Course Content
Preparing to Deploy Windows 7 Business Desktops
- Overview of the Desktop Lifecycle
- Desktop Deployment: Challenges and Considerations
- Tools and Technologies Used in the Desktop Deployment Lifecycle
- Assessing the Current Computing Environment for Deploying Windows 7
- Designing Windows Activation
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- Assessing the Computing Environment by Using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
- Assessing the Computing Environment by Using Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
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- Recommending an Activation Strategy
- Review the Activation Scenario
Assessing Application Compatibility in Windows 7
- Overview of Application Compatibility
- Assessing and Resolving Application Compatibility Issues by Using ACT 5.5
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- Evaluating Application Compatibility Using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit
- Installing and Configuring ACT
- Collecting Application Inventory
- Organizing the Application Inventory
- Analyzing Application Inventory Results
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- Creating Application Compatibility Fixes
- Identifying Application Compatibility Issues
- Mitigating Application Issues
Evaluating Windows 7 Deployment Methods
- Evaluating In-Place Deployment
- Evaluating Side-by-Side Deployment
- Evaluating Lite-Touch Deployment Method
- Evaluating Lite-Touch Deployment Method
Lab :
- Determining the Windows 7 Deployment Method
- Determining Windows 7 Deployment Methods
Designing Standard Windows 7 Images
- Overview of Windows 7 Installation Architecture
- Overview of the Imaging Process
- Determining the Image Strategy
- Selecting the Image Servicing Methods
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- Determining the Windows 7 Imaging Strategy
- Determining the Windows 7 Image Strategy
Deploying Windows 7 by Using WAIK
- Overview of WAIK 2.0
- Building a Reference Windows 7 Image by Using Windows SIM and Sysprep
- Managing the Windows Preinstallation Environment
- Capturing, Applying, and Servicing a Windows 7 Image
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- Installing WAIK
- Install the Windows Automated Installation Kit
- Identify Resources and Tools included with the Windows Automated Installation Kit
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- Building a Reference Image Using Windows SIM and Sysprep
- Building a Custom Answer File by Using Windows SIM
- Installing a Reference Computer using a Custom Answer File
- Generalizing a Reference Computer by Using Sysprep
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- Creating Windows PE Boot Media
- Adding Packages and Drivers to Windows PE
- Creating a Bootable Windows PE ISO Image
- Starting the Windows PE Operating System Environment
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- Capturing and Applying a Windows 7 Image Using ImageX
- Capturing an Image Using ImageX
- Apply an Image Using ImageX
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- Servicing Images by Using DISM
- Servicing a Reference image using DISM
Deploying Windows 7 by Using Windows Deployment Services
- Overview of WDS
- Designing and Configuring WDS for Windows 7 Deployment
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- Deploying Windows 7 by Using Windows Deployment Services
- Designing the WDS Environment
- Installing and Configuring the WDS Server Role
- Adding Boot and Install Images to WDS
- Adding Boot and Install Images to WDS
- Deploying a Desktop Operating System Using WDS
Deploying Windows 7 by Using Lite Touch Installation
- Designing the Lite Touch Installation Environment
- Implementing MDT 2010 for Deploying Windows 7
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- Planning and Configuring MDT 2010
- Planning the MDT Lite Touch Environment
- Installing MDT 2010 and Additional Component Files
- Configuring the Deployment Share
- Creating a Task Sequence
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- Deploying Windows 7 by Using Lite Touch Installation
- Updating the Deployment Share to Generate Windows PE Media
- Installing Windows 7 Using Lite Touch Installation
Deploying Windows 7 by Using Zero Touch Installation
- Designing the Zero Touch Installation Environment
- Performing Zero-touch Installation of Windows 7 by using MDT 2010 and Configuration Manager 2007
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- Deploying Windows 7 by Using Zero Touch Installation
- Planning the Zero Touch Installation Environment
- Preparing the Zero Touch Installation Environment
- Configuring Deployment Packages and System Images
- Configuring and Advertising a Client Task Sequence
Migrating User State by Using WET and USMT 4.0
- Overview of User State Migration
- Overview of USMT 4.0
- Planning User State Migration (USMT 4.0)
- Migrating User State by Using USMT 4.0
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- Migrating User State by Using Windows Easy Transfer
- Preparing the Window Easy Transfer Source Files
- Capturing User State Information from a Source Computer
- Loading User State Information to a Target Computer
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- Migrating User State by Using the User State Migration Tool 4.0
- Planning for the User State Migration
- Creating USMT Migration Scripts
- Capturing and Restoring User State by Using USMT
- Performing a Hard-Link Migration
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- Migrating User State by Using State using Hard Link Migration
- Performing a Hard-Link Migration
Designing, Configuring, and Managing the Client Environment
- Overview of Planning Client Configuration
- Designing and Configuring Standard System Settings
- Designing and Configuring Internet Explorer Settings
- Designing and Configuring Security Settings
- Designing and Implementing Group Policy
- Troubleshooting Group Policy
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- Designing and Configuring the Client Environment
- Designing a Client Environment
- Implementing a Client Configuration
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- Troubleshooting GPO Issues
- Resolving a GPO Application Problem
Planning and Deploying Applications and Updates to Windows 7 Clients
- Determining the Application Deployment Method
- Deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office System
- Planning and Configuring Desktop Updates by Using WSUS
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- Determining the Application Deployment Method
- Determining the Application Deployment Method
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- Customizing the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 Installation
- Configuring the Setup Category
- Configuring the Features Category
- Installing Microsoft Office Professional Plus By Using the Setup Customization File
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- Planning and Managing Updates by Using WSUS
- Planning Automatic Updates Settings
- Configuring Automatic Updates Settings by Using Group Policy
- Approving and Deploying an Update by Using WSUS
Deploying Windows 7 - Challenge Scenario
- Deploying Windows 7 - Challenge Scenario
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- Planning an End-to-End Windows 7 LTI Deployment
- Planning the MDT Lite Touch Environment
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- Deploying Windows 7 using the LTI Deployment Plan
- Performing a Network Assessment
- Configuring MDT 2010 for an LTI Deployment
- Configuring WDS for a PXE and Multicast Deployment
- Configuring WDS for a PXE and Multicast Deployment
- Creating the Reference Computer
- Preparing the Deployment Task Sequences
- Performing an Upgrade on Target Computers