First off: Our imaging process is done in a separate department so I have little experience with MDT/OSD. They do the imaging, I do the application deployment. That's the way it was set up years ago and its been working fine but obviously, there are better ways to do it... and that's what we're trying to improve on.
On that note, currently, our MDT (2010) environment is completely separate from SCCM. Over the next few weeks, our imaging team and I are looking to integrate that in with SCCM 2012 (R2). We've already got a server running MDT 2010 and its set up exactly the way we want it with all of the images and the Deployment Share created. We want to keep all of the images, TS's, drivers, etc that they (the imaging team) have configured over time. Questions: 1. I've found a couple of blogs about this and it seems too easy. Is it as simple as just running the "Configure ConfigMgr Integration" on the MDT server? 2. Is it recommended to keep the MDT and SCCM databases separate? Or would it be beneficial for all of that to be in one database? Being that our MDT environment is already configured, I'm assuming keeping the databases separate is the right choice. 3. Right now, we have MDT 2010. Is it required or should we upgrade that to 2012/2013 before doing this integration? (Note: We don't need the ability to do UDI. All of our imaging is done in one location by our imaging team and then the hardware is shipped to the new user) 4. Once the two environments are integrated, is all of the administration done in the SCCM 2012 console? Or is the Deployment Workbench still needed? Thanks in advance for your help. ________________________________ IRS Compliance: Any tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law or (ii) promoting, marketing, or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein. ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. It contains information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, or dissemination of this transmission, or taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please reply to the sender listed above immediately and permanently delete this message from your inbox. Thank you for your cooperation.
