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Rapid Windows 7 Deployments

Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. Rapid Windows 7 Deployments. Objective. Leave with detailed knowledge of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. Ability to setup Deployment server 1 day. Ability to create customized images. Ability to rapidly deploy Windows 7 to desktops.

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Rapid Windows 7 Deployments

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  1. Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Rapid Windows 7 Deployments

  2. Objective • Leave with detailed knowledge of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. • Ability to setup Deployment server 1 day. • Ability to create customized images. • Ability to rapidly deploy Windows 7 to desktops. • Scalability from 2 to 500+ desktops. Jimi Mikusi

  3. Types of Deployments • High Touch Installation. • Lite Touch Installation (LTI). • Zero Touch Installation (ZTI). Jimi Mikusi

  4. High Touch Installation • Traditional method booting off vendor supplied media or Microsoft media. • Requires manual input at staggered phases of install (depending on vendor). • Does not scale well past just a few workstations. Jimi Mikusi

  5. Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) • Entirely automated workstation installs. • Requires System Center Configuration Manger 2007. • Licensed product - $$$. Jimi Mikusi

  6. LiteTouch Installation (LTI) • Intermediate between High Touch and ZTI. • Requires Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. • Freely available download! • Some input required at workstation at boot, then proceeds silently. • Once custom image is created it can be made to proceed with minimal intervention. Jimi Mikusi

  7. Caveats • No direct migration from XP to Win 7. • Account migration requires USMT. • Plug-in component of MDT 2010. • Volume Licensing recommended. Jimi Mikusi

  8. Requirements • Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT) • WAIK, Windows Automated Installation Kit • Deployment Machine (Server or Workstation) or Server 2008 Windows Deployment Service • Add-on Components (optional) • ACT: Application Compatibility Toolkit • USMT: User State Migration Tool Jimi Mikusi

  9. How LiteTouch Works • Create new deployment and network share. • Will be admin sharei.e.: \\Server\Deployments$ • Add OS/application sources. • Create installation Task Sequence. • Create PE boot media. • Boot new machine off PE media. • Create/Capture boot images of new installation to Deployment Server as.wim image file. Jimi Mikusi

  10. What is a Task Sequence? • Master install script (XML). • Has Answers File which perform automation. • Unattended.xml • Can have conditionals to perform different actions on different workstations. • Upgrade/Refresh vs. New Install. • Can perform validation checks. • Memory. • Disk Space. Jimi Mikusi

  11. Step by Step Jimi Mikusi

  12. Step 1: Install MDT 2010 • Download/Install MDT 2010. • Mandatory Add-ons: • MSXML • WAIK • GREAT documentation available. Jimi Mikusi

  13. Step 2: New Deployment Share • Create new deployment share. • High-light “Deployment Shares” tree. • Actions Pane: New Deployment Share. • Wizard: • Specify file system location. • Specify share name. Jimi Mikusi

  14. Step 3: Add OS Sources • Expand Windows .ISO image to disk or have disc in drive. • Expand newly created Deployment Share. • Highlight Operating Systems. • Actions Pane: Import Operating System. • NOTE! Can be used for XP and Vista too! Jimi Mikusi

  15. Step 4: Add Task Sequence • Expand newly created Deployment Share. • Highlight Task Sequences. • Actions Pane: New Task Sequence. • Wizard: • Specify Task Sequence ID (must be unique). • Specify Task Sequence name (will be selectable choice when imaging). • Select Template: Standard Client Task Sequence. • Chose OS form imported sources. • Specify MAK/product key if available. • Specify Windows User and Org entries. • Specify IE default home page. • Specify Administrator password. Jimi Mikusi

  16. Step 5: Create boot images • Highlight newly created Deployment Share. • Actions Pane: Update Deployment Share. • Open deployment share in file browser. • Open “boot” directory. • .ISO can be burned to disc for booting. • .WIM can be used with Windows Deployment Server (if installed/available on network). Jimi Mikusi

