50523 Deploying the Optimized Desktop with Windows 7 and Office 2010
About this Course
Audience Profile
Prerequisites
- Working experience and background knowledge of Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Office 2010.
- Basic understanding of Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP technologies.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Windows Vista and Windows XP, and general networking is also suggested.
At Course Completion
- Understand the purpose of the Windows Optimized Desktop architecture, and describe its key components.
- Plan for deploying the Windows Optimized Desktop using appropriate strategies and technologies.
- Understand how to prepare an environment for successful Windows Optimized Desktop deployments.
- Deploy Windows 7 and Office 2010 to new computers using appropriate Microsoft deployment tools.
- Configure and deploy the security components of the Windows Optimized Desktop.
- Deploy Windows 7 and Office 2010 to existing computers in refresh computer and replace computer scenarios.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to the Optimized Desktop
Lessons
- What is the Optimized Desktop?
- Desktop and Application Virtualization Options
- The Rich Desktop Experience
- Thin Client Technologies
Lab : Exploring the Windows Optimized Desktop
- Explore the Windows Optimized Desktop
Lab : Using Applications Through App-V
- Use a virtualized version of Microsoft Word 2010
- Explore the App-V mount point
Lab : Using Applications Through RemoteApp
- Use Notepad through RemoteApp
- Describe the customer challenges that the Windows Optimized Desktop is designed to address.
- Identify the core products and technologies that are used in the Windows Optimized Desktop.
- List the additional products and tools that can be included in Windows Optimized Desktop deployments.
- Describe the Microsoft desktop and application virtualization tools, and be able to determine appropriate virtualization strategies for particular business scenarios.
- Describe the features and benefits of the rich desktop, and identify appropriate user scenarios for deploying rich desktops.
- Describe the features and benefits of thin clients, and identify appropriate user scenarios for deploying thin clients.
Module 2: Planning for Deployment
Lessons
- Introduction to the Planning Process
- Desktop Deployment Scenarios
- Strategies for Deploying Rich Desktops and Thin Clients
- Tools and Technologies for Deploying Rich Desktops
- Windows and Microsoft Office Activation Overview
Lab : Reviewing Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides
- Reviewing IPD Guides
Lab : Exploring the MDT Deployment Workbench
- Review Deployment Workbench Information Center
- Review Deployment Workbench Deployment Shares
Lab : Exploring the System Center ConfigMgr Console
- Explore System Center Configuration
- Check Site Status
Lab : Using the Volume Activation Management Tool
- Configure a Client Computer
- Add Client Computers to the Volume Activation Management Tool
- Manage MAK Licenses
- Manage KMS Licenses
- Identify the main steps in the deployment planning process, together with appropriate tools and guidance to assist with this planning.
- Describe the main types of desktop deployment, including refresh, replace, and new computer scenarios.
- Identify appropriate strategies for deploying the Windows Optimized Desktop experience to rich desktops and thin clients.
- Describe the Microsoft tools and technologies that are used to deploy rich Windows 7 and Office 2010 desktops, and identify the appropriate tools for specific business environments.
- Explain Windows and Office activation, and describe the tools and technologies that are used to manage activation in enterprise environments.
Module 3: Preparing for Deployment
Lessons
- Using and Modifying Boot Images
- Network considerations
- Working with Operating System Images
- Hardware Driver Considerations
- Configuring the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- Configuring System Center Configuration Manager
Lab : Exploring Boot Images
- Mount and explore boot images
- Inject drivers and save changes
- Customize Windows PE
- Update deployment shares and WDS
Lab : Verifying the Network Environment
- Use DHCP Manager to verify scopes and leases
- Verify PXEClient support
- Verify multicast support
Lab : Configuring the MDT Deployment Share
- Create an MDT deployment share
- Add operating system files to a deployment share
- Add device drivers to a deployment share
- Create a task sequence for a reference computer
- Explore and update the deployment share
Lab : Capturing and Customizing an Operating System Image
- Verify LTI bootable media
- Start a reference computer from bootable media
- Import and use a captured operating system image
Lab : Exploring System Center Configuration Manager
- Prepare the Configuration Manager console
- Add MDT integration to the Configuration Manager console
- Describe boot images, and explain how boot images are configured and used.
- List the important network infrastructure issues that you must consider before you start a Windows Optimized Desktop deployment project.
- Describe Windows operating system images, and explain how operating system images are configured and used.
