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- Plan and Configure Active Directory
- Each unit utilizing Windows Platform as a Service must have a unit prefix registered in the UMROOT Active Directory forest. The unit Active Directory prefix should be used to name Active Directory objects such as computers, groups, and group policy objects.
- See WPaaS Active Directory Considerations for information.
- Identify Administrators
- Administrative users for the following roles must be identified.
- Build Managers - Members of the EUC-PaaS-BuildMgrs groups can deploy software and can manage operating system builds using the Config-O-Matic Otto tool.
- OUAdmins - Members of the EUC-PaaS-OUAdmins groups can create, edit, and link group policy objects in the PaaS organizational units (OU's) in Active Directory.
- Workstation Admins - Members of the EUC-PaaS-Admins groups have administrator access to all of a unit's Windows PaaS workstations.
- Administrative users for the following roles must be identified.
- Identify Users
- Prior to implementation, the end users of the PaaS unit should be identified.
- End user Active Directory accounts that are members of the EUC-PaaS-Catalog-Users group can install software via self-service using the Software Center application.
- Identify Computers
- Identify all computers to be built and compare with Windows Platform as a Service Supported Hardware Models list.
- Identify Software
- Identify required applications and compare with catalog software list.
- Determine Windows 10 application compatibility.
- Request software packaging for required applications.
- Identify combinations of software that should be combined in a build.
- Identify Special Configurations
- Identify specialized configurations (drive mappings, system settings, security configs, etc...) and plan implementation approach (group policy, logon script, etc ...)
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- Create Software Builds For Computers Using Config-O-Matic Otto.
- Pre-Stage Computers Using Config-O-MaticOtto.
- Build Computers Using SCCM Operating System Deployment (OSD).
- Create OSD Build USB Boot Media
- Start an OSD Task Sequence Deployment
- Deploy Applications to Computers Using Config-O-MaticOtto.
- Install Applications Using Software Center
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- Create and Manage Group Policy Objects With Group Policy Management Console.
- Apply Configurations to Computers Using Config-O-MaticOtto.