point (SMP). The state migration point is used to store user state migration data during computer replace scenarios.
- Distribution point (DP). The distribution point is used to store all packages in Configuration Manager, including the operating system deployment-related packages.
- Software update point (SUP). The software update point, which is normally used to deploy updates to existing machines, also can be used to update an operating system as part of the deployment process. You also can use offline servicing to update the image directly on the Configuration Manager server.
- Reporting services point. The reporting services point can be used to monitor the operating system deployment process.
- Boot images. Boot images are the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) images Configuration Manager uses to start the deployment.
- Operating system images. The operating system image package contains only one file, the custom .wim image. This is typically the production deployment image.
- Operating system installers. The operating system installers were originally added to create reference images using Configuration Manager. Instead, we recommend that you use MDT Lite Touch to create your reference images. For more information on how to create a reference image, see Create a Windows 10 reference image.
- Drivers. Like MDT Lite Touch, Configuration Manager also provides a repository (catalog) of managed device drivers.
- Task sequences. The task sequences in Configuration Manager look and feel pretty much like the sequences in MDT Lite Touch, and they are used for the same purpose. However, in Configuration Manager the task sequence is delivered to the clients as a policy via the Management Point (MP). MDT provides additional task sequence templates to Configuration Manager.Note Configuration Manager SP1 along with the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10 are required to support management and deployment of Windows 10.
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System Center 2012 R2 server management licensing does not change from System Center 2012.
As with System Center 2012, System Center 2012 R2 server management licenses will be released in two editions differentiated by virtualization rights only:
- Datacenter: Maximizes cloud capacity with unlimited operating system environments (OSEs) for high density private clouds.
- Standard: For lightly or non-virtualized private cloud workloads.
There is no differentiation between the types of workloads you can manage with either edition. The only difference between the editions is the number of OSEs that you can manage per license. Datacenter edition allows for the management of an unlimited number of OSEs per license. Standard edition allows for the management of up to two OSEs per license.
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Server MLs are required for managed devices that run server OSEs. Licenses are processor-based, with each license covering up to two physical processors. For Datacenter edition, the number of server MLs required for each managed server is determined by the number of physical processors in the server. For Standard edition, it is determined by either the number of physical processors in the server or the number of OSEs being managed (whichever is greater).
- System Center 2012 R2 Datacenter: Each license covers up to two physical processors. You must count the number of physical processors on the server, divide that number by two, round up to the nearest whole number, and acquire and assign that number of licenses to your server. Provided you acquire and assign to your server the required number of Datacenter edition server management licenses, as described above, you can manage any number of OSEs on that server.
- System Center 2012 R2 Standard: For each managed server, count the number of physical processors and the number of managed OSEs. You need the number of licenses to cover the greater number (processors or OSEs).
Processor Count - Each license covers up to two physical processors, so you must count the number of physical processors on the server, divide that number by two, and then round up to the nearest whole number.
Managed OSE Count - Each license permits you to manage up to two OSEs, so you must count the number of OSEs you will manage on the server, divide that number by two, and round up to the nearest whole number.**
**An exception to this rule is when the physical OSE on your server is being used solely to run hardware virtualization software, provide hardware virtualization services, and run software to manage and service OSEs on that device. In that case, you count only the number of virtual OSEs you will manage on the server, divide that number by two, and round up to the nearest whole number.
Examples:
MLs Required MLs Required
One 1-processor, 1 1
non-virtualized server
One 2-processor server 1 2*
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with 8 virtual OSEs
*Multiple System Center 2012 R2 Standard licenses may be assigned to the same server to license the number of managed OSEs.
No. The System Center 2012 R2 Server Management components are part of an integrated offering to create and manage private cloud environments. They are available only as part of System Center 2012 R2 Standard and System Center Datacenter MLs.
No, a single Server ML cannot be used to license two one-processor servers.
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