Using This Guide

This technical guide is part of Microsoft® Deployment Solution Accelerator. Microsoft Deployment is the next version of Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007. This guide is intended to be used as a part of Microsoft Deployment. Table 1 lists the Microsoft Deployment guides that reference the information in this document. Because this guide provides prescriptive guidance for performing the initial installation and configuration of the Lite Touch Installation (LTI) deployment process, reviewing the guides in Table 1 can further assist in customizing the configuration settings for the environment.

Table 1. Guidance for Configuration Deployment Settings

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Microsoft Deployment Feature Team Guide

Organize the teams within the organization. The guide also provides an overview of the Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) and LTI deployment processes.

Preparing for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Install ZTI in the environment and perform deployments using System Center Configuration Manager. The guide includes information about how ZTI and System Center Configuration Manager work together (including flowcharts) and troubleshooting.

Microsoft Deployment Customization Guide

Further customize the configuration files used in ZTI and LTI. This guide also provides generic configuration guidance and a technical reference for configuration settings.

Microsoft Deployment Customization Desktop Samples

Identify deployment scenarios and corresponding configuration settings for ZTI and LTI for desktop computers. The sample configuration files in this guide can be used as a starting point for the configuration in the environment.

Toolkit Reference

Describe the configuration and action properties referenced in the other guides. A separate topic exists for each configuration and action property. This guide also describes the scripts referenced in other guides. A separate topic exists for each script.

Image Engineering Feature Team Guide

Create the operating system images that are used during the ZTI and LTI deployment processes. This guide describes the process for creating deployment images using Deployment Workbench.

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