Books

Deployment Fundamentals -Volume 4 If your job is deploying Windows 8 (or Windows 7), this book is for you. In this book, you will find practical guidance based on our many years of real-world experience deploying Windows around the world. Deployment Fundamentals, Volume 4 provides you with detailed step-by-step instructions for all aspects of deploying Windows using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Update 1. Detailed explanations and real-world notes help you make the right decisions and understand the hows and whys of Windows OS deployment. Samples and scripts give you the tools you need for the best results.
Deployment Fundamentals -Volume 3 Deployment Fundamentals – Volume 3 is crammed with a lot of useful information on how to deploy Windows 7 with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3. We (the authors) have all been fighting with OS deployment for many years, and we simply decided to fill the book with everything we know on how to make it effective and easy to manage OS deployment in ConfigMgr. You also will find many real-world examples, including ready-made scripts and solutions you can use directly in your environment. Although this is a ConfigMgr 2007 book, there are few changes in the way OS deployment works in ConfigMgr 2012. Therefore, all of the useful insights and practical knowledge shared in this book translate easily to ConfigMgr 2012. Discover how to – Install ConfigMgr 2007 R3 for OS deployment in multiple sites – Migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7 – Create the perfect reference image – Integrate with MDT 2010 and why – Manage device drivers – Install applications and software updates – Configure your OS deployment with BitLocker and automate BIOS configuration – Extend and customize ConfigMgr 2007 OS deployment – Create custom scripts and frontends and extend the database – Install and configure User-Driven Installation (UDI) – Perform advanced troubleshooting
Deployment Fundamentals -Volume 2 If you want to know how to deploy Windows Server 2008 R2, and content based on reality is more important to you than fancy poetry, you have found the right book. This book covers end-to-end server deployment, inventory, server applications, real drivers, real hardware, real problems, real network environments and, of course, real solutions. We take you on a journey through MAP, WAIK, MDT, WDS, and SCVMM.
Deployment Fundamentals Volume 1 If you want to know how to deploy Windows 7, and content based on reality is more important than fancy poetry, we guess you found the right book. This book covers end to end deployment, inventory, applications (even ugly ones), real drivers, real hardware, real problems, real network environments and of course, real solutions. We will take you on a journey that covers MAP, ACT, WAIK, MDT and WDS. We will show you how to upgrade your skills so you too can take advantage of really knowing how to deploy Windows 7.