- Explain the system preparation process (Sysprep), and describe how Sysprep is used in Windows deployments.
- List the important hardware driver issues that you must consider before you start a Windows Optimized Desktop deployment project, and describe how to add drivers to, and manage, a deployment.
- Configure the MDT and prepare the MDT deployment environment.
- Configure the System Center Configuration Manager deployment environment, including integration with the MDT.
Module 4: Deploying Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 to New Computers
Lessons
- Deployment Overview
- Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to Deploy Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010
- Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and System Center Configuration Manager to Deploy Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010
- Using System Center Configuration Manager to Deploy Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010
Lab : Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to create a Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 Task Sequence
- Create a basic task sequence
- Edit a task sequence
- Add a language pack
- Create applications
- Add new applications to a task sequence
- Customize Windows branding
Lab : Deploying Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 by Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Task Sequence
- Customize an Office 2010 deployment
- Start a Windows 7 and Office 2010 deployment
- Verify a Windows 7 and Office 2010 deployment
Lab : Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and System Center Configuration Manager to Create a Windows 7 Package
- Create a task sequence
- Customize the task sequence
- Add the package to a distribution point
- Add the boot image to a distribution point
- Add the operating system image to a distribution point
- Advertise the PXE boot task sequence
- Import the computer into the Configuration Manager console
- Create task sequence media
- Copy the task sequence media to the host computer
Lab : Deploying Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 by Using System Center Configuration Manager and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- Deploy a package
Lab : Deploying Microsoft Office 2010 by Using App-V
- Prepare the App-V deployment
- Start the App-V deployment
- Verify the App-V deployment
- List the main Windows Optimized Desktop deployment tasks: configuring operating systems and applications, adding language packs, configuring updates, and performing common post-deployment tasks.
- Describe how to use the MDT to deploy Windows 7 and Office 2010 to a new computer, including adding operating system and application files, adding drivers and language packs, and creating task sequences.
- Use the MDT to customize Windows installations by using scripts and unattend files to preconfigure applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Lync (previously Microsoft Office Communicator), and Windows Internet Explorer and to configure local Group Policy.
- Deploy images that you create by using the MDT over the network by using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and network shares and by using media such as USB drives and optical disks.
- Describe how to use System Center Configuration Manager, together with the MDT, to deploy Windows 7 and Office 2010 to a new computer, including adding operating system and application files, using task sequences, using site databases and computer collections, and creating advertisements.
- Describe the key steps that you must perform when you use System Center Configuration Manager without the MDT to deploy Windows 7 and Office 2010 to a new computer.
Module 5: Deploying Desktop Security
Lessons
- Securing the Optimized Desktop
- Deploying Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
- Configuring BitLocker During Operating System Deployment
Lab : 5A: Deploying Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
- Verify installation of Forefront Endpoint Protection on the deployment server
- Prepare Configuration Manager for deployments of Forefront Endpoint Protection
- Deploy Forefront Endpoint Protection to a client computer
Lab : Deploying BitLocker by Using a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Task Sequence
- Modify a task sequence to include BitLocker deployment
- Start the deployment
- Identify the security technology components of the Windows Optimized Desktop.
- Describe Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, and configure deployments of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010.
- Describe BitLocker and BitLocker To Go, and configure BitLocker as part of a deployment of Windows 7 Enterprise.
Module 6: Upgrading and Migrating to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010
Lessons
- Overview of OS and application upgrade and migration
- User state and USMT
- Windows and Office Migration Issues
- Using MDT to upgrade and migrate to Windows 7 and Office 2010
Lab : Preparing User State for Migration
- Prepare the environment
- Explore USMT settings in the MDT
Lab : Creating a Task Sequence for Upgrades and Migrations
- Create a task sequence
Lab : Using the MDT to Refresh Windows XP and 2003 Microsoft Office System to Windows 7 and Office 2010
- Start the refresh
- Verify a successful refresh
- Identify the available options for upgrading and migrating an existing computer to Windows 7 and Office 2010, and the issues to consider when migrating non-Office applications.
- List the main challenges to consider when migrating from Windows XP and Windows Vista, moving from a 32-bit to a 64-bit platform, and moving from the 2003 or 2007 Microsoft Office systems to Office 2010.
- Describe user state, and use USMT to back up and restore user settings and data to local and network storage.
- Use the MDT to upgrade or migrate an existing computer to Windows 7 and Office 2010.