Operating system deployment provides Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager administrative users with a tool for creating operating system images that they can deploy to computers that are managed by Configuration Manager and to unmanaged computers by using bootable media such as a CD set, DVD, or USB flash drives. The operating system image, in a Windows Imaging Format (WIM) format file, contains the required version of a Windows operating system and any line-of-business applications that have to be installed on the computer.
Operating system deployment provides the following functionality:
- You can capture an image of the operating
system that you want to deploy.
- You can capture and restore user state by
using the User State Migration Tool (USMT).
- You can deploy the operating system image to
a collection of computers.
- You can create task sequences that perform
multiple actions on a computer at the command-line level that do
not require user intervention.
Operating System Deployment
Topics
The following topics provide information to help you deploy operating systems in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager:
- Introduction to
Operating System Deployment in Configuration Manager
- Planning to Deploy
Operating Systems in Configuration Manager
- Configuring
Configuration Manager for Operating System Deployments
- Operations and
Maintenance for Deploying Operating Systems in Configuration
Manager
- Security and Privacy for
Deploying Operating Systems in Configuration Manager
- Technical Reference for
Deploying Operating Systems in Configuration Manager
Other Resources for this
Product
- TechNet Library main page for System Center 2012 Configuration
Manager
- Deploying Software and
Operating Systems in System Center 2012 Configuration
Manager