Deploying Vista in a Microsoft Environment

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Deploying Vista in a Microsoft Environment
This session will discuss methods used to deploy
Windows Vista within an existing Microsoft
Windows network environment
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Introduction
Larry Jacobs TIES Senior Consultant Larry.jacobs_at_t
ies.k12.mn.us
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Agenda

• Introducing Windows Vista
• Choosing an Edition
• Deploying Windows Vista
• Licensing Windows Vista
• Summary
• Questions
• Appendix

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Introducing Windows Vista
Agenda
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Windows Vista Feature Differentiation At A Glance
Windows Vista Enterprise for Education
Available separately for free for these SKUs only
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Showing What is Cool in Vista?

• It is a file-based operating system (Not
  sector-based)
• It can be deployed on many different hardware
  architectures from a single image (Because it is
  not sector-based)
• It can be saved in Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) file
  format by using the Backup and Restore Center
  only in Vista
• It can be run in a virtual environment through
  VHD Mount in Virtual Server 2005
• It can be used as a Local Area Network (LAN) or
  Peer-to-Peer (Including wireless) collaboration
  tool using Windows Meeting Space
• It can provide full drive encryption by using BIT
  Locker and Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

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Deciding What is not in the Running?
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Delivering Windows Vista Value 4 Pillars

• Enhance security and meet standards
• Minimize threats and vulnerabilities
• Protection and compliance
• Identity and access control
• Increase organization efficiency and reduce costs
• Reduce deployment costs
• Reduce ongoing management costs
• Improve infrastructure security
• Find, use and share information
• Quickly find the information you need
• Provide information consistency
• Increase productivity
• Enable mobility, accessibility and distant
  learning
• Get more done from anywhere
• Collaborate and stay in touch

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Choosing an Edition to Work With
Agenda
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Looking at Windows Vista Business
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Determining Hardware Requirements (Typical)

• Windows Vista Business Recommended system
  requirements
• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB of system memory
• 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available
  space
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with
• (Windows Vista Display Driver Model) WDDM Driver
  (Designed on DirectX-9 compliant graphics
  hardware)
• 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
• Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
• 32 bits per pixel
• DVD-ROM drive
• Audio Output
• Internet access (fees may apply)

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Determining Hardware Requirements (Minimal)

• Windows Vista Business Minimum supported system
  requirements
• Certain product features are not available with
  minimum supported requirements.
• 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
• 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available
  space
• Support for Super VGA graphics
• CD-ROM drive

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Looking at Windows Vista Business Features

• Windows Defender Firewall
• Instant Search IE 7.0
• Windows Flip 3D Live Thumbnails (Part of
  Windows Aero)
• Windows Mobility Center Tablet PC Support
• Windows Meeting Space
• Windows Slideshow
• Windows Complete Backup Restore
• Windows Fax Scan
• Scheduled Backup
• Remote Desktop Connection
• Network Sharing Center

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Looking at Windows Vista Ultimate
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Determining Hardware Requirements (Typical)

• Windows Vista Ultimate Recommended system
  requirements
• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB of system memory
• 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available
  space
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with
• WDDM Driver
• 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
• Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
• 32 bits per pixel
• DVD-ROM
• Audio Output
• Internet access (fees may apply)

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Determining Hardware Requirements (Minimal)

• Windows Vista Ultimate Minimum supported system
  requirements
• Certain product features are not available with
  minimum supported requirements.
• 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
• 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available
  space
• Support for Super VGA graphics
• CD-ROM

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Looking at Windows Vista Ultimate Features

• Windows Defender Firewall
• Instant Search IE 7.0
• Windows Flip 3D Live Thumbnails
• Windows Mobility Center Tablet PC Support
• Windows Meeting Space
• Windows Slideshow
• Windows Complete Backup Restore
• Windows Fax Scan
• Scheduled Backup
• Remote Desktop Connection
• Network Sharing Center
• Windows Bitlocker Drive Encryption
• Windows DVD Maker
• Chess Titans, Mahjong Titans, Inkball
• Windows Movie Maker in High Definition

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Deploying Windows Vista Applications
Agenda
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Identifying Risk Areas

• Applications with fewer incompatibilities
• Productivity applications
• Line of Business (LOB) applications
• Applications with greater incompatibilities
• Antivirus
• Firewall
• Utilities

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Identifying Common Windows Vista Compatibility
Issues

• Operating system version number
• Running under non-administrator accounts
• Installation failures
• Registry changes
• Applications with platform-specific driver
  requirements

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Identifying Windows Vista Compatibility Issues

