Windows® 7 Resource Kit

Preparing for Development

Whether your organization uses MDT 2010 or not, it will likely require multiple teams to develop high-volume deployment projects. Most teams need a lab environment. Although each team can construct a separate lab, most organizations create a single lab that shares facilities such as servers, networks, system backup, and source control with separate workspaces (computers and network shares) for each team. Within this environment, teams can work separately when necessary and jointly when appropriate. It also helps minimize the number of computers and servers required.

The remaining chapters in Part II of this book, “Deployment”, describe specific lab requirements for each team working on a high-volume deployment project. ...