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1. Deployment Tools for Windows 7
 Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP)
 Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
 Windows Automated Installation Toolkit (WAIK)
 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)
 Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)

2. MAP Toolkit
 agentless, automated, multi-product planning and assessment tool
 provides detailed readiness assessment reports
 extensive hardware and software information
 utilization data for Hyper-V server virtualization planning
 virtualization candidate assessments
 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7826

3. Application Compatibility Toolkit
 helps customers understand their application compatibility situation
 Verify an application's compatibility with a new version of the Windows
operating system
 mitigate application compatibility issues before deploying Windows 7®
 Test your Web applications and Web sites for compatibility with new
releases and security updates to the Windows Internet Explorer®
Internet browser
 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7352

4. Windows AIK
 is a set of tools and documentation
 supports the configuration and deployment of Windows® operating
systems
 automate Windows installations, capture Windows images with ImageX
 configure and modify images using DISM
 create Windows PE images
 migrate user profiles and data with the USMT
 includes the Volume Activation Management Tool
 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5753

5. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
 Unified tools and processes required for desktop and server deployment
 efficiently manage large-scale deployments of Microsoft Office 2010
 Reduced deployment time and standardized desktop/server images
 supports Configuration Manager 2007 and Configuration Manager 2012
 Fully automated zero touch installation deployments by utilizing SCCM
 uses Windows deployment tools for Lite Touch Installation deployments
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx

6. Native VHD Boot
 local disk must have at least two partitions
 a system partition that contains the Windows 7 boot-environment
files and Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store
 a partition to store the VHD file
 local disk partition that contains the VHD file must have enough free
disk space for expanding a dynamic VHD to its maximum size and for the
page file created when booting the VHD. The page file is created outside
of the VHD file, unlike in the case of a virtual machine where the page
file is contained inside the VHD

7. Native VHD Boot benefits
 Using the same image-management tools for creating, deploying, and
maintaining system images to be installed on designated hardware or on
a virtual machine
 multiple boot scenarios without requiring separate disk partitions
 Deploying Windows 7 images in a VHD container file for faster
deployment of reusable development and testing environments
 Replacing VHD images for server redeployment or recovery
 Hardware and driver testing
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799282(v=ws.10).aspx

8. Native VHD Boot limitations
 Native VHD boot is supported only by:
 Windows® 7 Enterprise
 Windows® 7 Ultimate
 Windows Server 2008 R2
 disk management support can attach approximately 512 VHD files
concurrently
 does not support hibernation of the system, although sleep mode is
supported
 VHD files cannot be nested
 not supported over Server Message Block (SMB) shares
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9. Native VHD Boot limitations Cont’d
 Bitlocker cannot be used to encrypt the host volume containing VHD
files used for native VHD boot, and bitlocker cannot be used on volumes
contained inside a VHD
 An attached VHD cannot be configured as a dynamic disk
 The parent volume of the VHD cannot be configured as a dynamic disk

10. Configure VHD in Windows DEMO
 Create VHD in Disk Management
 Mount VHD and assign letter
 Create VHD in DISKPART for Native Boot VHD from Windows Setup
 Shift-F10 at setup screen
 Use Diskpart to create/attach the vdisk
 Return to Setup and complete the install on the vdisk
 To Modify the BCD Store with a custom description after the install:
 BCDEDIT /SET {current} DESCRIPTION "whatever you want to see in the
boot menu"