  17. Step 5.1: USB boot image • Expand newly created deployment share. • Expand Advanced Configuration. • Highlight Media. • Actions Pane: New Media. • This will create a file system that can be copied to a USB/Flash drive. • !! Special formatting of Flash drive required! Jimi Mikusi

  18. Step 6: Boot with .iso • At workstation to be imaged… • Make CD/DVD/USB first boot device in BIOS. • Boot off .ISO disk or USB Flash drive. • Will be asked for credentials to access network share with Deployment Share. • Choose Task Sequence/Applications. Jimi Mikusi

  19. DONE! • This process can be repeated to install same Task Sequence at more workstations. Jimi Mikusi

  20. Step 8 (opt): Capture Image • After successful (no errors) Task Sequence… • Capture image of machine back to Deployment Share (to Captures folder) as .WIM file. • .WIM can be imported back into Deployment Share as available deployment. • .WIM can be used with Windows Deployment Service (WDS). Jimi Mikusi

  21. In Action… Jimi Mikusi

  22. Extra Credit: Applications • Expand Deployment Share. • Highlight Applications. • Actions Pane: New Application. • Wizard: • Specify: Publisher, Name, Verions, Language. • Specify source files. • NB: Keep in mind access perspective of PE boot when network resources must opened. Jimi Mikusi

  23. Extra Credit: MS Apps • Microsoft applications can install silently too. • MS Office: 2 Automated install types. • 1. MDT app properties permit specifying install parameters such as license key. • 2. Use “Office Customization Tool” to create .MSP file and put in Updates folder of install sources. • Create .MSP via “setup.exe /admin” Jimi Mikusi

  24. Extra Credit: Branding • Use custom wallpaper for PE boot media. Jimi Mikusi

  25. Debugging • The MININT filesystem of the PrebootEnv. • Unattended.xml Jimi Mikusi

  26. Advanced Utilities • USMT, User State Migration Toolkit • ACT, Application Compatibility Toolkit Jimi Mikusi

  27. USMT • No direct XP to Win 7 path. • Account profiles must be converted. • Capture profile to network share. • After Windows 7 installation completes,profile is put back on workstation. Jimi Mikusi

  28. ACT • Test Line of Business (LOB) apps • Run application in encapsulated environment • Collect data on errors relevant to registry, environment, UAC, etc. • Compare to collective database of other Microsoft ACT users • Build patched version of app to run error free in Windows 7 Jimi Mikusi

  29. If we had more time… • Mastering the Task Sequence: • Verify system resource requirements. • Customize Answers File (MSXML). • WDS, Windows Deployment Service on 2008. • PXE booting at clients and .WIM imaging. • Zero Touch Install. • For high-volume deployments. • Requires licensing. Jimi Mikusi

  30. Alternatives • Clonezilla • http://www.clonezilla.org • Macrium Reflect • Acronis True Image • Norton Ghost • PING (partimage Is Not Ghost) NOTE! Not all are necessarily deployment servers. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_cloning_software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_cloning_software Jimi Mikusi

  31. Resources • Download MDT 2010:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3BD8561F-77AC-4400-A0C1-FE871C461A89&displaylang=en • MS Blog:http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment/ • Win 7 Upgrade Advisor:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displaylang=en • Win 7 Upgrade and Migration Guide:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446674(WS.10).aspx • Step-by-Step: Basic Windows Migration using USMT for IT Professionalshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd883247(WS.10).aspx • Deployment TechCenterhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/deployment/default.aspx • Microsoft TechNethttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx Jimi Mikusi

  32. Questions Jimi Mikusi

  33. Q:Will the slides be posted? • The inevitable question… • http://www.web-kong.com/presentations/by-event/trenton-computer-festival/rapid-windows-7-deployments-with-the-microsoft-deployment-toolkit-2010- Jimi Mikusi

  34. Thank You • GO DEPLOY!! Jimi Mikusi

  35. Credits • Screencast software:http://camstudio.org/ • MS Office 2010 Beta, Power Point:http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx Jimi Mikusi

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