This three-day course will teach students how to quickly deploy Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Office 2003 Editions, as well as other business and third-party applications, to computers across an organization by using the guidelines provided by the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) Standard Edition.

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This course is intended for consultants who focus on medium-sized to large-sized businesses. The audience consists of IT Professionals who plan, build, and deploy desktops.

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Before attending this course, students must have:

• At least six months' experience supporting a Microsoft Windows network.
• Hardware device drivers (how they are typically distributed and packaged).
• Creating and modifying Unattended answer files.
• Modifying the Windows registry.
• Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy Objects, and the TCP/IP protocol suite.
• Basic Command Prompt batch scripting techniques.
• Creating boot disks.
• Microsoft Office 2003.

Also, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed course MS2277, Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services, or have equivalent knowledge.

Module 1: Business Desktop Deployment
In this module, students will learn about the usage and purpose of the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) Standard Edition, the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) model and how it relates to BDD, and the components of BDD Standard Edition.

Lessons

• Introduction to the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment
• Overview of MSF and Business Desktop Deployment
• Exploring Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment Standard Edition

Module 2: Identifying and Resolving Application Compatibility Issues
In this module, students will learn how to identify and prioritize the applications in use throughout an organization, plan an application compatibility testing strategy, identify and resolve application compatibility issues, develop and test solutions, and package them for deployment.

Lessons

• Overview of Application Compatibility
• Planning Application Compatibility
• Practice: Planning Application Compatibility
• Generating an Application Inventory
• Practice: Collecting an Application Inventory
• Testing Applications
• Practice: Testing an Application by Using Application Verifier
• Packaging Application Compatibility Fixes
• Practice: Packaging Application Compatibility Fixes
• Additional Compatibility Tools

Module 3: Migrating User Documents and Settings
In this module, students will learn about the user state migration process, how to plan user state migration, how to migrate user documents and settings by using the User State Migration Tool (USMT), and how to customize USMT control files and integrate those control files into a BDD disk image.

Lessons

• User State Migration Overview
• Planning User State Migration
• Saving and Restoring User Data
• Practice: Saving and Restoring User Data
• USMT Best Practices

Module 4: Configuring Security
In this module, students will learn how to configure security on a BDD disk image. This module does not treat security comprehensively, as it only addresses issues specific to the disk image. However, this module briefly describes other tools and technologies that Microsoft provides for securing the desktop.

Lessons

• Introduction to Business Desktop Deployment Security
• Planning Security
• Practice: Planning Security
• Developing a Security Configuration
• Practice: Examining the Configuration Files
• Customizing Security Templates
• Practice: Using the Security Configuration Template Editor
• Configuring Windows Firewall
• Practice: Configuring Windows Firewall by Using Group Policy

Module 5: Packaging Core Applications and Office 2003
In this module, students will learn how to prepare and customize core applications, including Office 2003, for deployment as part of a BDD disk image.

Lessons

• Introduction to Core Applications and Office 2003 Deployment
• Planning Core Applications
• Practice: Planning Core Applications
• Creating a Distribution Point
• Practice: Creating a Distribution Point
• Building Transform Files
• Practice: Building Transform Files
• Customizing Setup.ini
• Practice: Customizing Setup.ini
• Installing and Testing Office 2003

Module 6: Packaging Supplemental Applications
In this module, students will learn how to package supplemental applications for installation after disk-image deployment. Methods include scripting and repackaging.

Lessons

• Introduction to Supplemental Applications
• Planning Supplemental Applications
• Practice: Planning Supplemental Applications
• Overview of Installation Technologies
• Automating Windows Installer Applications
• Practice: Automating Windows Installer Applications
• Automating InstallShield Packages
• Automating Installations by Using ScriptIt
• Practice: Automating Installations by Using ScriptIt
• Repackaging Applications

Module 7: Computer Imaging System Basics
In this module, students will learn how to plan a basic disk image, install and configure the Computer Imaging System, create a basic disk image, and capture a basic disk image to an image file.

Lessons

• Introduction to Computer Imaging
• Planning a Basic Disk Image
• Practice: Planning a Basic Disk Image
• Installing a Build Server
• Practice: Creating a Build Server
• Configuring the Build Server
• Practice: Configuring the Build Server
• Creating a Basic Disk Image
• Practice: Creating a Basic Disk Image

Module 8: Customizing a Disk Image
In this module, students will learn how to plan a custom disk image, customize Windows PE, add custom actions to a build, brand a disk image, and add deliverables from other teams to the image.

Lessons

• Introduction to Disk Image Customization
• Planning a Custom Disk Image
• Practice: Planning a Custom Disk Image
• Customizing Windows PE
• Customizing Actions
• Practice: Customizing Actions
• Branding a Disk Image
• Practice: Branding a Disk Image
• Integrating Other Team Deliverables
• Practice: Integrating Other Team Deliverables

Module 9: Deploying Disk Images
In this module, students will learn how to plan disk image deployment, install and configure the deployment servers, and run the Deployment wizard at each desktop computer to deploy a disk image.

Lessons

• Introduction to Disk Image Deployment
• Planning Disk Image Deployment
• Practice: Planning Disk Image Deployment
• Installing the Servers
• Practice: Installing the Deployment Server
• Deploying Images by Using the Deployment Wizard
• Practice: Deploying Images by Using the Deployment Wizard
• Transitioning to Operations