Microsoft Windows 7: Deploying Windows 7

Course Overview

This course will allow delegates to deploy Windows 7 with Microsoft's "Lite Touch" deployment technologies that are included in Windows Server 2008, or freely downloadable.

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Audience

Administrators and support personnel who will be deploying Windows 7, and want to use Microsoft's deployment technologies.

Prerequisites

Delegates should have some familiarity with installing and managing Windows 7, or similar operating systems. Attending a Supporting Microsoft Windows 7 Desktop or equivalent knowledge is recommended.

Course Outline

Deployments Overview

• Deployment Technologies
• Automated Deployment
• Strategies
• Licensing Windows

Windows System Image Manager

• Using Answer Files with WSIM
• Configuration Passes
• Using System Image Manager to Create Answer Files
• Creating a Sample Unattended File
• Using WSIM to Copy the Default User Profile

Imaging with ImageX and MDT

• Imaging Overview
• ImageX
• Creating a WinPE bootable disk
• Using ImageX to capture and deploy images
• Using MDT to capture and deploy images

Deployment Image Service and Management (DISM)

• DISM Overview
• Using DISM for offline image servicing
• Managing drivers in mounted images
• Other DISM operations on offline images

Windows Deployment Services

• Network server and client requirements
• Installing and configuring WDS
• Capturing and uploading images using WDS
• Integrating Unattended Files with WDS
• Deploying images
• Further Configurations in WDS and WDSUTIL
• Exporting Images
• Multicast Transmissions
• Prestaging Client Computers

Introducing Zero-Touch Deployments with System Center Config Manager

• What is 'zero-touch' deployment
• Zero-touch overview