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Win7 Reskit > Part 2: Deployment

• Chapter 3: Deployment Platform - platform components, deployment scenarios, understanding Setup, basic deployment process
• Chapter 4: Planning Deployment - using MDT, planning high- and low-volume deployments, upgrade paths, preparing for deployment, the Deployment Workbench
• Chapter 5: Testing Application Compatibility (no content yet) - appcompat tools, using ACT
• Chapter 6: Developing Disk Images - capturing images, creating and configuring deployment shares, creating and editing task sequences, preparing images manually
• Chapter 7: Migrating User State Data - using WET, using USMT 4.0
• Chapter 8: Deploying Applications (no content yet) - planning for app deployment, thick vs. thin vs. hybrid images, automating installation, adding applications
• Chapter 9: Preparing Windows PE - setting up a WinPE build environment, working with WinPE, automating WinPE
• Chapter 10: Configuring Windows Deployment Services (no content yet) - planning, installling, and configuring Windows Deployment Services; importing images; deploying driver packages; securing images; capturing custom images; multicast transmission
• Chapter 11: Using Volume Activation - activation options, KMS, MAK, scenarios, product keys, troubleshooting
• Chapter 12: Deploying with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - performing LTI using MDT, automating LTI, customizing MDT, using the MDT database

Mitch's series of articles about deploying Windows 7

For step-by-step tutorials on how to deploy Windows 7 using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010, see the following series of articles by Mitch on WindowsNetworking.com:

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 29: Completing the LTI Deployment Infrastructure

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 28: Managing Software Updates

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 27: Managing Drivers – Tips and Tricks

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 26: Managing Drivers – By Make and Model

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 25: Managing Drivers – Selection Profiles

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 24: Managing Drivers – Issues and Approaches

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 23: Managing Drivers – Introduction

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 22: Bulk Populating the MDT Database Using PowerShell

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 21: Securing MDT (Part 2)

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 20: Securing MDT (Part 1)

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 19: Building a Custom WinPE Tools CD

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 18: Determining the UUID of a Computer

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 16: Using the MDT Database

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 15: Configuring the MDT Database

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 14: Automated Migration from Windows XP to Windows 7

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 13: Manual Migration from Windows XP to Windows 7

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 12: Planning for Application Compatibility

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 11: Capturing an Existing Installation

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 10: Capturing and Deploying an Image of a Reference Computer

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 9: Deploying 32-bit vs. 64-bit Windows

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 8: Understanding LTI Configuration Files

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 7: Automated LTI Deployment

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 6: Lite Touch using MDT 2010

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 5: MDT 2010 Enhancements

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 4: Using MAP 4.0

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 3: Understanding MAP 4.0

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 2: Using DISM

• Deploying Windows 7 - Part 1: Windows AIK 2.0 Enhancements

Mitch's previous series of articles on deploying Windows Vista

For additional deployment guidance, see Mitch's earlier series of articles on deploying Vista:

• Deploying Vista - Part 31: Configuring Task Sequences

• Deploying Vista - Part 30: Configuring Deployment Points

• Deploying Vista - Part 29: Configuring Distribution Shares (Continued)

• Deploying Vista - Part 28: Configuring Distribution Shares

• Deploying Vista – Part 27: Automating a Light Touch Installation

• Deploying Vista – Part 26: Deploying Vista Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

• Deploying Vista – Part 25: Preparing Microsoft Deployment Toolkit for Deploying Vista

• Deploying Vista – Part 24: Understanding Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

• Deploying Vista – Part 23: Unattended Image Deployment Using Windows Deployment Services

• Deploying Vista – Part 22: Deploying Images using Windows Deployment Services

• Deploying Vista – Part 21: Working With Capture Images

• Deploying Vista – Part 20: Working With Discover Images

• Deploying Vista – Part 19: Managing Windows Deployment Services (Continued)

• Deploying Vista – Part 18: Managing Windows Deployment Services

• Deploying Vista – Part 17: Working With the Windows DS Image Store

• Deploying Vista – Part 16: Configuring Windows Deployment Services

• Deploying Vista – Part 15: Implementing Windows Deployment Services

• Deploying Vista – Part 14: Understanding Windows Deployment Services

• Deploying Vista – Part 13: Performing Image-Based Deployment

• Deploying Vista – Part 12: Understanding Image-Based Deployment

• Deploying Vista – Part 11: Working with Windows PE

• Deploying Vista – Part 10: Understanding the Windows Preinstallation Environment

• Deploying Vista – Part 9: Automating the Machine OOBE

• Deploying Vista – Part 8: Unattended Install from DVD Method

• Deploying Vista – Part 7: Creating a Minimal Answer File

• Deploying Vista – Part 6: Using Windows SIM

• Deploying Vista – Part 5: Using Sysprep

• Deploying Vista - Part 4: Understanding Deployment Scenarios

• Deploying Vista - Part 3: Understanding Configuration Passes

• Deploying Vista - Part 2: Understanding Windows Setup and the Windows Imaging File Format

• Deploying Vista - Part 1: Understanding the Windows AIK

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