Using Task Sequence Catalog Items to Perform OS and Application Deployment

App Portal 2021 R1

App Portal provides solutions to greatly reduce the operational overhead experienced by traditional OS deployment solutions and to enhance the end-user experience, making OS deployments self-service instead of administrator-driven.

With App Portal you can deliver new computer imaging, existing computer re-imaging, and replacement of computers through your enterprise app store by leveraging core OSD functionality in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Users initiate the migration/deployment by requesting a catalog item in the enterprise app store, scheduling the deployment around a time that is convenient for them. Users can easily migrate existing applications to the new system, and also have the option of installing additional applications during OS deployment. Users can also request task sequence catalog items to migrate existing applications and/or install additional applications to a computer, without performing an OS deployment or upgrade.

Information about performing operating system deployment by offering task sequence catalog items in the App Portal storefront is presented in the following sections:

Using App Portal to Perform Operating System Deployments

Section	Description
Overview of App Portal Support for Operating System Deployment	Explains how App Portal can manage typical components of OS deployments and enhance Microsoft’s OS deployment solution.
Configuring App Portal Global Settings for OS Deployment	Lists the global settings you have to configure in App Portal to perform catalog item OS deployment using your App Portal storefront.
Configuring System Center Configuration Manager Task Sequences	Describes the two additional steps, Install Packages and Install Applications, that need to be included in a System Center Configuration Manager task sequence in order to support App Portal OS imaging.
Creating OSD Task Sequence Catalog Items	Takes you step-by-step through the creation of an App Portal OSD task sequence catalog item, including describing all available options.
Using Roles to Identify Applications to Deploy with a Task Sequence Catalog Item	Explains how to use roles (which can be applied conditionally) to identify groups of applications that can be deployed with OSD task sequence catalog items.
Configuring the Migration/Installation of Applications During OS Deployment	Explains how to enable application options, designate applications as “core”, making them ineligible for migration, and how to specify upgraded or replacement applications.
Using User Readiness and Constraints to Schedule OS Deployments	Explains how to use user readiness records to schedule an OS deployment with a user, and how to use constraints to limit scheduling possibilities for catalog items.
Requesting an OSD Task Sequence Catalog Item	Explains how to request an OSD task sequence catalog item to perform the following types of OS deployments: • Deploying an OS on a new computer. • Upgrading the OS of an existing computer. • Installing an OS on a new computer and migrating applications from an existing computer (side-by-side migration).
OS Deployment Reference	This section contains information on the views and dialog boxes under the Deployment Management node that are used to perform operating system deployment by offering task sequence catalog items in the App Portal storefront: Roles, Constraints, User Readiness, and Install Sequence.

Note:For information about performing OS and application deployment using methods other than by offering OSD task sequence catalog items in the App Portal storefront, see Using App Survey, Clone/Migrate, and Support Tools to Perform Advanced Deployment Tasks.