Joe Fox Senior Consultant Microsoft Corporation

What is the Microsoft Windows Imaging Format? What is Single Instance Storage? Combining and Deploying Multiple Images Demo: Combining and Deploying Multiple Images Combining x86 and x64 Versions Demo: Support for Combining x86 and x64 Resources Questions

First introduced with Microsoft Windows Vista, commonly known as WIM File based format vs Sector based format WIM Features provide flexibility Add/Copy/Delete files Offline Servicing No Drive Size Restrictions Non Destructive Deployment File Compression Support for Multiple Images First introduced with Microsoft Windows Vista, commonly known as WIM File based format vs Sector based format WIM Features provide flexibility Add/Copy/Delete files Offline Servicing No Drive Size Restrictions Non Destructive Deployment File Compression Support for Multiple Images

First introduced with Windows Server 2000, also used in Storage Server and Exchange Provides the ability to remove file duplication to optimize storage capacity. Secure hash algorithm (SHA-1) File System Links First introduced with Windows Server 2000, also used in Storage Server and Exchange Provides the ability to remove file duplication to optimize storage capacity. Secure hash algorithm (SHA-1) File System Links

Two Ways to Combine Images Windows Automated Installation Toolkit (WAIK) ImageX /Append ImageX /Export Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) ImageX /Append *Combining Images provides de-duplication by default Two Ways to Combine Images Windows Automated Installation Toolkit (WAIK) ImageX /Append ImageX /Export Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) ImageX /Append *Combining Images provides de-duplication by default

Are there any benefits to combining x86 and x64 WIMs? Yes. Don’t forget about WinSXS. Are Combined x86 and x64 WIMs still deployable from MDT? Yes. Requires MDT 2010 and some customization to the LTIApply.wsf Are there any benefits to combining x86 and x64 WIMs? Yes. Don’t forget about WinSXS. Are Combined x86 and x64 WIMs still deployable from MDT? Yes. Requires MDT 2010 and some customization to the LTIApply.wsf

Using MDT and Single-Instance Storage single-instance-storage.aspx The Deployment Guys Michael Niehaus Windows and Office Deployment Ramblings Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Product Page us/solutionaccelerators/dd aspx Using MDT and Single-Instance Storage single-instance-storage.aspx The Deployment Guys Michael Niehaus Windows and Office Deployment Ramblings Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Product Page us/solutionaccelerators/dd aspx

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