Add Language Packs in Configuration Manager 2012

Language packs are .cab files that you can add to Configuration Manager 2012 packages either offline or online. Before adding language packs, however, create a Configuration Manager 2012 package that contains one or more language packs.

The number of language packs that you add to a Configuration Manager 2012 package is based on the type of deployment being performed. When deploying language packs using:

· ZTI, put one or more language packs in each Configuation Manager 2012 package. This allows you to bundle the necessary language packs for your organization and include them in one Configuation Manager 2012 package.

If you bundle two or more language packs in a Configuration Manager 2012 package and deploy that package, all language packs will be deployed. If you want to deploy different combination of language packs, then consider bundling one language pack in a Configuration Manager 2012 package and create a separate, conditional task sequence step to deploy each different language pack.

· UDI, put only one language pack in each Configuation Manager 2012 package. This one-to-one relationship allows the user to select individual language packs as desired in the UDI Wizard.

To create a Configuration Manager 2012 package that contains one or more language packs

1. Create a folder that will contain the package source for the language pack (.cab file).

Note Create this folder where previously created packages are stored or where space is available.

2. Create a subfolder beneath the folder you created in step 1 for the language pack (.cab file).

3. Add the language pack (.cab file) downloaded from Microsoft into the subfolder created in step 2.

Note Language packs already in .cab format are available for download from the Microsoft Volume Licensing website.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each language pack that you want to be a part of the package.

5. Run the New Package Wizard in the Configuration Manager console, ensuring the following options are selected during the wizard:

· On the Data Source wizard page, click This package contains source files, and then click Set to set the source directory to the folder you created in step 1.

· On the Data Source wizard page, select the Enable binary differential replication check box.

For more information about how to create a Configuration Manager 2012 package, see the section, “How to Create a Package and Program by using the Create Package and Program Wizard ,” in the Configuration Manager 2012 Documentation Library, which is installed with Configuration Manager 2012.

To add language packs offline to Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008

Note When used with MDT, the term offline means that the computer is booted into Windows PE, and thus the image can be modified offline—not in the currently booted operating system.

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then point to Microsoft System Center 2012. Point to Configuration Manager, and then click Configuration Manager Console.

2. In the Configuration Manager console, in the navigation pane, click Software Library.

3. In the Software Library workspace, go to Overview/Operating Systems/Task Sequences.

4. In the preview pane, click task_sequence (where task_sequence is the name of the task sequence for which you want to add the language pack).

5. On the Ribbon, on the Home tab, in the Task Sequences group, click Edit.

The task_sequence_name Task Sequence Editor dialog box opens (where task_sequence_name is the name of the task sequence to which you want to add language packs offline).

6. In the task_sequence_name Task Sequence Editor dialog box, under the Postinstall phase, go to the Setup Windows and ConfigMgr task.

7. Click the task immediately above this task so that the new added task will be positioned immediately before the Setup Windows and ConfigMgr task.

8. On the menu bar, click Add, click MDT, and then click Install Language Packs Offline.

The Install Language Packs Offline task sequence step is added to the task sequence.

9. On the Properties tab of the newly added task sequence step, type the relevant information in the Name and Description boxes.

10. On the Properties tab of the newly added task sequence step, click Browse.

The Select a Package dialog box appears.

11. In the Select a Package dialog box, select language_package (where language_package is the name of the package that contains the language pack you want to install), and then click OK.

12. In the task_sequence_name Task Sequence Editor dialog box, click OK.

To add language packs online to Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008

Note When used in MDT, the term online means that the computer is booted into an operating system but run as an Administrator user so that final configurations can be made to the running operating system.