Windows Vista Collaborative Project

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Windows Vista Collaborative Project
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• Agenda
• Review Layered model
• Review current XP Image build process
• Image creation in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

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Layered Software Model
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• One of the major components of any deployment
  process is software.
• There is a large amount of Software used across
  the University. As part of the project we are
  running an exercise to establish what is actually
  used.
• To make the process of handling this software
  easier, we are using a layered model to
  categorise the software.
• The next slide shows the layers.

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Contents set by Faculty / Department
Faculty / Department Specific
University Wide
Controlled By Change Management Board
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Contents set by Faculty / Department
Faculty / Department Specific
Chemistry F.A.
ISS Cluster F.A.
Mech Eng F.A.
University Wide
Controlled By Change Management Board
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• Operating System Layer
• Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 due.)
• Vista Enterprise 32 Bit Service Pack 1
• Vista Enterprise 64 Bit will be under development

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• Utilities and System Tool Layer
• The layer contains the utilities and tools
  required to make a machine manageable and
  useable.
• On the Systems Tools side, this would include
  Systems Management Server client and ePolicy
  Orchestrator.
• Utilities are the small applications required
  to get the PC up and running and using the
  Internet. This would include items like Adobe
  Acrobat Reader, Flash and Shockwave.
• As this layer is University Wide, items must be
  either Site Licensed, or Open Source / Freeware.

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• Utilities and System Tool Layer
• Adobe Acrobat Reader v8.1.2 or later
• Adobe Flash Player v 9,0,115,0 or later
• Adobe Shockwave Player v10.2.0.023 or later
• Real player 11 or later
• Java virtual machine v6 update 3 or later
• .Net framework v1.1 v2 v3 v3.5 and late
• SoftGrid client v4.2 or later

• Apple QuickTime v7.3 or later
• DVD Player for Vista Enterprise
• PDF Writer (Printer Driver)
• McAfee ePO agent
• Citrix ICA Client
• SMS Client
• Language Packs
• WSUS Client
• WinBatch DLLs

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• Standard Application Layer
• This layer is University Wide, items must be
  either Site Licensed, or Open Source / Freeware.
• As this software will go to all Faculties and
  Departments that use our build, its contents
  will need to be agreed.
• This layer will contain Microsoft Office. Two
  versions will be available, Microsoft Office 2003
  SP3 and Microsoft Office 2007

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• Functional Application Layer
• Software in this layer is not used University
  wide, different Faculties and Departments will
  have their own requirements.
• There will be overlaps in the requirements of
  Faculties and Departments.
• All this software will be packaged / sequenced so
  that it can be delivered to PCs.

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• Functional Application Layer
• Example Layers
• Department x
• Minitab, ChemDraw, PaintShopPro
• Department y
• Word Smith, PaintShopPro

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• Specialist Teaching / Research Application Layer
• Software in this layer is used by a smaller
  subset of users either as it is very specialised
  and therefore only required by a small audience,
  or it is only installed on a small number of
  computers due to the cost.
• The gains from automating the install of
  applications with a small install base do not
  justify the resource required to packaging /
  sequencing them. So some of these applications
  may need to be manually installed onto PCs that
  require them.

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Softgrid 75, SMS 20, Manual 5.
Custom. Faculty / Dept
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
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Current XP Build
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• Can only run Sysprep with the Genralize switch 3
  Times!
• Generalize switch prepares the Windows
  installation to be imaged. So a pretty important
  switch.
• Restriction in place as Genralize switch resets
  the clock for Windows activation.

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Image creation in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
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• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (a.k.a. BDD and MDD)
• Development Environment to create scripted builds
  for Microsoft operating Systems
• XP SP2
• Vista
• Support for Lite Touch (LTI) and Zero Touch (ZTI)
  Installations
• This is NOT a disk image build
• Links into / borrows other technology

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• Microsoft Deployment
• Microsoft Deployment Workbench Integrates
• Operating system
• Service Packs
• Patches
• PnP Drivers
• Applications
• Into a scripted Build
• Creates deployment points

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• Microsoft Deployment
• Advantages of a scripted install
• Easy to maintain
• Repeatable
• Self Documenting
• Clean build
• No legacy files, settings or corruption
  accumulate in the build
• Pre-requisites
• Change Management
• Documentation

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