Windows 10
Deploying Office 2019 VL
Office 2019 now uses click-to-run technology instead of 'setup /admin' there are a few changes, probably for the best in the long run.
Create Config Files
First you need to download to Office Deployment tool
This is a self extracting file that spits out setup.exe and 2 sample config files - one for 32-bit and one for 64-bit.
Edit the edition you want to download. If you want the Volume License version change the Product ID to 'ProPlus2019Volume'
You don't need to add Visio or Project as they are also downloaded.
Save the file and run 'setup.exe /download configuration-Office365-x64.xml'.
This will run in the background and download into a subfolder - Office.
Now you have the files you can make configurations using these resources
https://config.office.com/ - Spits out config files for Office 365 - At time of writing it isn't made for 2019 yet but should work ok.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/DeployOffice/office2019/deploy - Documentation on customising the confiuration files.
If you want a head start I've made config files for Office, Project and Visio - Download
Example - Office 32-Bit, exclude OneDrive and Skype, accept EULA, Silent install, some customisations from Config.office.com
Test
To test your config files run setup.exe with the configure switch
setup.exe /configure configuration-OfficeProPlus-x86.xml
Deploy
Create an application in SCCM - with your files.
Deployment type - Script Installer
For Detection Methods:
Office - 32-Bit: %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Winword.exe
Office - 64-Bit: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
Project - 32-Bit: %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINPROJ.EXE
Project - 64-Bit: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINPROJ.EXE
Visio - - 32-Bit: %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VISIO.EXE
Project - 64-Bit: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VISIO.EXE
KMS
Download the Volume license app http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=878fef7e-3f4d-4d22-a423-f447c0f5bfdd
On the KMS server run the exe.
Get your Office 2019 KMS Key from your Key Holder
Don't Click Commit! Click Cancel as you already have this configured
Disabling Windows File Explorer banner advertising
Microsoft has soo much advertising power with Windows 10, they can now put banners up in Windows Explorer via updates. You may see one such as this:
'Save your documents and photos to OneDrive' or 'Get the best deal on your cloud storage with OneDrive'
The setting is called Show Sync Provider Notifications however it has been used for other purposes such as when you do a feature update
To prevent this from happening push out a group policy User preference
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Value: ShowSyncProviderNotifications
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 00000000
Base: Hex
MDT Toolkit files fail to download - could not resolve source
If this happens during OSD, it is likely due to 2 settings in the BIOS.
I recommend
WIN7 -
Boot mode: Legacy
Sata mode: AHCI
Win10-
Boot mode: UEFI
Sata mode: AHCI
From the log:
The task sequence execution engine failed executing the action (Use Toolkit Package) in the group (Initialization) with the error code 2147942561
Action output: ... ursiveCreatePath(sPath.substr(0, nPos), psa), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\core\ccmcore\path.cpp,104)
RecursiveCreatePath(sPath.substr(0, nPos), psa), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\core\ccmcore\path.cpp,104)
RecursiveCreatePath( sNormalizedPath, psa ), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\core\ccmcore\path.cpp,159)
DownloadContentLocally (pszSource, sSourceDirectory, dwFlags, hUserToken, mapNetworkAccess), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\tscore\resolvesource.cpp,3582)
TS::Utility::ResolveSource (pszPkgID, sPath, 0, hUserToken, mapNetworkAccess), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\installsoftware\runcommandline.cpp,399)
cmd.Execute(pszPkgID,sProgramName, dwCmdLineExitCode), HRESULT=800700a1 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\installsoftware\main.cpp,372)
Failed to resolve the source for SMS PKGID=PS10098B, hr=0x800700a1
Install Software failed to run command line, hr=0x800700a1. The operating system reported error 2147942561: The specified path is invalid.
Slowwww Windows 10 Login when using NetApp for Folder Redirection
There is an issue that causes the login to be significantly slower when using Folder Redirection and NetApp.
The problem is a file lock occurs on the Desktop.ini files during login.
Our current workaround is to use a logoff script to delete the desktop.ini
Deploy Windows 10 Preview with SCCM 2012 R2 (Unsupported)
Johan Arwidmark and Niall Brady have posted guides on deploying Windows 10 Preview injecting the Windows 10 version of Dism during the task sequence.