Solution Framework

You use the solution framework (technology files) to set up the imaging and deployment servers. This framework helps you create standard desktop configurations. It includes tools to build and deploy custom Windows 7 images with a variety of special needs, such as backing up the destination computer prior to deployment, capturing and restoring user state, enabling Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption, and so on. By using the solution framework as your starting point, you can take advantage of the deployment best practices that Microsoft and its customers have developed over several years, most of which are manifested in the framework's script code.

Note The solution framework does not contain copies of Windows 7 or the 2007 Microsoft Office system. To use MDT 2010, you must acquire licensed copies of this software and other hardware-specific software such as DVD-player software and CD-creation software. Each technical guide in MDT 2010 describes requirements for using the guidance as well as the tools.