• User Account Control (ACU)
• Windows Resource Protection (WRP) (Replaces
  Windows File Protection (WFP))
• Application updates
• 64-bit Windows Vista
• Services isolation (Windows Vista isolates
  services in Session 0 and runs applications in
  other sessions, so services are protected from
  attacks that originate in application code)
• IE 7
• Networking
• Microsoft Graphical Identification and
  Authentication (GINA)
• Graphics and display changes

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Identifying Windows Vista Compatibility Fixes

• The Issue Many applications require
  administrator privileges.
• The Resolution Windows Vista file and registry
  virtualization.
• The Issue Legacy applications write to
  administrator locations.
• The Resolution Windows Vista data redirection.
• The Issue Applications hard code locations of
  specific folders.
• The Resolution Hook bad system calls by
  application and redirect them.
• The Issue Windows 9X allowed applications to
  access freed memory.
• The Resolution Heap fix queues calls to free
  memory so faults do not occur.
• The Issue Older applications may require
  specific Windows version.
• The Resolution Version fix returns credentials
  for any older Windows version.

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Deploying Windows Vista Processes

• Create a software and hardware inventory to
  assist in deployment planning.
• Test applications for compatibility with Windows
  operating systems and mitigate compatibility
  issues discovered during the process.
• Set up an initial lab environment with imaging
  and deployment servers.
• Customize, package, and deploy applications.
• Automate image creation and deployment.
• Manage processes and technologies to produce
  comprehensive and integrated Lite-Touch
  Installation (LTI) and Zero Touch Installation
  (ZTI) deployments.

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Deploying Windows Vista Processes (Continued)

• During deployment, migrate users documents and
  settings to their new computer configurations.
• During deployment, Microsoft Deployment supports
  the installation of all Roles such as Active
  Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Domain Name
  System (DNS) server, Dynamic Host Configuration
  Protocol (DHCP) server, Microsoft Internet
  Information Services (IIS), Windows Deployment
  Services, Windows SharePoint Services, Windows
  Internet Naming Service (WINS) server, and
  Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services.
  Additionally, Microsoft Deployment supports the
  configuration of the AD DS role.
• Ensure that computers are hardened to improve
  security within the environment.

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Defining the Standard Tools
Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0 for
gathering application inventory and for testing
and mitigating application-compatibility
issues Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT)
for migrating user settings and data Windows
Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) for configuring
unattended Setup answer files (Unattend.xml) and
capturing images Windows Deployment Services
(WDS) for starting Windows Pre-installation
Environment (Windows PE) on target computers
across the network Windows PE 2.0 for starting
computers
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Installing Microsoft Deployment Requirements

• Windows Server 2003 R2
• Microsoft .Net Framework version 2
• Microsoft Management Console (MMC) version 3
• 20 gigabytes of free disk space (Minimum)

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Looking into the Deployment Workbench
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Viewing the Information Center Contents

• Access to documentation
• Updated news concerning Microsoft Deployment
• Components required for using Deployment Workbench

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Viewing the Distribution Share Contents

• Operating systems
• Applications
• Operating systems packages
• Out of Box (OOB) drivers

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Viewing the Task Sequences Contents

• Installation and task sequence information on how
  to install an operating system.
• Installation and task sequence information on how
  to configure an operating system.

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Viewing the Deploy Contents

• Deployment Points Provide access to source
  files and describe how to install them.
• Databases Used to define settings for
  individual computers, geographies, etc.

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Getting Started with the Deployment Workbench

• Open the Deployment Workbench and Install
  Additional Components
• Download and install the Windows Automated
  Installation Kit (WAIK)
• Download and install the User State Migration
  Tool (USMT)
• Download and install the Application
  Compatibility Kit (ACT 5.0)

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Looking at a Lite Touch Deployment (Lab Test)
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Looking at the Processes for Lite Touch
Installation (LTI)

• You are now ready to start the deployment process
  (LTI)
• Populating the Distribution Share
• Creating a Task Sequence
• Creating a Lab Deployment Point
• Starting the Windows PE Bootable Image
• Finishing the Windows Vista Installation Task
  Sequence

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Populating the Distribution Share

• Populating Source files that can be populated in
  the distribution share
• Operating Systems
• Applications
• Operating System Packages (Includes Updates and
  Language packs)
• OOB Device Drivers
• Creating the Distribution Share (Installing
  Windows Vista Source Files)
• Right-click Distribution Share
• Click Create Distribution Share Directory

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Creating a Task Sequence

• Gives a description of how to
• Install the operating system
• Configure the operating system
• You must provide the following
• Task Sequence ID
• Task Sequence Name
• Task Sequence Comments
• Template to be used (Type of Operating System)
• Select OS
• OS Product Key
• OS Settings
• Full Name
• Organization
• Internet Explorer Home page

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Creating the Lab Deployment Point

