You might perform any of several package creation tasks
as you create operating system deployment packages and the task sequences
that you use to deploy the packages.
About this task
Possible task components for typical scenarios for creating
operating system packages and task sequences include:
- Capturing operating system images
- Adding operating system images
- Adding operating system installation packages
- Configuring the state migration point
- Importing Windows® device
drives into the driver catalog
- Importing IBM® and third-party
device drivers into the driver catalog
- Creating a driver package
- Adding device drivers to an existing driver package
- Disabling or enabling a driver in the catalog
- Deleting a driver from the catalog
- Creating task sequences:
- Creating a task sequence to perform an image capture
- Creating task sequences to capture and restore the user state
- Creating a task sequence to install a driver package
- Creating a task sequence to deploy an existing image package
- Creating a task sequence to build and capture an image
- Creating a custom task sequence
- Editing an existing task sequence
- Advertising task sequences
- Copying a task sequence from one site to another
- Adding a software package to an existing deployment task sequence
- Creating and using task sequence variables
- Updating a boot image
- Adding device drivers to a boot image
- Adding command line support to a boot image
- Creating a custom boot image
- Adding a custom boot image to Configuration Manager
- Updating the distribution points for a boot image
- Updating the distribution points for the operating system installation
package
For a description of each of these possible tasks, see Technet: Configuring Operating System Deployment.