Exam 74-697 - OEM Preinstallation
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Prepare deployments
- Prepare the environment
- Set up NTFS permissions; set up share permissions; set up the deployment environment server roles; prepare accounts and network shares; deploy Windows with Windows Deployment Services
- Identify a business strategy for deploying operating system images
- Identify a build-to-order or build-to-plan approach; select a deployment method; implement end-user upgrade paths and downgrade rights
- Determine hardware configurations
- Determine Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) requirements; configure network and storage drivers; configure a boot device
- Build a Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE or WinPE)
- Troubleshoot a problematic installation in WinPE; customize a WinPE installation; create a 32-bit or 64-bit WinPE environment; manage Windows PE packages
Preparation resources
- Microsoft deployment toolkit
- Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
- Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8
Create, capture, and deploy images
- Create a reference installation
- Set up and capture a reference PC; preinstall Microsoft and third-party desktop applications; set up a Push Button Restore; evaluate deployment logs; prepare and test Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE)
- Determine redistribution licensing requirements
- Determine redistribution rights and technical requirements; select licensed recovery types; determine OEM preinstallation requirements
- Apply a reference installation
- Perform drive partitioning, deploy reference and recovery images; set up push button recovery with ReagentC and BCD commands
- Configure the answer file
- Design an answer file; create a default user profile; preserve preinstalled OEM drivers
Preparation resources
- DISM overview (Deployment Image Servicing and Management)
- Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) technical reference
- Windows deployment options
Manage deployments
- Manage images
- Upgrade a Windows edition; perform online or offline servicing; activate grace period timer; manage nested images within Windows Imaging File Format (WIMS); add and remove packages, add and remove drivers; set the multilingual deployment of an operating system; manage application updates
- Manage Windows PE boot configurations
- Maintain and update boot critical device drivers; update network scripts; update Windows PE; manage WDS boot images, export boot WIMS
- Validate an image
- Validate an image in audit mode; validate push button reset; sysprep an image to OOBE; identify cause of driver failure; finalize installation; validate licensing requirements and components
Preparation resources
- Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) overview
- Settings for automating OOBE
- Push-Button Reset overview