Windows 7 Deployment
Automating File and Setting Migration with the User State Migration Tool 4.0
Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0 is a scriptable command-line tool that provides a highly-customizable user-profile migration experience for IT professionals. USMT includes two components, ScanState and LoadState, and a set of modifiable .xml files: MigApp.xml, MigUser.xml, and MigDocs.xml. You can also create custom .xml files to support your migration needs.
Deploying Windows 7 using the Windows Automated Installation Kit
Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) is a collection of tools and documentation that you can use to create system images and automate the deployment of the Windows operating system.
Image engineering with the Windows Automated Installation Kit
Find out how one tool from the Windows 7 Windows Automated Installation Kit can replace multiple tools from previous image maintenance tools. Learn how to use the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool to mount images, add language packs, and install new features -- all while the Windows 7 image is offline.
DISM: Deployment Image Servicing and Management
Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a new command-line tool for Windows 7 that enables IT professionals to view components of an applied or mounted operating system image and add or remove packages, software updates, and drivers.
Getting started with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT 2010), the recommended process and toolset to automate destop and server deployment, provides a common console with the comprehensive tools and guidance needed to efficiently manage deployment of Windows 7.
Preparing for Lite Touch Operating System Installation
Using MDT 2010 for the Lite Touch, High-Volume Deployment strategy streamlines deployment and reduces support costs by providing a more consistent configuration with fewer support calls. The Lite Touch interaction occurs at the beginning of the installation, but the remainder of the process is automated. This strategy is recommended if your organization has a dedicated IT staff, and it has a managed network with 200–500 client computers.
Zero Touch installation
The Zero Touch Installation process requires no interaction during deployment and is is fully automated through System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2. We recommend this strategy if your IT organization has experts in deployment, networking, and Configuration Manager 2007 R2 products, and it has a managed network with 500 or more client computers.
Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 to create standard images
OEM Pre-Installation provides flexibility over standard "thick" OEM pre-built images and simplifies initial setup by creating a local partition-based deployment share pre-configured by the OEM in the production process. When the user receives a new PC, the process to select role-specific applications, determine language, keyboard and locale preferences, join the domain and create the user account can be automated and completed when powering up the PC for the first time.
Advanced deployment scenarios Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010
The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is used to create deployment media to install Windows 7. The process includes migration of user files and settings, automated installation of the Windows 7 operating system, automated installation custom applications and performing additional configurations needed when migrating from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7.
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