1. Windows 7 Planning, Deployment Tools & Migrating from Windows XP
Nathan Mercer
Microsoft NZ
@nathanm
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2. 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)
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3. 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
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4. Which Deployment Method?
High-Touch with Retail Media
High Touch with Standard Image
Lite-Touch, High-Volume Deployment
Zero-Touch, High-Volume Deployment
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5. 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!
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6. 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
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7. Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
Secure and Agentless Inventory
Comprehensive Data Analysis
In Depth Readiness Reporting
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8. Demonstration Environment
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9. DEMO: Planning Deployment
Use MAP to Assess Hardware Resources
Review MAP Data
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10. 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
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13. Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals
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14. 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
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15. 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
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16. 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
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17. DEMO: Creating Windows 7 Deployment Image
Explore DISM
Review Packages, Features, and Drivers
Create a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk
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18. 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
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19. 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
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20. Deploying Windows 7 for Manual Installations
Deploy from a network share
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21. 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
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22. 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)
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23. 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
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24. 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

25. Demo: Preparing to Deploy Windows 7 by Using MDT
Add Windows 7 image files
Create a Task Sequence
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26. 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

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

28. Demo: Deploying Windows 7 by Using Network Boot
Deploy Windows 7 to a new computer
Deploying with System Center Configuration Manager
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29. 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
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30. 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

31. 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.
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32. Migrate a client running Windows XP
Transferring Files and Settings by Using User State Migration Tool (USMT)
Migrate a client running Windows XP
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33. 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

34. 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
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