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Deploying with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

The Windows 7 operating system and the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) include the low-level tools necessary to deploy the operating system. However, they don't provide a framework for managing and automating high-volume Windows 7 deployments or business logic for managing complex projects. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT 2010) provides this framework and business logic, making it Microsoft's primary tool for deploying Windows 7.

This tutorial describes how to use MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7. It assumes that you've already created a deployment share in a lab and populated it with applications, device drivers, and packages. It also assumes that you've already designed and built custom Windows 7 disk images, as described in previous tutorial, "Developing Disk Images." This tutorial helps you configure and customize MDT 2010 for Lite Touch Installation (LTI). For more information about Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) by using MDT 2010 with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, see the MDT 2010 documentation.

In this tutorial:

  1. Introducing MDT 2010
  2. Resource Access
  3. Using LTI with MDT 2010
  4. Replicating a Deployment Share
  5. Preparing Windows Deployment Services
  6. Configuring CustomSettings.ini
  7. Automating the LTI Process
  8. Performing LTI Deployments
  9. Customizing MDT 2010
  10. Configuring Multiple Computers
  11. Applying the Properties to the Groups
  12. Configuring Individual Computers
  13. Applying the Properties to Individual Computers
  14. Customizing CustomSettings.ini
  15. Customizing BootStrap.ini
  16. Using the MDT 2010 Database
  17. Creating the MDT 2010 Database
  18. Configuring the MDT 2010 Database
  19. Configuring the Database Access