Entries tagged with deployment - TechNet Edge

Passo-a-passo da instalação "Zero Touch" com o SCCM 2007 (Parte 2/2)

Luciano Palma — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:20:00 GMT

Neste vídeo a consultora Priscila Silva explica os passos para implementar um deployment de Windows 7 utilizando o modo "Zero Touch", ou seja, de forma totalmente automatizada. Ferramentas como o MDT, AIK, WDS e SCCM 2007 são abordadas durante o vídeo.
Parte 2 de 2.

Passo-a-passo da instalação "Zero Touch" com o SCCM 2007 (Parte 1/2)

Luciano Palma — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:20:00 GMT

Automating Windows 7 Deployment with SCCM 2007 R2 SP2 (Part 4 of 5)

Kevin Remde — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:01:00 GMT

This is part 4 of a 5 part series of screencasts, which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11, 2009.

Part 4: Deploying Windows 7 to Bare Metal Systems

In this session we create and advertise the task sequence for, and perform a PXE-boot and installation of Windows 7 onto a "bare metal system" (A computer with no OS installed on it).

For topic resources, plus links to the webcast recording and the other screencast demo videos from this series, click here: http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/11/11/CLI312.aspx

Automating Windows 7 Deployment with SCCM 2007 R2 SP2 (Part 5 of 5)

Kevin Remde — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:01:00 GMT

This is part 5 of a 5 part series of screencasts, which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11, 2009.

Part 5: Deploying Windows 7 to Existing Windows Clients

In the "grand finale" of this series, we add the USMT (User State Migration Tool) package to SCCM 2007, and include it in a new task sequence for the sake of upgrading existing Windows clients from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7. We then perform the upgrade of an existing Windows XP system, while retaining user files and settings.

For topic resources, plus links to the webcast recording and the other screencast demo videos from this series, click here: http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/11/11/CLI312.aspx

Automating Windows 7 Deployment with SCCM 2007 R2 SP2 (Part 3 of 5)

Kevin Remde — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:45:00 GMT

This is part 3 of a 5 part series of screencasts, which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11, 2009.

Part 3: Adding Windows 7 Packages

In part 3 we configure and enable PXE remote booting for the sake of a bare metal deployment, and then add and setup deployment points for our boot images and our operating system image.

For topic resources, plus links to the webcast recording and the other screencast demo videos from this series, click here: http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/11/11/CLI312.aspx

Automating Windows 7 Deployment with SCCM 2007 R2 SP2 (Part 2 of 5)

Kevin Remde — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:00 GMT

This is part 2 of a 5 part series of screencasts, which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11, 2009.

Part 2: Inventory Reporting

In part 2 I briefly show you how to find the results of our Asset Intelligence collecting, and the sorts of information available to you to help you better plan for your Windows 7 deployment.

For topic resources, plus links to the webcast recording and the other screencast demo videos from this series, click here: http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/11/11/CLI312.aspx

Automating Windows 7 Deployment with SCCM 2007 R2 SP2 (Part 1 of 5)

Kevin Remde — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:26:00 GMT

This is part 1 of a 5 part series of screencasts, which were the demos from the TechNet Webcast: "Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2" delivered November 11, 2009.

Part 1: Using Asset Intelligence

In part 1 we configure the Asset Intelligence feature of SCCM 2007 to collect software and hardware inventory, with the goal of gathering useful information to help you plan for your Windows 7 deployment.

