XP to Windows 7 with MDT

Deploying An Optimized Windows Desktop
Stephen Rose
Sr. Community Manager – Windows Commercial
stephen.rose@microsoft.com

Who Am I?
15 years as an IT Pro
2 time Microsoft MVP – Setup and Deployment
MCSE and MCT since 1997
What do I do?
The Springboard Series on TechNet
Editor of the Springboard Series Insider
The Springboard Series on Windows® Team Blog
Twitter- @MSSpringboard, @stephenlrose, @thebustour
Manager – Windows 7 Forums on TechNet
Windows 7 Program Manager for the MVP program
Manage the STEP (Springboard Technical Experts Panel)

The Magic of The PiXiE Stick
My boss has XP. She needs Windows 7 before she lands.
I want to enable my remote workers to migrate to Windows 7 without sending in their laptops.
I have 10 machines I want to pilot Windows 7 on.

Planning for Windows 7 and Office 2010

The Deployment Project…
Do I need to invest in test hardware, personnel, and infrastructure?
How is this going to impact users and the helpdesk?
Do I replace all of my users’ hardware?
Testing Process
OperationsReadiness
InfrastructureRemediation
Do my users need to send their hardware to IT or be without their PCs for a day?
Do I need to build and maintain an image for each hardware class?
ProjectProcess andTeam Guidance
Deployment
Image Engineering
Business Casefor Deployment
How do I think about policies, data, and security now?
Are my applications going to work?
ApplicationManagement
Office, too? Does that mean more testing and images?
Security
Do my techs need to manuallymigrate everyone’s files at their desk or in the lab?
OfficeDeployment
Migration

…It Depends
Windows architecture and deployment tools change for a reason
Test?
Hardware?
Image management?
User data migration?
Hardware specs and application requirements pretty static for 3+ years
Security updates are easier to integrate into the project

…What it Means
Refresh existing hardware - don’t wait for hardware replacement
Make the process fast and not disruptive for users
Test wisely, but don’t expect things to break as often as before
That means fewer helpdesk calls than with previous OS deployments

The Migration Process
Assess hardware and applications, and plan for the new features or services you want
Plan
Prepare applications, infrastructure, and images for deployment and migrate users
Deliver
Expand functionality coverage, transition applications, and manage the desktop environment
Operate

Windows Application Compatibility Tools
Test & Mitigate
Analyze
Collect
Application Compatibility Toolkit
Asset Inventory Service
Microsoft Assessment and Planning
System Center Family
Windows Compatibility Center
Compatible Applications List
Application Quality Cookbook
Application Verifier
Application Virtualization
Application Quality Cookbook
Virtual Legacy Windows OS (MED-V, XP Mode)

Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.6
Provides tools to inventory applications, hardware, and devices in the production environment
Synchronizes collected inventory with current application and hardware compatibility data from Microsoft
Includes tools to test and repair individual applications
Version 5.6 (release 5/11) adds x64 support for inventory, compatibility fixing, and standard user account issue detection

Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.5

Office 2010 Compatibility Toolkit
New!Office Environment Assessment Tool
(OEAT)
Content
Application Compatibility
New!Office 2010 CompatibilityInspector Tool
Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM)

App Compat – Office Environment Assessment ToolIdentifying the add-ins & interfacing applications

Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM)Evaluate, identify, & migrate Office files for OpenXML migration

Control Environment
Build Package
Define applications and preference
Bundle supporting elements, i.e.
Add-ins, languages, guides, etc.
Office Customization Tool (OCT)
Config.xml
Enforce system wide policy
Control Office application @ a granular level – over 4000 objects
Group Policies – Office admin templates
Realizing Office 2010 in Your Enterprise
Deployment
Many methods for delivering install packages (caching, MSI, scripts, SCE/SCCM, virtualization)
Deployment method influences degree of control & monitoring
Guidance
Office Resource Kit (ORK)
Security Guide
TechNet Community
TechNet Resource Centers

Group PolicyOffice admin templates allow IT to control features available for end users

Office Customization ToolBuild deployment packages to fit business requirements

Improved Application Virtualization SupportTighter integration with Microsoft App-V
Potential to simplify deployment & management
App-V investments improve support of Office 2010*
Office 2010 requires App-V 4.6 available in H1 2010
App-V requires deployment specific sequencing
Features improved with App-V 4.6/Office 2010 include:
Outlook:
Fast Search using Windows Desktop Search
URL Protocol Handlers (Mailto, feeds, webcal(s))
Send to Mail integration
Enable advanced account configuration
SharePoint - Directly open/edit/save hosted documents
OneNote - Send to OneNote print driver
All - Activation model support
*Click to Run offerings leverage App-V

Deployment Benefits of Application Virtualization
Faster Delivery of Applications at Deploy Time
Immediate Implementation Across Windows Versions
Reduced Time for Testing and Packaging
Minimize user disruption and speed up migration times with faster application delivery
Get to a single OS image more easily with less work to automate application installation and less time needed to deliver applications
Get value immediately as you work through your applications for Windows 7 deployment
Implement App-V to Windows XP and Windows Vista users before Windows 7 is fully deployed
Give users access to new applications before Windows 7 is delivered
Reduce testing times with Application Isolation
Speed up application packaging for deployment with App-V sequencing
Sequence applications for compatibility across Windows versions

Desktop Virtualization and Compatibility Concerns

Windows Server 2008 R2 + KMS = Office 2010, Windows XP, Vista and 7 Activation
What it provides:
Better license management
Visibility of activations
Consistent activation approach for Windows and Office
NOT monitored by Microsoft
What it requires:
Plan for your activation method
Key Management Service (KMS)
Multiple Activation Key (MAK)

How Is Our Demo Doing?

How Do They Work?...add your ingredients, create a build, and install

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
MDT 2010 Beta Version

Improving the Deployment Core
Migration
Delivery
Imaging
So How Does This Help You?
Saves time building and updating images
These are big files – we can now transfer them quickly
Reduce the number of deployment servers
Migrate gigabytes of user state in minutes, not hours
Deployment Image Servicing and Management
Add/Remove Drivers and Packages
WIM and VHD Image Management
User State Migration Tool
Hard-link Migration
Offline File Gather
Improved user file detection
Windows Deployment Services
Multicast
Multiple Stream Transfer
Dynamic Driver Provisioning
More installs per day
Minimized end user disruption
Keep your existing hardware
=
Solutions to Prepare and Deploy

Files
User Accounts
Application Settings
How Hard-Link Migration works?...index files, create links to each, map links to the right spots
Index of Hard-Links -
files don’t move
Files
User Accounts
Application Settings

Task-Sequenced Deployment EnginesAutomating the entire migration process
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Zero Touch
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Lite Touch
Masks the complexity of command line tools
Windows OS Image
Device Drivers
Corporate Domain
Applications
User Data and Settings
User Data and Settings
Windows XP or Windows Vista
New OS Image Installed
Applications Installed
Drivers Installed
Old OS files deleted
Join Domain
Apply User State
Deployment Task Sequence to Same PC – Fully Automated
30-90 Minutes All-Up

Demo of Using Deployment Automation
Demo complete?

What Next?

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XP to Windows 7 with MDT

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