1. Windows Vista: 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

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 Deployment Server New SystemSystem UpgradeSide-by-Side

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

9. Vista Deployment Enhancements Modularization Component separation Independent definition Building blocks Windows Imaging Powerful tools Configurable files Flexible application 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. Using ImageX View Image File Data Export Image Files Mount Image Files demonstration

13. Imaging Extensibility FunctionDescription WIMCreateFileCreate new WIM file WIMLoadImageLoad image from WIM WIMCaptureImageCapture specified path WIMGetAttributesReturn WIM info WIMMountImageMount image to specified path WIMApplyImageApply image to specified path WIMGAPI Basic Functions

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

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

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

17. Application Compatibility Toolkit Application DatabaseCorrect Run Level

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

19. Files and Settings Transfer Wizard USB CableRemovable MediaNetwork System Settings E-mail Files Favorites

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

21. 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

22. 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

23. Vista Upgrade Enhancements Clean Install ModelUpgrade ReportAutomatic Rollback

24. Deploying Vista with SMS

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

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

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

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

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