For topic resources, plus links to the webcast recording and the other screencast demo videos from this series, click here: http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/11/11/CLI312.aspx

Top Reasons to Deploy Windows 7

Adam Bomb — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:01:00 GMT

While attending TechEd Australia, I sat down with Kyle Rosenthal, a Windows MVP and speaker at TechEd Australia.
One of Kyle's sessions was on the top reasons to deploy Windows 7, so I had him go over some of his top reasons with me.
You can follow Kyle via his website and blog at www.windowspcguy.net

TechEd Australia Netbook Deployment

Adam Bomb — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:01:00 GMT

There's lots of buzz at TechEd Australia from attendees experiencing Windows 7 on their new netbooks.
What few people see is the amount of effort that went in to getting Windows 7 deployed on 2,500 machines in just a week.
John Pritchard is a client specialist in Australia, and part of the team that made it happen. He took a minute to tell me how it all happens.
There was lots of effort in getting a reference image created with all the appropriate drivers, and preloading the machines with apps like Visual Studio 2010 and the Office 2010 Tech Preview.
You can see more about the process at www.technetbackstage.net

Reducing Desktop Costs Part 1 – Tech Focus September 2009

Alan Le Marquand — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:25:00 GMT

Is the cost of ownership of your Microsoft client systems rising? Are you looking for ways to reduce the costs associated with deploying Windows and managing it thereafter?

There are two solutions available to help combat these costs. In this 3 part post I’ll cover these two solutions, provide links to the relevant resources to help dive more deeply into the solutions. This first post covers deploying an actual client and the issues that need to be addressed there, then in the subsequent posts will cover virtualization options.

When thinking about what client that can help bring down desktop costs while still being familiar to the majority of the clients in your organization, Windows 7 is the version that you should be deploying. So let’s ignore the fact this is the latest version of Windows we have shipped for a moment and look at a few of the technologies included that are there to make post deployment management easier.

The inclusion of Windows PowerShell allows for easy remote administration, from your machine you can manage a client remotely, run scripts and view information as if you were at the client machine.
Next up, there is Problem Steps Recorder, when clients call up for help some problems are just difficult to fathom based on the information the client is providing. With PSR, the client can now record the steps they followed that lead to that issue. The output is a file, with screenshots that documents what was pressed and what was returned on the screen.
One more before we go back to the deployment story, BitLocker has been improved in Windows 7, BitLocker was in Vista, , but the Windows 7 improvement is BitLocker to Go. Now you can encrypt those USB storage devices that end user use to move information around. This can reduce the security issues that can arise if PII or other sensitive data goes missing on one of these devices.

Granted Windows 7 has many more features that are designed to help reduce costs, many of them talked about in the overview webcast, but this post is about deployment.

Since Windows XP, through Windows Vista and now into Windows 7 a lot of work has gone into deployment technologies. This investment and the best practices for configuration and deployment of Windows 7 is going to help rationalize your desktop operating systems and reduce your costs. Microsoft has a lot of resources that can help with this, but it’s often hard to wade through every item to figure out what is useful.

The first step to getting a handle on you client costs is to work out what you have and what you need. Before doing any rationalization in your environment, it pays to understand what is there. The tool of choice for both Microsoft engineers and Microsoft partners is the the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator, this tool that can help you identity what is in your environment, to speed you up using the tool, the webcast Infrastructure Optimisation with MAP looks at how to use to make it easier for you to assess your current IT infrastructure and determine the right Microsoft technologies for your IT needs.

As this post covers actual client deployment, what investments in deployment of Windows 7 has Microsoft made? Two webcasts Windows 7 Deployment Enhancements and Windows 7 Planning and Deployment Tools will help you understand the enhancement for planning and deployment of this new client operating system. These two webcasts will cover all the technologies, from Virtual Hard Disk Image Management and Deployment, Dynamic Driver Provisioning through the use of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) and up to Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and image deployment. To compliment WDS there is a IPD guide for Windows Deployment Services that provides a clear and concise workflow of the decisions and tasks required in the infrastructure planning process for WDS.

Of course the above is all fine and dandy if you are just ignoring the fact the client may already have an OS installed and would like to keep their existing files. If you are currently on Windows Vista and the hardware is not going to be replace, the upgrade steps are straight forward. But what if you are changing Hardware or worse moving from XP?

Let’s take scenario 1 as a few users running Windows Vista or Windows XP, moving to new machines. This also is relatively straightforward. The first step is to migrate the users files using one of the methods described in previous link. Once saved, the new machine can deployed using the deployment methods mentioned above and the user files restored back to the machine.

