MS5105 Deploying Windows Vista Business Desktops

IT Professionals, Desktop Configuration Administrators, and technical decision makers with the skills to successfully plan and deploy desktop operating systems, provision desktop computers, and deploy service packs and updates to computer systems.

The intended audience is also involved in setting the strategic direction for the desktop operating system and applications.

This course will be most useful to people who are already working in the job role of a Desktop Configuration Administrator and who intend to use their new skills and knowledge on the job immediately after training.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the challenges, techniques, and processes that take place throughout the Windows Vista desktop deployment life-cycle.
 
• Analyze, evaluate, and deploy solutions to address application compatibility issues.
 
• Capture and restore user state information during a workstation deployment.
 
• Customize and create a computer image based upon Windows Vista.
 
• Deploy a Windows Vista image using Lite Touch or Zero Touch.
 
• Secure a Windows Vista desktop by using Windows Vista technology.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Experience deploying, managing, and supporting Windows client systems.
 
• Familiarity with standard client and application deployment methods such as Group Policy, disk imaging, and Systems Management Server (SMS).
 
• Familiarity with the Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) Solution Accelerator.

Module 1: Preparing to Deploy Windows Vista Business Desktops

Module 2: Application Compatibility Remediation

Module 3: User State Migration

Module 4: Computer Imaging Technologies for Windows Vista

Module 5: Deploying Vista by Using Lite Touch and Zero Touch

Module 6: Securing a Windows Vista Desktop