This is not a new article – but it’s so important, I think it’s worth revisiting for folks just moving to Windows 7.
Are you still stuck in the caveman world of “I’ll just Ghost a template PC image for every hardware configuration I own and maintain these images for deployment everywhere”? That went out with the 90’s folks. The way desktops are deployed these days involve deploying a SINGLE basic OS image that’s as simple as possible for every desktop PC… then applying task sequences after the image is done to meet the needs of the target configuration. Here are some of the task sequences that are implemented as part of the deployment process:
- Validate that the target hardware can install the operating system
- Capture user files and settings
- Invoke an installation environment like the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
- Customize the installation environment
- Apply the operating system image
- Apply drivers required by the hardware and connected devices
- Apply software updates
- Apply applications based on your selections
- Join the computer to a domain
- Reapply user files and settings
- Configure additional attributes such as BitLocker™ Drive Encryption or server roles
Read more about how to accomplish this here:
- LINK: “Choosing an Image Strategy and Building Windows 7 System Images”
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee956904(WS.10).aspx
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