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Posted by: Shruti Kala, 3/11/2011

In this overview demo, you'll learn how you can take advantage of the tested guidance and built-in automation tools in the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to simplify the deployment of Windows Server 2008 R2.MDT enables you to quickly and efficiently streamline the deployment of the Windows Serve... More...

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Posted by: Michelle Arney, 3/10/2011

In this overview demo, we’ll show you how you can use the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool to strengthen your Windows Server environment, with security settings customized for your organization.The demonstration focuses on a migration scenario in which an organization is preparing a ... More...

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Posted by: Shruti Kala, 1/14/2011

This demo is second in a three part series on how to plan, securely deploy, and manage your migration to the Windows 7 operating system. You’ll learn how you can take advantage of MDT’s tested guidance and automation, centralized control, and flexible, extensible platform to streamline your organiza... More...

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Posted by: Alan Le Marquand, 1/25/2010

In the previous posts we discussed the path to deploying Windows 7, including application compatibility and image creation. In this post we’ll discuss the methods for deploying Windows 7 to clients. First, let me explain the terms and tools you may have heard about. In the previous posts and other a... More...

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Posted by: David Tesar, 7/2/2009

I sat down with Mary Anne Blake, Baldwin Ng, and Melissa Stowe to help you learn how the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT), Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 (MAP), and Infrastructure Planning and Design guides (IPD) can help you deploy Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2. With so many too... More...

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Posted by: Adam Bomb, 6/29/2009

Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 and User State Migration Tool (USMT), it's possible to create a USB drive to install Windows 7 that will migrate all the user data from an XP or Vista install - and here's the cool part - can finish it all in less than 30 minutes on pretty typical ha... More...

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Posted by: Adam Bomb, 6/2/2009

In part 2 of this 2-part series, Jeremy shows how he built out the migration environment using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 1. After browsing the Deployment Workbench, Jeremy adds operating systems, applications, packages and drivers – then creates a standard client task sequence to ma... More...

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Posted by: Adam Bomb, 6/1/2009

In part 1 of this 2-part series, Jeremy Chapman shows how a Windows XP computer with user files and settings can be migrated to Windows 7 RC. If you recall, we did this a few months back in an interview with Jeremy and the whole process using hard-link migration took about 30 minutes, installed the ... More...

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