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Windows Deployment Keynote

Windows Deployment Keynote. Welcome!. PLAN – PLAN – Practice - Plan. Plan it – Practice it. History of deploying. Floppy disks Winnt /b Answer files Remote Installation services Ghost (imaging) ImageX and MDT2010. Identifying the Valid Upgrade Paths. Windows 9X Windows ME

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Windows Deployment Keynote

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  1. Windows Deployment Keynote Welcome!

  2. PLAN – PLAN – Practice - Plan • Plan it – Practice it.

  3. History of deploying • Floppy disks • Winnt /b • Answer files • Remote Installation services • Ghost (imaging) • ImageX and MDT2010

  4. Identifying the Valid Upgrade Paths Windows 9X Windows ME Windows NT4 Windows 2000 Only clean install Windows XP Windows Vista RTM Clean install Migration • In-place upgrade • Clean install • Migration Windows Vista SP1, SP2 Windows 7 Windows Anytime Upgrade enables you to upgrade to a higher edition of Windows 7

  5. Image Types • Thick – great for quick and dirty – minimal opportunity for customization. One-offs • Thin – great for quick imaging, need extensive modifications after installation. Excellent in highly engineered/automated environment • Hybrid – What many use

  6. Image Deployment types • NEW – no data or settings (state) to save or migrate • REFRESH – same computer, state to migrate • REPLACE – new computer, state migrated from previous computer • UPGRADE – in-place upgrade to existing computer, state stays same

  7. Deployment Methonds • LTI • Lite-Touch Installation – kicked off manually and user answers wizard questions • ZTI • Zero-Touch Installation – kicked off automatically, no prompts • Requires System Center Configuration Manager

  8. Deployment Platform Components

  9. Introducing MDT 2010 • MDT 2010 is a significant upgrade from MDT 2008 • Still supports Windows XP and above • Drops support for SMS 2003 • MDT 2010 adds full support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and latest deployment tools: • Windows Automated Installation Kit 2.0 • Windows PE 3.0 • New way to construct an image • USMT 4.0 • New hard-link and offline migration capabilities • MDT 2010 makes these changes transparent

  10. Windows Pre-installation Environment (WinPE) • Replaces the ubiquitous Win98 boot disk • Includes a GUI with Notepad, Task Manager • Includes a full network stack • Built-in support for a plethora of network cards • Version 3.0 includes Win7 / R2 code base • Included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 (aka WAIK 2.0)

  11. I M A G E X . E X E • Imagex – Microsoft’s Ghost Buster • Creates and deploys file-based images of entire drive partitions • Unlike sector-based images (CD, DVD, GHO) • Images stored in Windows Image Format (WIM) • Uses single-instance file storage • Supports three levels of compression • Utility also mounts and manipulates WIM files

  12. WinPE & Imagex in Action • Demo • Booting into WinPE from flash drive • Capturing an image • imagex /capture c: x:\image.wim 1 “description” • Managing partitions with Diskpart • Deploying an image • imagex /apply x:\image.wim 1 c:

  13. WAIK 2.0 • Windows Automated Installation Toolkit • Used to edit Vista and higher unattended installations

  14. Windows System Image Manager • DVD unattended install • Creates Autounattend.xml answer file • Placed in root of bootable Vista DVD, USB flash drive or Floppy. • Will give you a unattended deployment

  15. DISM.EXE • Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool • Replaces several previous tools, adds new enumeration capabilities • Tool used to make offline edits to WIM • Apply updates, install drivers, install features • Scriptable – Automate updating of your image library

  16. Image Management • Sysprep • Improved in Windows Vista & 7 • Still necessary! • Storing multiple “images” in the same image file provides advantages

  17. Show The Movie http://edge.technet.com/Media/Microsoft-Deployment-Toolkit-Lite-Touch-Screencast

  18. Resources –page1 • The Deployment Guys Blog • http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys • Michael Niehaus Blog • http://Blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/ • Windows Team Blog • http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/springboard/archive/2009/11/08/part-4-choosing-and-image-strategy-and-building-windows-7-system-images.aspx • Microsoft Deployment Toolkit • http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment • MDT 2010 • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx

  19. Schuff at myITforum.com • http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jscheffelmaer • MDT Wizard Editor • http://mdtwizardeditor.codeplex.com • WMI Administrative Tools • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6430F853-1120-48DB-8CC5-F2ABDC3ED314&displaylang=en • DeployWindows.Net • http://deploywindows.net/ • myITForum.com • http://www.myitform.com

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