Windows Vista: Deployment

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

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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 Deployment Server New SystemSystem UpgradeSide-by-Side

Agenda Exploring Deployment Considerations Using Vista Deployment Tools Deploying Windows Vista

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

Windows Imaging WIM file format Capture system state Multiple images per WIM file Hardware-independent

ImageX Command-line tool Mount WIM files Modify WIM files Capture WIM files Apply files changes Export WIM files

Using ImageX View Image File Data Export Image Files Mount Image Files demonstration

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

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

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

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

Application Compatibility Toolkit Application DatabaseCorrect Run Level

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

Files and Settings Transfer Wizard USB CableRemovable MediaNetwork System Settings Files Favorites

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 ModelUpgrade ReportAutomatic Rollback

Deploying Vista with SMS

Microsoft BDD

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…

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

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Resources Application Compatibility: Technet – ITPro Information mspx mspx MSDN – Developer Information n-us/dnlong/html/AppComp.asp n-us/dnlong/html/AppComp.asp Application Compatibility Toolkit information spx spx Sign up for the ACT Beta at Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator mspx mspx

Resources Cont’d Vista: Windows Vista central resource at: General Security Info: Getting Started with UAC: aprot.mspx

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