Windows® 7 Desktop Support and Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond

Chapter 2. Automating the Deployment of Windows 7

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER INCLUDE

• Understanding and designing images

• Choosing a deployment strategy

• Imaging with the Windows Automated Installation Kit

• Deploying images with Windows Deployment Services

• Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

When preparing to deploy Windows 7, you should have a solid understanding of images and the different methods that can be used to capture, manage, update, and deploy the images. Microsoft provides several tools, and many of them have been updated specifically to support Windows 7. Images are stored in Microsoft's Windows Image (.wim) file format, and a .wim file can include a single image or multiple images.

Deployments are often categorized as using ...