What about scenario 2 which is a few hundred users moving from Windows Vista or Windows XP to new machines and you don’t have the resources to do them one at a time with the Windows Easy Transfer Wizard? The answer to mass migration is the User State Migration Tool. The guide just mentioned goes into the details, the basics are:-

Make the changes to the config XML files.
Run ScanState on the clients.
Run LoadState on the new clients. The control USMT provides is very granular and quicker than running Windows Easy Transfer Wizard individually.

If you don’t fancy the guide, then this video Walkthrough demonstrates how to do this.

Finally, Scenario 3. clients running Windows XP that have applications that may not run on Windows Vista or Windows 7. How do you migrate these users? Well there are a number of options open to you. First thing is to look at the applications, the simplest remediation is to get upgraded versions, if that is not possible then the Application Compatibility Tool kit can help show you how to make some, not all, but some applications work on Windows 7. Finally if none of the above work, then virtualization is the answer. I’ll cover virtualization in the later posts, but for now what I will cover is XP Mode for Windows 7. Basically Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 uses virtualization technology such as Windows Virtual PC to provide a Virtual Windows XP environment for Windows 7 applications directly from a Windows 7 PC.

What this article has tried to cover is the Deployment story as a step towards reducing your client costs. There is lots of information, this article has tried to consolidate it down to some key links to help you understand the deployment options.

For more about this topic please visit my blog

Maturing Deployment Methodology Yields Streamlined Windows 7 Deployment

Microsoft IT Showcase — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Windows 7 deployment goals have been exceeded and Helpdesk call volume is below anticipated levels. Microsoft IT delivered on a Windows 7 deployment plan that minimized end user disruption. Investments in communications and productivity materials support a prepared end user population.

Windows XP to Windows 7 migration - Deployment

Adam Bomb — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:04:00 GMT

In this final video in the application and deployment series for Windows 7, I sit down with Joey, who explains to me some of the deployment options available to IT Pros who want to automate the process of deploying Windows 7.

Watch all 5 videos in the XP to Windows 7 Migration series:
1. Overview
2. Collect, Analyze, and Test
3. Remediate Applications - Fix
4. Remediate Applications - Virtualize
5. Deploy Operating System

View the XP to Windows 7 migration process diagram which will walk you through the tools and resources available from Microsoft to help you each step along the way.

Be ready for Windows 7: Application Compatibility

Dennis Chung — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT

We got Jay Paloma, Deployment Technical Specialist from the Singapore Office to tell people how they can be ready for Windows 7.

The key is, if you are ready for Vista, you will be ready for Windows 7.

Jay shows us how to use a free tool called Application Compatiblity Toolkit, and use it to help us manage AppCompat.

Remember, if your application can run in Vista, it can run in Windows 7.

00:20 - Why is AppCompat Testing Important02:27 - Where to Obtain the tools listed here

03:01 - DEMO Introduction03:56 - Demo a Stock Viewer Application that is not compatibility in Vista

05:45 - Standard User Analyzer to remediate Stock View Application

09:50 - Application Compatibility Administrator to create remediation package

14:35 - Applying the Remediation using a .SDB package with sdbinst.exe command

16:05 - Results of applying the .SDB Package

16:45 - Where at the .SDBs after its been applied?

17:34 - How the same application and remediation package behaves in Windows 7

20:33 - Additional links
Document for Using StockViewer Demo with AppCompat http://cid-61ce4aba8afd075a.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/My%20Writeups/ACT5%20StockViewer%20Demo%20-%20BLOG.pdf

Get StockViewer Application http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/archive/2008/01/03/stock-viewer-shim-demo-application.aspx

Related Video: http://edge.technet.com/Media/Vista-shims-and-application-compatibility-with-Chris-Jackson/

Windows XP to Windows 7 migration - Intro

Adam Bomb — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:03:00 GMT

There are a few myths around the XP to Windows 7 migration, and this video is the first in a series all about application compatibility and deployment of Windows 7.
We address XP Mode, application compatibility, the lack of an in-place upgrade from XP to Windows 7, and the tools available to help you deploy for free.

