Microsoft

Windows 7

Course : Deploying Windows 7 Business Desktops by Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (6288)

 

Description

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully deploy Windows 7 business desktops throughout their organization by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. Students will learn how to use and understand the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit tools and end-to-end guidance to reduce deployment time, standardize desktop images, limit service disruptions, reduce post-deployment help desk costs, and improve security and ongoing configuration management.
 

Audience

The primary audiences for this course are IT professionals and Desktop Configuration Administrators who generally plan and deploy desktop operating systems, provision desktop computers, and deploy service packs and updates to computer systems. They will be particularly interested in how Microsoft Deployment Toolkit eases the productivity and increases efficiency of deploying Windows 7.
 

At course completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

- Describe the challenges of deploying a new operating system
- Describe how automation provides cost savings
- Describe common application compatibility problems experienced when upgrading to Windows 7
- Describe guidelines for testing commercial and custom applications
- Describe the user state migration process for enterprise organizations
- Identify the tool used to perform user state migration
- Build a reference image by using Windows SIM and Sysprep
- Configure the WDS boot menu and add images to the WDS Server
- Deploy Windows 7 by using Windows Deployment Server
- Describe the Lite Touch deployment process
- Describe the MDT 2010 components
- Deploy Windows 7 by using MDT Lite Touch Installation
- Describe common security risks that need to be considered when deploying a new operating system
- Describe how to manage drivers, language packs and updates
 

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

- Experience deploying Windows desktop operating systems
- One year of experience managing a Microsoft Windows desktop operating system environment
- Familiarity with standard client and application deployment methods such as Group Policy, disk imaging, and Systems Management Server (SMS)
- Familiarity with the Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) Solution Accelerator
 

Course outline

Module 1: Preparing to Deploy Windows 7 Business Desktops
Module 2: Evaluating Application Compatibility
Module 3: Migrating User State
Module 4: Deploying Windows 7 Business Desktop by Using Basic Image-Based Deployment
Module 5: Introducing MDT 2010 and Deploying Windows 7 by Using MDT Lite Touch Installation
Module 6: Post Deployment Tasks

Both courses, software, documentation and exams are given in french or english.