Configuring Windows 7 (Training Kit) - Part 11. This training kit is designed for IT professionals who operate in enterprise enviroments that use Windows 7 as a desktop operating system. You should have at least one year of experience in the IT field, as well as experience implementing and administering any Windows client operating system in a networked environment. | Using MDT 2010 MDT 2010 is the Microsoft solution accelerator for operating system and application deployment and offers flexible driver management optimized transaction processing and access to distribution shares from any location. You can use the MDT on imaging and deployment servers to implement the automatic deployment of Windows 7 for example on client computers. It is possible to run MDT 2010 on a client running Windows 7 but in practice it would typically run from a distribution server running Windows Server 2008. The MDT provides detailed guidance and job aids and offers a common deployment console that contains unified tools and processes that you can use for client and server deployment. The toolkit offers standardized desktop and server images along with improved security and ongoing configuration management. The Lite Touch Installation LTI method lets you distribute images with a small degree of user intervention and can be used when no other distribution tools are in place. Most of the new features in MDT 2010 are related to LTI. The Zero Touch Installation ZTI method requires no user intervention but requires that Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager SCCM 2007 with the Operating System Deployment Feature Pack is available on the network. This method also requires other software utilities such as Microsoft SQL Server. NOTE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SERVER SMS 2003 MTD 2010 ZTI does not work with SMS 2003. When you have installed MDT 2010 you can start Deployment Workbench from the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit program suite. This gives you access to the following items Information Center This lets you access MDT 2010 documentation. Distribution Share This gives you a checklist of tasks you need to perform before you can deploy an operating system. You can also create a distribution share directory. Task Sequences This provides a list of task sequences in the details pane and enables you to create and configure a task sequence. Deploy You can expand .
