Mastering Windows 7 Deployment -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- About the Contributing Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- What Is Covered in This Book -- How to Contact the Authors -- Chapter 1 -- Meet Windows 7 -- Windows 7 Hardware Requirements -- Using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit -- Produce MAP Reports and Proposals -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2 -- Application Compatibility -- The Application Compatibility Toolkit -- Deploying XP Mode -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3 -- Choosing the Right Edition of Windows 7 -- Speaking the Language: Four Ways to Use Windows Setup -- Windows Setup in Detail -- Performing the Windows 7 Installation -- The Last Step: Licensing and Activation -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4 -- Getting Familiar with Microsoft Images -- Creating Your First Image -- Using the Windows Automated Installation Kit -- Creating Bootable WinPE Media -- Preparing a System with Sysprep -- Capturing an Image Using ImageX -- Applying an Image Using ImageX -- Customizing Images Using Deployment Image Servicing and Management -- Using Windows System Image Manager -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5 -- Exploring User Data and Settings -- Working with Windows Easy Transfer -- Working with the User State Migration Tool -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6 -- Understanding WDS -- Deploying WDS -- Image Management -- Modifying PXE Client Response Policy -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 7 -- Employing the PXE Client -- Creating a Customized Installation Image -- Using Unattended Answer Files with WDS -- Monitoring, Logging, and Troubleshooting WDS -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 8 -- Using WDS to Name Machines -- Manage Domain Membership Using WDS -- Using WDS for Multicast Deployments -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 9 -- Setting Up Your Deployment Server -- Installing MDT 2010 Update 1.

Creating and Populating a Deployment Share -- Deploying Your First Image -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 10 -- Customizing the Deployment Share -- Operating System Properties -- Application Properties -- Driver Properties -- Package Properties -- Task Sequence Properties -- Automating the MDT Deployment Wizard -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 11 -- Discovering Selection Profiles -- Creating a Linked Deployment Share -- Deploying from DVD -- Working with the MDT Database -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 12 -- Understanding Configuration Manager -- Installing Configuration Manager 2007 -- Preparing and Configuring Boot Images -- Creating and Capturing a Reference Image -- Identifying and Targeting Machines for Rebuilding -- Deploying Windows 7 -- Monitoring Deployment Progress -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 13 -- Choosing the Right Volume License Key for Windows -- Tracking Your Licenses with the Key Management Service -- KMS and the Client -- Tracking Your Licenses: The Volume Activation Management Tool -- The Bottom Line -- Appendix -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 1: Does Your Hardware Measure Up? -- Chapter 2: Evaluating Applications for Windows 7 Compatibility -- Chapter 3: Installing Windows 7: Meet the Panther -- Chapter 4: Cloning the Panther: Automating Windows 7 Installation -- Chapter 5: Migrating the Existing User Data -- Chapter 6: Windows Deployment Services: The Basics -- Chapter 7: WDS from the Client's View -- Chapter 8: Tweaking Your WDS Server -- Chapter 9: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 -- Chapter 10: MDT's Client Wizard -- Chapter 11: Fine-Tuning MDT Deployments -- Chapter 12: Zero Touch Installations -- Chapter 13: Maintenance and Monitoring -- Index.