Windows 7 Planning, Deployment Tools & Migrating from Windows XP Nathan Mercer Microsoft NZ http://nathanmercer.com @nathanm ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) What Will We Cover? Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Windows ® Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Bare-Metal Installation Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2 (SCCM) User State Migration Tool (USMT) ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

One page guidance? (lol) Cloning is NOT our recommended way Desktop Deployment 101 One page guidance? (lol) 1 PC, sure no problem + Upgrading XP -> 7 Cloning is NOT our recommended way 4 options, depending on size/complexity Choosing a Deployment Strategy 3 main installation scenarios: Refresh, Replace, New computer ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Which Deployment Method? High-Touch with Retail Media High Touch with Standard Image Lite-Touch, High-Volume Deployment Zero-Touch, High-Volume Deployment ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

7 Reasons why you should migrate to Windows 7 Plays Better with Hardware It’s Supported Includes Windows XP Less Annoying BranchCache and DirectAccess More Control Earn a Win! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-nz/magazine/ee656123(en-us).aspx ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Agenda Planning Deployment Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Deploying Windows 7 for Manual Installations Automating Windows 7 Deployment Migrating Files and Settings ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Secure and Agentless Inventory Comprehensive Data Analysis In Depth Readiness Reporting http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?FamilyID=67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730&displaylang=en ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Demonstration Environment ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

DEMO: Planning Deployment Use MAP to Assess Hardware Resources Review MAP Data ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Application Compatibility Toolkit “ACT” AppCompat Application Compatibility Toolkit “ACT” ACT video about Data Collection Packages Video working with ACT inventories Understanding Application Compatibility consumer compatibility site and a list of known compatible applications Springboard Application Compatibility Zone ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Agenda Planning Deployment Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Deploying Windows 7 for Manual Installations Automating Windows 7 Deployment Migrating Files and Settings ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) Replaces Pkgmgr, PEImg, and IntlConfg Tools Allows Offline and Online Image Servicing Supports Both Windows Imaging (WIM) and Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Formats Improved Diagnostics, Error Reporting, and Messaging Provides Cross-Architecture, Cross-Version, Cross-Edition, and Cross-Technology Support ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

DISM Usage Scenario Image Maintenance Image Preparation Image Installation Customer Experience Technician Computer Install Windows AIK Plan deployment strategy Prepare answer files Prepare Windows PE Lab Computer Install base operating system Add customizations Sysprep -Generalize Boot Windows PE Image capture Technician Computer Mount image Perform customizations Unmount image Customer System Boot Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) Configure disk Apply images Add customizations Boot Windows Specialize configuration pass Audit mode Sysprep –OOBE Customer System WinSAT [optional] OOBE First LogonCommands Desktop offline online ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

DEMO: Creating Windows 7 Deployment Image Explore DISM Review Packages, Features, and Drivers Create a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Agenda Planning Deployment Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Deploying Windows 7 for Manual Installations Automating Windows 7 Deployment Migrating Files and Settings ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Basic Windows 7 Deployment Building an Answer File Building a Reference Installation Creating Bootable Windows PE Media Capturing the Installation onto a Network Share Deploying from a Network Share ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Deploying Windows 7 for Manual Installations Deploy from a network share ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Agenda Planning Deployment Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Deploying Windows 7 for Manual Installations Automating Windows 7 Deployment Migrating Files and Settings ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Reduces deployment time and helps standardise images Support for Windows XP® SP3 and later Brings together proven practices, in addition to the following Microsoft technologies: Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) Windows Deployment Services (WDS) ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

The Deployment Workbench Information Center Information for getting started with and using the the MDT Deployment Share Contains the operating system, application, operating system package, and driver files Also contains the task sequences, deployment files, and settings ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Windows Deployment Services Multicast Enhancements Multiple Stream Transfer Multiple bands to broadcast images to clients Optimized rates per client connection Client Auto Removal Slower clients can be dropped to unicast or entirely (only in standard multicast) Boot Image Multicast Windows PE boot images can use multicast (clients with EFI) Fast Medium Slow

Demo: Preparing to Deploy Windows 7 by Using MDT Add Windows 7 image files Create a Task Sequence ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Using System Center to Layer the Desktop Build 7/17/2009 Using System Center to Layer the Desktop Build User State Migration Tool Data Backup and Recovery Data, User Settings Software Distribution Application Virtualization Applications Operating System OS Deployment Task Sequencer Driver Catalog Hardware WAIK WinPE

The Task Sequencer Automate Build Steps Capture Reference Image Status Reporting Built-in and Custom Actions

Demo: Deploying Windows 7 by Using Network Boot Deploy Windows 7 to a new computer Deploying with System Center Configuration Manager ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Agenda Planning Deployment Creating and Capturing Windows 7 Deployment Image Deploying Windows 7 for Manual Installations Automating Windows 7 Deployment Migrating Files and Settings ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

User State Migration Tool Hard-Link Migration Store 18 min upgrade demo (including GBs of data) As part of MDT As part of Configuration Manager ScanState Improvements Integration with SCCM and MDT Configurable File Errors New Helper Functions Local Group Migration

USMT USMT 4.0 User’s Guide Windows XP to Windows 7 Hard-Link Migration of User Files and Settings Offline - new scenario Windows PE Windows.old Data Migrated Data/Registry as per MigXML Applications Settings EFS, IE Favs etc User Group Membership not preserved default installation of the WAIK, the help file is located C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Docs\CHMs\USMT.chm I found it more helpful than the online documentation. ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Migrate a client running Windows XP Transferring Files and Settings by Using User State Migration Tool (USMT) Migrate a client running Windows XP ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Connected to WORKGROUP “Lite-Touch” High-Volume Deployment Client Migration Store – AIK and USMT Connected to WORKGROUP Source Computer Run ScanState and copies user state to shared folder on Windows 7 Client Destination Computer Run LoadState on new Windows 7 platform and restores Windows XP user state from shared folder on Windows 7 Client Destination Computer Run LoadState on new Widows 7 platform and restores Windows Vista user state from shared folder on Windows 7 Client Source Computer Run ScanState and copies user state to shared folder on Windows 7 Client

Use MAP to automate hardware and software inventory before upgrading Session Summary Use MAP to automate hardware and software inventory before upgrading WAIK includes many new tools to aid in deployment and upgrading operating systems USMT helps preserve user settings after migration ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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