Windows Vista: Deployment

1. Windows Vista: Deployment

2. What Will We Cover? Managed Deployment Advantages Windows Imaging Windows Preinstallation Environment Application Compatibility Toolkit Deployment Management Systems

3. Helpful Experience Familiarity with deployment concepts Familiarity with Windows administration Level 200

4. Agenda Exploring Deployment Considerations Using Vista Deployment Tools Deploying Windows Vista

5. Deployment Challenges • System Diversity • Hardware • Software • Roles • Admin Costs • Configuration • Testing • Management • Data Migration • Applications • User data • System settings

6. Managed Deployment Advantages • Consistency • Limit configurations • Standardize systems • Manageability • Centralized • Automated • Reliability • System testing • System Restore

7. Deployment Server New System Side-by-Side System Upgrade Deployment Scenarios

8. Agenda Exploring Deployment Considerations Using Vista Deployment Tools Deploying Windows Vista

9. Vista Deployment Enhancements • Windows Imaging • Powerful tools • Configurable files • Flexible application • Modularization • Component separation • Independent definition • Building blocks Microsoft Deployment Solutions www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/deploy

10. Windows Imaging • WIM file format • Capture system state • Multiple images per WIM file • Hardware-independent

11. ImageX • Command-line tool • Mount WIM files • Modify WIM files • Capture WIM files • Apply files changes • Export WIM files

12. demonstration • Using ImageX • View Image File Data • Export Image Files • Mount Image Files

13. WIMGAPI Basic Functions Imaging Extensibility

14. Install or Troubleshoot Windows Vista Windows Preinstallation Environment Deployment Server Deployment Target Removable Media Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) Windows PE 2.0

15. Windows Setup • Single .xml file • Simplified customization • System Image Manager • Detects packages • Handles install paths • Simple interface Unattend.xml Windows System Image Manager

16. demonstration • Using Windows Deployment Service • Add an Image • Automate with Unattend.xml • Start a deployment

17. Application Database Correct Run Level Application Compatibility Toolkit

18. Compatibility Exchange Inventory DCOM WF IE UAC UIA Etc… Agent Framework/Compatibility Evaluators Local ACT DB ACT 5.0: High Level Architecture Desktop Topology Finance HR Europe North America Log Processing Service Internet AC Manager Wilma Betty

19. System Settings • E-mail • Files • Favorites USB Cable Removable Media Network Files and Settings Transfer Wizard

20. Agenda Exploring Deployment Considerations Using Vista Deployment Tools Deploying Windows Vista

21. Image-Based Deployment • Offline • Test • Build Image • Online • Settings • Unattend.xml • Windows PE • Disk Prep • Apply Image • OOBE • Register • User Config • First Boot • SysPrep • Unique ID

22. Offline Online Windows PE OOBE First Boot Image-Based Upgrade • Apply New System • Restore user data • Delete old system • Hardware Specialization • Install non-standard drivers • Test hardware

23. Clean Install Model Upgrade Report Automatic Rollback Vista Upgrade Enhancements

24. Deploying Vista with SMS

25. Microsoft BDD www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment

26. Capture User State ZTICapture.wsf USMT 3.0 Old Operating System And more… ZTIBackup.wsf IMAGEX Back up computer Windows PE Apply new image ZTIApply.wsf SETUP SMSv4 Task Sequencer ZTIConfigure.wsf Unattend.xml Drivers Configure Operating System Install Applications ZTIApplications.wsf New Operating System And more… Restore User State USMT 3.0

27. Session Summary Using managed deployment lowers TCO Windows Imaging increases reliability Management tools automate deployment

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29. Resources Application Compatibility: • Technet – ITPro Information http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/appcompat/default.mspx • MSDN – Developer Information http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/AppComp.asp • Application Compatibility Toolkit information http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/appcompat/tools.mspx • Sign up for the ACT Beta at https://connect.microsoft.com/availableprograms.aspx • Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/bddoverview.mspx

30. Resources Cont’d Vista: • Windows Vista central resource at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista • General Security Info:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/security/ • Getting Started with UAC:  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/feat/uaprot.mspx

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