Sounds like a good candidate for a pre-staged image scenario. Here's some example steps: http://sccmguy.com/2014/08/15/creating-prestaged-image-using-configuration-manager-2012-r2/
Provide them the WIM that contains the first part of your task sequence, they deliver the PC's to a final location, someone unboxes, plugs into your network and resume with the second half of the task sequence (Join domain, SCCM client, domain apps etc) The second half of the TS you still control for app version upgrades, branding mods, SCCM client CU's etc. The major vendors are already aware of the prestage process and giving them a WIM. Providing them a fully baked image with everything in it means after 3+ months all your flash, readers, silverlight's, java's will be outdated leaving a period of time of vulnerability until updating catches up, still have to join the domain manually(or offline join) etc. ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Daniel Ratliff <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] RE: Creating an reference computer and having our vendor mass disk clone You shouldn't ever join a reference image to the domain. Any reason you can't do a complete build and capture? Automate the entire process and it will clean any GUIDs and such with the prepare steps at the end. Daniel Ratliff From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darin Nelson Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 12:00 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [mssms] Creating an reference computer and having our vendor mass disk clone Hello. We are working on building a reference image for a lab of 100 PC's that we will be deploying soon. The vendor has agreed to mass clone them back at their warehouse. We figured this would help free up some of our deployment time. I am wondering once we have the reference image all fine-tuned, we will be taking it out of the domain and having it in a workgroup. As far as the ConfigMgr client goes, should we be uninstalling that as well? Im a bit nervous about how the ConfigMgr site will see all of these that were mass cloned (disk copied). Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Darin The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information.
