It's worthwhile mentioning that once you have upgraded to SCCM 2012 R2 you will no longer be able to upgrade Windows XP instances to Windows 7 or 8.1 due to an incompatibility in WinPE 5.0 staging a wim file under Windows XP.
So - Deploy XP in a bare metal scenario - yes - But refresh or upgrade - no Who knows if a hotfix will get released to address this issue - to my knowledge one hasn't been yet. I have had to stand up a new MDT 2012 Update 1 instance to upgrade my remaining few XP instances. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of christopher.catl...@us.sogeti.com Sent: Wednesday, 27 November 2013 3:22 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] RE: Support for Windows 8.1 and beyond If you upgrade to 2012R2, you can just use straight OSD for XP deployments. Not that you should be doing any in 4 more months anyways ;) Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI 48033-8456 www.us.sogeti.com<http://www.us.sogeti.com/> From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Johnston Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:36 AM To: 'mssms@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: [mssms] Support for Windows 8.1 and beyond We are in the very early stages of thinking of Win 8.1, and I want my SCCM infrastructure to be ahead of the curve instead of waiting for the day they tell me "ok push Win 8.1" so I currently running SCCM 2012 SP1 (no CU's) on a Server 2012 with SQL 2012. I installed MDT 2012, but currently not using it yet (still have an old WDS server with MDT 2012). So my question ( which seems like a no-brainer) do I upgrade to Server 2012 R2 and SCCM 2012 R2/MDT 2013 to get me full leverage of the future? I have been holding off crating images in SCCM until I get a good understanding of our needs, and currently I only have a Primary site (no DP's or MP's) but that will change very soon. I understand that MDT 2013 does not support XP (which may be a small issue) but I am sure I can work around it. What if I already have an XP wim file and import it into MDT 2013? Will that work? Thanks, Kevin Johnston ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER The information in this transmission may be confidential and/or protected by legal professional privilege, and is intended only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you are not such a person, you are warned that any disclosure, copying or dissemination of the information is unauthorised. If you have received the transmission in error, please immediately contact this office by telephone, fax or email, to inform us of the error and to enable arrangements to be made for the destruction of the transmission, or its return at our cost. No liability is accepted for any unauthorised use of the information contained in this transmission.
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