Servicing Options - Microsoft products Life Cycle - CB CBB LTSB

Recently Microsoft introduced new product upgrades as Servicing Options.

In enterprise IT environments, the desire to provide users with the latest technologies needs to be balanced with the need for manageability and cost control. 

In the past, many enterprises managed their products up-gradation and Purchase new / Upgraded versions of products about every three to six years. 

Today, the rapid evolution of Technology experiences is causing businesses to rethink their strategies. Especially with the release of Windows 10 & Microsoft Azure, there are good business reasons to keep a significant portion of your enterprise's devices current with the latest release of Microsoft products.

Streamlined the Microsoft product engineering and release cycle so that Microsoft can deliver the features, experiences, and functionality customers want, more quickly than ever.

Created new ways to deliver and install feature upgrades and servicing updates that simplify deployments and on-going management, broaden the base of employees who can be kept current with the latest MS capabilities and experiences, and lower total cost of ownership.

Implemented new servicing options – referred to as 

1) Current Branch (CB)

2) Current Branch for Business (CBB)

3) Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB)

That provide pragmatic solutions to keep more devices more current in enterprise environments than was previously possible.

Windows 10 release CB & CBB & LTSB find the related article  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mt679505.aspx 

In just one word Software as a Service - SAAS is all about above lines.

Servicing option	Availability of new feature upgrades for installation	Minimum length of servicing lifetime	Key benefits	Supported editions
Current Branch (CB)	Immediately after first published by Microsoft	Approximately 4 months	Makes new features available to users as soon as possible	Home, Pro, Education, Enterprise, IoT Core, Windows 10 IoT Core Pro (IoT Core Pro)
Current Branch for Business (CBB)	Approximately 4 months after first published by Microsoft	Approximately 8 months	Provides additional time to test new feature upgrades before deployment	Pro, Education, Enterprise, IoT Core Pro
Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB)	Immediately after published by Microsoft	10 Years	Enables long-term deployment of selected Windows 10 releases in low-change configurations	Enterprise LTSB

SCCM Task Sequence WMI logic for Models Based Drivers Deployment

SCCM Task Sequence OS Drivers apply based on Models with help of WMI Query

For Models check we can write as NAMESPACE Root\CIMV2

Select *From Win32_ComputerSystem Where Model LIKE "%X260%"

The above is if WMI matches however if we want a query for not equals then ?

WMI query for if Model is not equals

Select * From Win32_ComputerSystem Where NOT Model LIKE "%M800%"

WMI Query for If Manufacture like

SELECT*From Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE Manufacturer LIKE “%Dell%”
SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE Manufacturer LIKE “%Hewlett-Packard%”

SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE Manufacturer LIKE “%Microsoft Corporation%” 

SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE Manufacturer LIKE “%VMware%”

WMI Query for If Manufacture NOT like

SELECT*From Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE NOT Manufacturer LIKE “%Dell%”
SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE NOT Manufacturer LIKE “%Hewlett-Packard%”

SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE NOT Manufacturer LIKE “%Microsoft Corporation%” 

SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE NOT Manufacturer LIKE “%VMware%”

Find  32 or 64-bit Operating System in task Sequence WMI logic
SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE SystemType LIKE “%x64-based PC%”
SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE SystemType LIKE “%x86-based PC%”

For BitLocker:

TO CHECK TPM model status active / this will be used for Pre-requisites for Bitlocker

NAMESPACE: Root\CIMV2\Security\MicrosoftTPM

Select * From Win32_TPM Where IsActivated_InitialValue = False

Select * From Win32_TPM Where IsActivated_InitialValue = True