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Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment. You plan to refresh all of the client computers that run Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 by using…
The correct answer is C. Create and configure a state migration point. During an OS refresh in SCCM, a state migration point is the dedicated site system role that captures and restores user state data using USMT.
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Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment. You plan to refresh all of the client computers that run Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 by using Configuration Manager. You need to recommend a method to maintain the user state information after the refresh completes. What should you include in the recommendation?
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- ACreate a task sequence that copies the C:\Users folder to the server that runs Microsoft SQL
- BCreatea WIM image of all the client computers before the refresh.
- CCreate and configure a state migration point.
- DCreate a task sequence to rundism.exeon the client computers before the refresh.
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Why each option
During an OS refresh in SCCM, a state migration point is the dedicated site system role that captures and restores user state data using USMT.
Copying C:\Users to a SQL Server is not a supported or integrated method - SQL Server is a database engine, not a file server, and this approach has no mechanism to restore data during a task sequence.
Creating a WIM image captures the entire OS volume, not just user state, and there is no task sequence step to selectively restore only user data from a WIM during a refresh.
A state migration point is the Configuration Manager site system role specifically designed to store user state data captured by the User State Migration Tool (USMT) during OS deployments. When a task sequence runs a refresh scenario, it uses USMT to capture user profiles and settings to the state migration point before the OS is installed, then restores them afterward. This is the supported and integrated method for preserving user state in SCCM OSD task sequences.
dism.exe is used for image servicing and management tasks such as applying updates or drivers to WIM files, not for capturing or restoring user state data.
Concept tested: SCCM state migration point for OS refresh user state
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/osd/get-started/prepare-site-system-roles-for-operating-system-deployments
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