Overview
Prerequisites
Those who wish to take up this course should meet the following prerequisites:
- System administrator-level working knowledge of:
- Networking fundamentals, including common networking protocols, topologies, hardware, media, routing, switching and addressing
- Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) principles and fundamentals of AD DS management
- Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting for Windows-based personal computers
- Basic concepts of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) security
- Basic understanding of scripting and Windows PowerShell syntax
- Basic understanding of Windows Server roles and services
- Desired:
- Basic understanding of the management tasks that you can perform by using Configuration Manager
Who Should Attend?
Course Outline
- Overview of the enterprise desktop life cycle
- Assessing readiness for a desktop deployment by using Configuration Manager
- Assessing deployment readiness by using MAP
Lab: Assessing the network environment for supporting operating system and application deployment
- Understanding tools and strategies you can use for operating system deployment
- Using the High Touch with Retail Media deployment strategy
- Using the High Touch with a Standard Image deployment strategy
- Using a lite touch deployment strategy
- Using a zero touch deployment strategy
- Alternative deployment strategies for Windows desktops
Lab: Determining operating system deployment strategies
- Diagnosing application compatibility issues
- Mitigating application compatibility issues
- Using ACT to address application compatibility issues
Lab: Assessing application compatibility
- Overview of user state migration
- Overview of USMT 10.0
- Planning user state migration
- Migrating user state by using USMT
Lab: Planning and implementing user state migration
- Overview of the Windows image file format
- Overview of image management
Lab: Determining an image management strategy
- Overview of the Windows setup and installation process
- Preparing boot images by using Windows PE
- Using Windows SIM and Sysprep to automate and prepare an image installation
- Capturing and servicing a reference image using DISM
- Using the Windows ICD
Lab: Preparing the imaging and Windows PE environment
Lab: Building a reference image by using Windows SIM and Sysprep
Lab: Capturing and servicing a reference image
Lab: Using the Windows ICD
- Overview of PXE-initiated and multicast operating system deployments
- Installing and configuring the Windows DS environment
Lab: Configuring Windows DS to support PXE and multicast operating system deployments
- Planning for the MDT environment
- Implementing MDT 2013 Update 2
- Integrating Windows DS with MDT
Lab: Operating system deployment using the MDT
- Overview of operating system deployment
- Preparing a site for operating system deployment
- Deploying an operating system
- Lab: Preparing the site for operating system deployment
Lab: Deploying operating system images for bare-metal installations
- Integrating deployment tools with Configuration Manager
- Integrating MDT with Configuration Manager
Lab: Integrating MDT and Configuration Manager for operating system deployment
Lab: Configuring UDI
- Solutions for volume license activation
- Determining additional client configuration settings
Lab: Configuring additional settings for computer clients
- Methods of deploying Microsoft Office 2016 editions
- Customizing Office deployments
- Deploy Office 2016 by using Office 365
- Managing Office settings
- Introducing Windows Store for Business
- Distributing apps by using Windows Store for Business
Lab: Deploying Microsoft Office 2016 by using the Office Customization Tool
