TechNet “Firestarter” Event Resources: DEPLOYMENT!

Hello all!  Below is the online version of the Resource Page that I’m handing out at my TechNet Events over the next several weeks. 

I hope you find them useful!

-Kevin

UPDATE: If you want the PowerPoint files, they can be viewed or downloaded from HERE.

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E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com

Feedback e-mail to my boss: Brian Moore – BriMoore@microsoft.com

Follow Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevinRemde

“WAG” = Windows Administrator Groups (on LinkedIn):
With Subgroups for user groups by geography – http://tinyurl.com/y8u2z35

Future Live, In-Person Event Information:
TechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremde
MSDN Events (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.com

IT Managers Community Hub – http://technet.microsoft.com/itmanagement

IT Manager Community Forum – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/itmanager

 

Can We Bust This Myth?
(Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7)

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010
http://www.microsoft.com/mdt

Download the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159061

Windows 7 Deployment Guide
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349337(WS.10).aspx

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B544E90-7659-4BD9-9E51-2497C146AF15&displaylang=en

Kevin’s Webcast and Screencast Demos: “Automating Your Windows 7 Deployment Using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2”
http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/11/11/CLI312.aspx

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Team Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment/

Free Quick and Dirty Deployment Tools

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
http://www.microsoft.com/map

Download WAIK for Windows 7
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=136976

GImageX
http://www.autoitscript.com/gimagex/

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
http://wudt.codeplex.com/

Creating a Bootable USB Flash Drive (Bing Search)
http://www.bing.com/search?q=Create+a+bootable+usb+flash+drive+diskpart&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC

Kevin’s Blog Article about the P2V Migration Solution Accelerator
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2010/09/27/how-to-quickly-virtualize-your-users-xp-desktop-for-their-use-from-within-windows-7.aspx

Automate your Windows 7 Deployment Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010

MDT 2010 – http://www.microsoft.com/mdt

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159061

Desktop Deployment Planning Services
http://www.microsoftddps.com

MDT Wizard Editor From CodePlex
http://mdtwizardeditor.codeplex.com/

Part 1 of MVP Mitch Tulloch’s Excellent 15-part “Deploying Windows 7”
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Windows-7-Part1.html

Kevin’s Webcast: Automating Windows 7 Deployments using SCCM 2007 R2 SP2
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinremde/archive/2009/11/11/cli312.aspx

Deployment Essentials with John Baker
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/deploymentessentials.aspx?tab=overview

Check these other deployment blogs:
http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus
http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment
http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys