6288: Deploying Windows 7 Beta Business Desktops by Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta
Three days—Instructor-led

About this Hands-on Lab

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.

Audience Profile

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.


Prerequisites

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.


At Course Completion

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.


Course Outline

Module 1: Preparing to Deploy Windows 7 Beta Business Desktops

This module describes the guidelines for an effective desktop deployment, the tools and technologies used in the desktop deployment life cycle, and the process and team guidance provided by Microsoft Deployment. This module also discusses how to plan Windows 7 deployments.

Lessons

• Overview of Desktop Deployment
• Tools and Technologies Used in the Desktop Deployment Lifecycle
• Planning Windows 7 Beta Deployment

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the challenges of deploying a new operating system, infrastructure optimization model and how automation provides cost savings.
• Describe the desktop deployment life cycle and the tools used to support each phase.
• Describe how MDT 2010 Beta can be used to help deploy Windows 7 Beta, Microsoft Office, and other applications throughout an organization and the function of various feature teams to help streamline desktop deployment tasks.

Module 2: Evaluating Application Compatibility

This module describes how to inventory, analyze, and mitigate application compatibility when planning a Windows 7 Beta desktop deployment.

Lessons

• Resolving Application Compatibility Issues
• Introduction to the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit

Lab : Evaluating Application Compatibility by Using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit

• Installing ACT
• Configuring Application Compatibility Manager
• Collecting Application Inventory
• Organizing Application Inventory
• Analyzing Application Inventory Results

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe common application compatibility problems experienced when upgrading to Windows 7 Beta and common methods that can be used to mitigate application compatibility issues.
• Describe the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5, its features, architecture, system requirements and explain how ACT can be used to evaluate application compatibility for Windows 7 Beta.

Module 3: Migrating User State

This module describes how to capture and restore user state information during a workstation deployment task to limit service disruption.

Lessons

• Overview of the User State Migration Task
• Introduction to the Microsoft Windows User State Migration Tool

Lab : Migrating User State by Using the User State Migration Tool

• Creating a Custom USMT XML Migration Script
• Capturing and Restoring User State by Using USMT

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Define the concepts of user state migration, identify the tool used to perform user state migration, components that can and cannot be migrated and migrate user settings by using Windows Easy Transfer.
•Describe the USMT, its features, components, how it can be used to migrate user state in replace and refresh scenario and considerations for using USMT.

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

This module describes how to deploy Windows 7 Beta desktops by using basic image-based deployment and describe technologies that are used to enable this.

Lessons

• Overview of Windows 7 Beta Image-Based Deployment
• Implementing Windows 7 Beta Imaging System
• Deploying Windows 7 Beta by Using Windows Deployment Services

Lab : 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.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the components used for Windows 7 Beta Imaging, describe Windows AIK and prepare installation environment by installing Windows AIK.
• Describe the general process for implementing a basic image-based deployment of Windows 7 Beta, build a reference image by using Windows SIM and Sysprep, create Windows PE image and capture and manage a Windows 7 Beta image by using ImageX.
• Describe how Windows Deployment Services (WDS) can help automate a Windows 7 Beta deployment, describe WDS prerequisites, configure WDS, WDS boot menu and add images to the WDS Server.

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

This module introduces MDT 2010 and Deploy Windows 7 using MDT 2010 LTI.

Lessons

• Overview of MDT 2010 Deployment Methods
• Preparing for Lite Touch Deployment
• Overview of MDT2010 Deployment Components

Lab : Deploying Windows 7 Beta with MDT 2010 Lite Touch Process

• 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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe MDT 2010 Beta Lite Touch and Zero Touch deployment methods and considerations for using them.
• Prepare Lite Touch Deployment Environment.
• Describe the software requirements for MDT 2010.
• Deploy Windows 7 Beta by using MDT 2010 Lite Touch process.

Module 6: Post Deployment Tasks

This module helps make post-deployment tasks more efficient help desk by analyzing security risks, being aware of new security features in Windows 7 Beta, and identifying tasks and processes involved in ongoing image maintenance.

Lessons

• Securing a Windows 7 Beta Desktop
• Security Enhancements in Windows 7 Beta
• Managing Windows 7 Beta Images Desktops

Lab : Use DISM to Modify an Image Offline

• Retrieve and review existing installed features
• Add a new features
• Confirm the feature was added successfully

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Discuss common security risks to consider when deploying a new operating system
• Describe how new features in Windows 7 Beta help to secure the desktop
• Modify images offline by using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool