Windows 7 Deployment Enhancements

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Windows 7 DeploymentEnhancements
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What Will We Cover?
Review New Deployment Tools and Enhancements
Deploy Operating Systems with Windows Deployment Services
Provision Virtual Machines with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Agenda
Modifying Windows 7 Operating Systems with Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)
Automating Deployment Using Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
Provisioning Virtual Machines

Windows 7 Deployment Enhancements
IMAGING
DELIVERY
MIGRATION
User State Migration Tool
Hardlink Migration
Offline File Gather
Improved User File Detection
Windows Deployment Services
Multiple Stream Transfer
Dynamic Driver Provisioning
VHD and WIM Support
Deployment Image Servicing and Management
Add/Remove Drivers and Packages
WIM and VHD Image Management
INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS CONTINUE
Microsoft Assessment and Planning
Application Compatibility Toolkit
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Windows 7 Deployment Enhancements - Notes
IMAGING
DELIVERY
MIGRATION
User State Migration Tool
Hardlink Migration
Offline File Gather
Improved User File Detection
Windows Deployment Services
VHD and WIM Support
Deployment Image Servicing and Management
Add/Remove Drivers and Packages
WIM and VHD Image Management
INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS CONTINUE
Microsoft Assessment and Planning
Application Compatibility Toolkit
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) Overview
Replaces pkgmgr, PEImg, and IntlConfg Tools
Allows Offline and Online Image Servicing
Supports Both WIM and VHD Formats
Improved Diagnostics, Error Reporting, and Messaging
Provides Cross-Architecture, Cross-Version, Cross-Edition, and Cross-Technology Support

DISM Usage Scenario
ImageMaintenance
Image Preparation
Customer Experience
Image Installation
Technician Computer
Install WAIK
Read documentation
Plan deployment strategy
Prepare answer files
Prepare Windows PE
Lab Computer
Install base operating system
Add customizations
Sysprep -Generalize
Boot Windows PE
Image capture
Customer System
WinSAT [optional]
OOBE
FirstLogonCommands
Desktop
Customer System
Boot Windows PE
Configure disk
Apply images
Add customizations
Boot Windows
Specialize configuration pass
Audit mode
Add customizations
Sysprep –OOBE
Technician Computer
Mount image
Perform customizations
Unmount image
DISM ‘offline’ servicing scenarios
DISM ‘online’ servicing scenarios

DISM Command-Line Examples
Mount an Image for Servicing:
>dism /mount-wim /wimfile:wimfile.wim/index:# /mountdir:mount directory
Review Drivers:
>dism /image:mount directory /get-drivers
Add a Driver:
>dism /image:mount directory /add-driver /driver

Demonstration Environment

Review DISM and Mount an Image File
Review Packages, Features, and Drivers
Change LanguageSettings in Boot Image
Demonstration: Modifying Windows 7 Operating Systems with DISM

Agenda
Modifying Windows 7 Operating Systems with DISM

Windows Deployment Services Overview
Reduces complexity of deployments and costs associated with manual installation processes
1
2
3
4
5
PXE boot
TFTP download of Windows PE
OS Image download
(SMB or multicast)
OS Image apply
Offline Servicing

Windows Deployment Services Overview - Notes
Reduces complexity of deployments and costs associated with manual installation processes
1
2
3
4
5
PXE boot
TFTP download of Windows PE
OS Image download
(SMB or multicast)
OS Image apply
Offline Servicing

Windows Deployment Enhancements
Multiple bands to broadcast images to clients
Optimized rates per client connection
Client Auto Removal
Slower clients can be dropped to unicast or entirely (only in standard multicast)
Boot Image Multicast
Windows PE boot images can use multicast (clients with EFI)
Medium

Fewer, Smaller Images
Integrated into WDS for Unified Experience
Control Which Machines Receive Which Drivers
Updates Don’t Have to Be Added to Each Image

WDS Server
Images Drivers
Client

Configure Windows Deployment Services
Deploy Windows 7 to a New Computer
Use Multicast Transmissions to Deploy Multiple Clients
Demonstration: Automating Deployment Using Windows Deployment Services

Agenda
Modifying Windows 7 Operating Systems with DISM

VHD Deployment Overview
Virtualization Increasingly Common in the Enterprise
Different Image Formats Have Meant More Maintenance
WIM for physical machines
VHD for virtual machines
Native VHD Boot Enables Unification and Lower Costs

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010
Reduces deployment time and helps standardize images
Support for Windows XP® SP3 and Later
Brings together proven practices, in addition to the following Microsoft technologies:
Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT)
Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)
Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

The Deployment Workbench

Attach and Explore a Virtual Hard Disk File
Create an Unattended Setup File
Deploy Windows 7 with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Demonstration: Provisioning Virtual Machines

Session Summary
DISM replaces and enhances several older tools to service and manage images
Windows Deployment Services enables you to remotely deploy Windows
MDT is another way to create low-touch remote operating system deployments

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