Joseph Hinkle at MyITForum.com

Presented by Johan Arwidmark. This session was very lite-touch deploy focused. The previous content from the Advanced OS Deployment sessions might be of more value to you.

• No technical reason for having separate server and client tools
• Imaging considerations
  • Hardware - 32-bit and 64-bit, Intel and AMD
  • Software - Packaging, Time window allowed for deployment, Maintaining the image
  
  
• Distribution share
  
  • MDT 2008 - documented and well tested, requires some work, but is worth the effort
  • Use Lite Touch Deployment
  • wpeutil initializeNetwork to setup up network connection
  
  
• Drivers - MDT can inject drives based on PNPID, Driver Grouping, Per model, OS, or architecture, or custom
• Reference Image
  • Scripted setup for XP/2003 - Add Storage drivers then capture and image
  • Deploy Vista/2008 - Capture an image
  • Use virtual machines so there are no textmode drivers
  • Security - patch from WSUS server before capture
  
  
• Sysprep - add mass storage; Hotfixes in SP3 (audio: KB888111)
• Add storage drivers to sysprep.inf for STOP 0x7B - Don't use build mass storage, build your own
• Use Johan's HAL document from MyITForum.com
• Vista/2008 device drivers - ranking - "Treat all digitally signed drivers equally in the driver ranking process" group policy can be used to resolver driver installation issues - MSDN has an article that describes the driver ranking process
• Post-installation process
  • Let post-installation task sequence actions control the flow
  • Per hardware applications