Imaging and Deployment James O’Neill Jamesone@microsoft.com http://blogs.technet.com/jamesone Imaging and Deployment

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

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

Agenda Exploring Deployment Considerations Using Vista Deployment Tools Deploying Windows Vista

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

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

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

Agenda Exploring Deployment Considerations Using Vista Deployment Tools Deploying Windows Vista

Vista Deployment Enhancements Windows Imaging Powerful tools Configurable files Flexible application Modularization Component separation Independent definition Building blocks Microsoft Deployment Solutions

A Brief History of Imaging Product CD SMS 2003 Reference Computer Target Computer .wim file .wim file WINNT32 Answer Files RIS Server RIS Client Distribution Share

Vista Imaging Design Goals WIM file

Benefits of WIM Format WIM file Image 1 Image 3 Image 2 Image 4

WIM Image Format Overview Header File Resources WIM file Metadata Resource Table XML Data

ImageX /append /mount /dir /unmount Appends a volume image into an existing WIM file /mount Mounts an image with read-only access to the specified directory /dir Displays a list of files and folders in a volume image /unmount Unmounts the image mounted to the specified directory

Demonstration Using ImageX

Imaging Extensibility WIMGAPI Basic Functions Function Description WIMCreateFile Create new WIM file WIMLoadImage Load image from WIM WIMCaptureImage Capture specified path WIMGetAttributes Return WIM info WIMMountImage Mount image to specified path WIMApplyImage Apply image to specified path

Image Capture WIM file WIM file WIM file

Image-Capture Options WIM file WIMSCRIPT.INI

Demonstration Capturing an Image

Imaging Filters Filter Use Filter Type WIM file system filter Edit the image WIM boot filter Boot from a WIM image WIM FS filter driver Mount and view the image

Image Editing ImageX /MOUNT /MOUNTRW /COMMIT WIM file /UNMOUNT Mount Directory ImageX /MOUNT /MOUNTRW /COMMIT /UNMOUNT WIM file

Demonstration Modifying an Image

Image Installation WIM file

Install on a test computer Deploying the Image Enhance the image Install on a test computer Deploy the image WIM file

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

Using System Image Manager Demonstration Using System Image Manager

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

Integration with Longhorn Vista

Application Compatibility Toolkit Correct Run Level Application Database

Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Network System Settings E-mail Files Favorites USB device Removable Media

Agenda Exploring Deployment Considerations Using Vista Deployment Tools Deploying Windows Vista

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

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

Vista Upgrade Enhancements Clean Install Model Upgrade Report Automatic Rollback

Deploying Vista with SMS

Microsoft BDD

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

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