:) Such a loaded question… It depends on the organization and the goals. Most companies end up somewhere in the middle of a “thin” and “thick” image. Things like office typically make sense since the time it takes to install is longer than the time to download the increased WIM size. Typically AV and similar agent based programs are installed as part of the TS since there are GUID’s and other things that can be finicky.
Programs like Adobe Flash are so small and quick that those typically end up in the Task Sequence. But then you get into times where it’s all about speed and they don’t care about maintenance, then it’s a full thick image. If you want to have lower maintenance then some companies do a full thin image because there isn’t anything to change in that base image. So again, it just totally depends. Generally, it’s the big apps that don’t change often, that’s what most commonly is found in the image. Hope that helps. Chris Nackers Microsoft MVP – Enterprise Client Management From: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of "Bain.John" Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 6:16 AM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" Subject: [MDT-OSD] Whats in your base image ? When preparing your base image for sysprep, do you think it’s worth installing your default desktop applications into your image before capturing your wim ? John John Bain – CIC Engineering Office: JETS C657 | Tel: 613-437-6829
