1. Imaging and Deployment
James O’Neill
Imaging and Deployment

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

3. Level 200 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 Scenarios New System System Upgrade Deployment Server
Side-by-Side

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

10. 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

11. Vista Imaging Design Goals
WIM file

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

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

14. 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

15. Demonstration
Using ImageX

16. 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

17. Image Capture
WIM file
WIM file
WIM file

18. Image-Capture Options
WIM file
WIMSCRIPT.INI

19. Demonstration
Capturing an Image

20. 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

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

22. Demonstration
Modifying an Image

23. Image Installation
WIM file

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

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

26. Using System Image Manager
Demonstration
Using System Image Manager

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

28. Integration with Longhorn
Vista

29. Application Compatibility Toolkit
Correct Run Level
Application Database

30. Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
Network
System Settings
Files
Favorites
USB device
Removable Media

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

32. 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

33. 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

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

35. Deploying Vista with SMS

36. Microsoft BDD

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

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