Watch all 5 videos in the XP to Windows 7 Migration series:
2. Collect, Analyze, and Test
3. Remediate Applications - Fix
4. Remediate Applications - Virtualize
5. Deploy Operating System

View the XP to Windows 7 migration process diagram which will walk you through the tools and resources available from Microsoft to help you each step along the way.

Tools to plan and deploy Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

David Tesar — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:28:00 GMT

I sat down with Mary Anne Blake, Baldwin Ng, and Melissa Stowe to help you learn how the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT), Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 (MAP), and Infrastructure Planning and Design guides (IPD), can help you deploy Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2. With so many tools, which one should you use when? What are some limitations of each tool?

Here's how the interview breaks down:

How IPD guides will help with Win7 / R2 migration
Where IPD guides won’t help
[3:37] What the MAP toolkit can do to help with your migration
[7:48] Requirements to install MAP
[10:29] How the MDT will help with your deployment of Win7 R2 and how the MDT works
[14:53] When you might run into limitations with the MDT
When you should use the SCCM integration option versus the standalone MDT.
[16:08] How many machines to have minimum return of investment to use the MDT?
[17:00] One Tip/Trick for each of the IPD, MAP, and MDT

Resources

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - building install media for Windows 7

Adam Bomb — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:01:00 GMT

Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 and User State Migration Tool (USMT), it's possible to create a USB drive to install Windows7 that will migrate all the user data from an XP or Vista install - and here's the cool part - can finish it all in less than 30 minutes on pretty typical hardware. I've demo'd it at conferences, and Jeremy has done screencasts and demos of it here on Edge.
In this video, Jeremy gives us a quick tour of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and shows how to create the install media that makes the magic happen.
The MDT is currently in beta, you can download it from http://connect.microsoft.com
You can see the tool in action here and here. A screencast of the MDT is here.

Dual Boot from VHD with Windows 7 and Windows Sever 2008 R2

Keith Combs — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:38:00 GMT

Want to learn how to "Boot from VHD" with the new operating systems we have coming? How about "Dual Boot" with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 ???

It's simpler than you think. Checkout this video and see the full background and details at http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2009/05/22/dual-boot-from-vhd-using-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx.

MMS 2009 Day 2 Keynote Demo (On Stage)

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:10:00 GMT

In this excerpt from the day 2 keynote at the Microsoft Management Summit 2009 in Las Vegas, Jeff Wettlaufer shows Brad Anderson how System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 can deploy Windows 7 over 20 laptop Windows XP installations--all done wirelessly and in under 20 minutes.

Check out the team blog for additional related posts, and also take a look at the Configuration Manager TechCenter on TechNet for related resources.

Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 Beta with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta

Adam Bomb — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:43:00 GMT

There's been a lot of press about how there isn't a an upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7. In this video, Jeremy walked me through using the latest beta of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, specificallly the User State Migration Tool, to transfer the user settings and files from a Windowx XP installation to a new install of Windows 7 on the same PC.
One of the really cool features in this new version is hardlink migration. In the past, if you wanted to back up all of a users files and settings, those had to be transferred to a different drive, and the new OS install would wipe the machine, complete the new install, and then you'd transfer the files back. With hardlink migration, all the files stay in place on the machine, and the Win7 install just updates file locations with hardlinks. This means the install and settings transfer happens much faster, because the files aren't transferred at all, just the paths to them are updated. It's really cool, and means you can have a fresh install of Win7, with all your XP files and settings, completed in as few as 30 minutes.
The new Microsoft Deployment Toolkit beta can be found on http://connect.microsoft.com

Volume Activation Demystified

Adam Bomb — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:29:00 GMT

When the Volume Activation team invited me to come interview them, I jumped at the chance. There are lots of myths and misconceptions around activation, and I wanted them to explain them to me.
In this video, I sat down with Ram, a Director in the Volume Activation group, who explained the different methods of activation, and the why and how activation happens.
Some of the questions we cover:

What is product activation and why should we care?
Is activation something new for Microsoft? Does it imply that MSFT does not trust its customers?
Tell us about the process of activating Windows? What is the story with getting Windows activation going?
Do we take any functionality way if Windows not activated?
There are two methods of activation. How do I decide which one to pursue (KMS or MAK)?
Where people can go to find more information in detail about volume activation?

