General deployment question

[Kevin79]

I am currently using MDT to deploy my images across the corporation. I like how the interface is for the installation of the image, is there a way to make SCCM's like this?

 

My sites have local people that are imaging computers but IT isn't their primary role. It is nice to have them see the images they can choose and then have it ask them for the computer name and give them the option to change the OU (this one is mostly nice for the main IT department if they are putting an image on a computer that belongs to a different site) and/or domain, and change the time zone. Is there a way to make it so that SCCM asks this information as well?

 

Also, my IT support will redo computers when the computer starts slowing down or the user leaves the company. Is there a way to let them put an image on a computer that is already in SCCM without a) having them call me to remove the computer from SCCM or creating an advertisement to all computers that shows up in "Run Advertised Programs"?

 

Thanks in advance!

[anyweb]

I am currently using MDT to deploy my images across the corporation. I like how the interface is for the installation of the image, is there a way to make SCCM's like this?

 

My sites have local people that are imaging computers but IT isn't their primary role. It is nice to have them see the images they can choose and then have it ask them for the computer name and give them the option to change the OU (this one is mostly nice for the main IT department if they are putting an image on a computer that belongs to a different site) and/or domain, and change the time zone. Is there a way to make it so that SCCM asks this information as well?

 

Also, my IT support will redo computers when the computer starts slowing down or the user leaves the company. Is there a way to let them put an image on a computer that is already in SCCM without a) having them call me to remove the computer from SCCM or creating an advertisement to all computers that shows up in "Run Advertised Programs"?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

sccm can do it sure, just integrate mdt into configmgr and utilise mdt's features from within SCCM,

 

you can create a frontend HTA which can ask this and set corresponding variables, these variables will be checked for in your dynamic task sequence which will or will not install software depending on those variables.

 

and yes you can reimage a computer that is already in sccm by advertising the task sequence to whatever collection you wish (be careful in testing this !) for example All Systems or another collection where you know the computers are in eg: All Windows XP systems

 

however you must get clever with it and change the task sequence properties such that it will only run on an OS that is NOT PRESENT in your organisation, that way it will never appear in RAP but will be available via cd/dvd/usb or PXE boot. I explain this concept here > http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2336-password-protect-a-task-sequence/