• Deployment Points
• Lab or single-server deployment
• Separate deployment share
• Removable media
• SMS 2003 OSD feature pack
• In this example we will choose Lab or
  single-server deployment
• Create a new Lab single-server deployment
  instance
• Create a Deployment Point Name
• Provide information for the following
• Application list
• Allow Image Capture
• Allow Admin Password
• Allow Product key
• Network Share
• Update the Deployment Point (Create the PE)

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Starting the Windows PE Bootable Image

• Burn the ISO image file to a DVD
• Add the Windows Image file (WIM) to a Windows
  Deployment Services (WDS) server

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Finishing the Windows Vista Installation Task
Sequence

• LTI Process
• Start the lab computer using the PE image
• Go through and answer the questions
• Microsoft Deployment begins
• Partition Hard Disk
• Format hard Disk
• Install Windows Vista

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Licensing Windows Vista?

• Volume Activation 2.0
• Multiple Activation Key
• Proxy Activation. By using the Volume Activation
  Management Tool (VAMT), you can activate multiple
  computers at the same time by using a single
  connection to Microsoft servers over the Internet
  or phone.
• Independent Activation. Each computer is
  activated individually by connecting to Microsoft
  servers over the Internet or phone.
• Key Management Service
• To activate Windows Vista, you must have at least
  25 computers running Windows Vista or Windows
  Server 2008 that are connected together for
  Windows Server 2008, the minimum is 5 computers.
• Computers that are activated through KMS must be
  reactivated every six months by connecting to
  your organization's network.
• Thats all I can say about licensing! Agenda

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Summary
Agenda
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Optimizing Infrastructure in Education

• Simplify Deployment
• Reduce the number of images, and simplify image
  maintenance and deployment across complex and
  remote infrastructures.
• New tools help users get up and running faster
  and easier, for more cost-efficient deployment.
• Reduce Impact of Application Compatability
• Reduce testing costs for application
  compatibility.
• Enable your institution to quickly take advantage
  of new software and technology.
• Operate More Efficiently
• Lower operational costs associated with updates,
  system administration and desktop support.
• Self-healing features and greater supportability
  help lower operational costs and reduce the need
  for desk-side support.
• Improved security and manageability contribute to
  out-of-the-box IT cost reduction.
• Get More from Your Hardware
• Reduce power costs by as much as 50 per desktop
  per year through Group Policy controls 64-bit
  support.

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Increase Organization and Efficiency

• Flexible information management tools make it
• easier for administrators to track student
  progress
• and assess performance online.
• Automatic information transfer from old computers
• to new ones saves time and money.
• Quick, easy Internet Search is accessible
• via the browser.
• New interface reduces distractions and gives
• educators and administrators greater control
• over information.
• Windows Vista Aero provides spectacular visual
• effects such as glass-like interface elements
  that
• you can see through.
• Windows Aero is an environment with an additional
  
• level of visual sophistication, one that is even
  more
• responsive and manageable, providing a

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Improve Collaboration

• New tools make it easier, faster, and safer for
• students and educators to share files and
  records.
• Simpler networking and improved device
  synchronization allow administrators to meet
  demands for centrally managed systems and
  Web-based communication.
• Small groups can easily connect, even over ad hoc
  wireless networks.

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Summary Wrap-up

• Educational Institutions Demand
• Security, privacy and compliance for their ICT in
  education plans.
• A way to easily and efficiently find, use and
  share information.
• Tools to enable mobile learners and provide
  accessibility to students with special
  requirements.
• Reliable, optimized and performance-effective
  infrastructures.
• Windows Vista Delivers New Value
• Improve security and compliance
• Optimize desktop infrastructure
• Find, use, share information
• Enable mobile workforce

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Questions?
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Appendix

• Appendix

Agenda
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Hardware Requirements
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Windows Vista Enterprise Features


All of the Windows Vista Business features and
functionality plus the following.
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Windows Vista Editions and Licensing
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition is available, but
no VLK support AE FPP will be Windows Vista Home
Premium Student Select Windows Vista Business
Edition (no SA)
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Software Assurance 3.0

• Desktop Deployment Planning Services
• Information Work Solution Services
• Windows Pre-Installation Environment

• New Version Rights
• Spread Payments

• Extended Hotfix Support
• Windows Fundamentals
• for Legacy PCs

• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Virtual PC Express for SA
• Training Extended Vouchers for
• Enterprise Customers
• eLearning
• Home Use Program
• Employee Purchase Program
• Enterprise Source License

• 24x7 Business Critical
• Support for Problem
• Resolution
• TechNet Plus
• Cold Backups for Disaster
• Recovery
• Corporate Error Reporting