Here are a few more resources that the team asked me to pass along:
You can also download this volume activation guide (decide which way to activate with: KMS or MAK). Only have a few mins? Watch this volume activation demo. Craving new information? Learn from the challenges of other IT Pros and check out our latest “Top 5 Product Key Activation Challenges IT Pros Encountered and Solved” and “Customizing Windows Business Edition” white papers.

Or you can learn all you need to know about volume activation at www.technet.com/volumeactivation/. Use this library with step-by-step guides & white papers, videos 10 languages (RU, GER, IT, KO, JP, PORTG, CH, FR, SP, TW). Participate in active discussions on Windows Vista Activation Forum, address your concerns and share ideas to help us improve your product experience. Come back to this library for upcoming Windows 7 volume activation tutorials and demos

Windows Administration: Deploying Applications with Terminal Services

TechNet Magazine — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:43:00 GMT

Without too much effort, you can deploy a terminal server to host the applications you need in your environment. But there are some important decisions you’ll need to make to ensure your implementation meets user expectations. Greg Shields discusses the various options you have and explains how they will affect you. And in this video, Greg demonstrates how you can deploy applications with Terminal Services.

Windows Vista at Carbocloro Brazil

Adam Bomb — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:40:00 GMT

Carbocloro is a chemical producer in Sao Paolo Brazil. When they deployed Vista, they saw both performance and security improvements to their infrastructure. The Vista deployment allowed them to implement company wide standards for desktop updates and management. They were able to move from seven deployment images to just one.
In this video Alaor da Silva talks about some of the challenges and processes that went into their Vista deployment, as well as the benefits and problems they were able to solve.

Vista shims and application compatibility with Chris Jackson

David Tesar — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT

I met up with Chris Jackson at TechEd, the Technical Lead for the Windows Application Experience SWAT Team and an Associate Architect with the Deployment Services Practice. We talk about best practices for running the application compatibility portion of a Windows Vista migration, what it means to fix applications using shims, and the implications of shims on security.

A Conversation About An OCS Deployment

Kevin Remde — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:59:00 GMT

Jacob Thornberry of Brooks Stevens took a few minutes out of his busy day as their lone IT Pro to talk to me about his recent rollout of Office Communications Server 2007. I thought this conversation would benefit anyone who is considering rolling out OCS, and so with Jacob's permission, we recorded our conversation for your benefit.

I recently gave some talks at the Office Connections conference in Orlando, and created a resource document for the attendees, full of OCS-related resources. You can find those resources here.

And here is the book that Jacob mentions in the interview:

Vista Deployment and the Windows Deployment Toolkit

Joey Snow — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:59:00 GMT

When Windows Vista shipped, there was a great set of tools and documentation called the Business Desktop Deployment kit (BDD). I loved this toolset, but it was a bit intimidating with the amount of documentation and guidence.

Things have changed significantly with the addition of a new checklist and wizard driven deployment toolkit now named the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). Hey it deploys servers too! I decided we should take a closer look at the tools so I grabbed my camera and sat down with Michael Niehaus and Jeremy Chapman to talk about what has changed in the Vista deployment tool set and how the deployment tools really make it easy to get started in your Vista deployments.

For more information on Vista deployment check out the roundtable discussion hosted by Mark Russinovich:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/cc307852.aspx?ITPID=epg0308

Or check out the Vista deployment website:
http://www.microsoft.com/deployment.