Deploying Windows 7 Beta Business Desktops by Using the MS Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully deploy Windows 7 beta business desktops throughout their organization by using the Microsoft Deployment Tookit 2010 beta. Students will learn how to use and understand the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit tools and end-to-end guidance to reduce deployment time, standardize desktop images, limit service disruptions, reduce post-deployment help desk costs, and improve security and ongoing configuration management.

 

The primary audiences for this course are IT professionals and Desktop Configuration Administrators who generally plan and deploy desktop operating systems, provision desktop computers, and deploy service packs and updates to computer systems. They will be particularly interested in how Microsoft Deployment Toolkit eases the productivity and increases efficiency of deploying Windows 7 beta.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

 

•Describe the challenges of deploying a new operating system.

•Describe how automation provides cost savings.

•Describe common application compatibility problems experienced when upgrading to Windows 7 Beta.

•Describe guidelines for testing commercial and custom applications.

•Describe the user state migration process for enterprise organizations.

•Identify the tool used to perform user state migration.

•Build a reference image by using Windows SIM and Sysprep.

•Configure the WDS boot menu and add images to the WDS Server.

•Deploy Windows 7 Beta by using Windows Deployment Server.

•Describe the Lite Touch deployment process.

•Describe the MDT 2010 Beta components.

•Deploy Windows 7 Beta by using MDT Lite Touch Installation.

•Describe common security risks that need to be considered when deploying a new operating system.

•Describe how to manage drivers, language packs and updates.

Before attending this course, students must have:

 

•Experience deploying Windows desktop operating systems.

•One year of experience managing a Microsoft Windows desktop operating system environment.

•Familiarity with standard client and application deployment methods such as Group Policy, disk imaging, and Systems Management Server (SMS).

•Familiarity with the Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) Solution Accelerator

Module 1: Preparing to Deploy Windows 7 Beta Business Desktops

 

•Overview of Desktop Deployment

•Tools and Technologies Used in the Desktop Deployment Lifecycle

•Planning Windows 7 Beta Deployment

 

Module 2: Evaluating Application Compatibility

 

•Resolving Application Compatibility Issues

•Introduction to the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit

•Installing ACT

•Configuring Application Compatibility Manager

•Collecting Application Inventory

•Organizing Application Inventory

•Analyzing Application Inventory Results

 

Module 3: Migrating User State

 

•Overview of the User State Migration Task

•Introduction to the Microsoft Windows User State Migration Tool

•Creating a Custom USMT XML Migration Script

•Capturing and Restoring User State by Using USMT

 

Module 4: Deploying Windows 7 Beta Business Desktop by Using Basic Image-Based Deployment

 

•Overview of Windows 7 Beta Image-Based Deployment

•Implementing Windows 7 Beta Imaging System

•Deploying Windows 7 Beta by Using Windows Deployment Services

•Installing Windows Deployment Services

•Configuring Windows Deployment Services

•Configuring the WDS Boot Menu

•Capturing a PXE Client by Using a Capture Boot Image

•Install Windows 7 Beta to a PXE Client.

 

Module 5: Introducing MDT 2010 and Deploying Windows 7 by Using MDT Lite Touch Installation

 

•Overview of MDT 2010 Deployment Methods

•Preparing for Lite Touch Deployment

•Overview of MDT2010 Deployment Components

•Install MDT 2010

•Creating and Configuring  the Distribution Share

•Add OS and Device Drivers to the Distribution Share

•Creating and Sharing Deployment Points

•Deploying a Windows 7 Beta Image on a New Computer

 

Module 6: Post Deployment Tasks

 

•Securing a Windows 7 Beta Desktop

•Security Enhancements in Windows 7 Beta

•Managing Windows 7 Beta Images Desktops

•Retrieve and review existing installed features

•Add a new features

•Confirm the feature was added successfully