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Access the folder C:\Windows 7\MDT 2010 Files. Open the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta folder. Double-click Quick Start Guide For Lite Touch Installation.docx and save the file to C:\Windows 7\MDT 2010 Documentation. Double-click Release Notes.docx and save the file to the same location. Double-click What's New In MDT 2010 Guide .docx and save the file to the same location. Read the downloaded documents carefully before you attempt Exercise 3 in this practice session.

EXERCISE 3: Installing MDT 2010 In this exercise, you install MDT 2010. This exercise assumes that you have installed the x86 version of Windows 7 Ultimate. If you have installed a 64-bit operating system, install the x64 version of MDT 2010 instead. To install MDT 2010, proceed as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. If necessary, log on to the Canberra computer with the Kim_Akers account. Right-click the file MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit_x86.msi, which you downloaded in Exercise 1 and choose Install. On the Welcome page, click Next. On the End-User License Agreement page, review the license agreement. If you agree with the terms, select I Accept The Terms In The License Agreement, and then click Next. On the Custom Setup page, shown in Figure 3-37, choose the features to install and the destination folder for the installation, and then click Next. The features are as follows: Documents This feature installs the guidance and job aids. By default, this feature is installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\ Documentation. The prerequisites for installing this feature and using Deployment Workbench to view the documentation are Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 and MMC version 3.0, both of which are implemented in Windows 7. Tools and templates This feature installs the wizards and template deployment files, such as Unattend.xml. By default, this feature is installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. If you want to change a feature's state, click the feature, and then choose a state. To change the destination folder, click Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and then click Browse. In the Change Current Destination Folder dialog box, specify the new destination folder and then click OK. Ensure Microsoft Development Toolkit is selected, as shown previously in Figure 3-37, and click Install. If prompted, click Yes to allow the program to continue.

EXERCISE 4: Creating a Distribution Share In this exercise, you create a distribution share. You must have installed MDT 2010 before you attempt this exercise. To create a distribution share, proceed as follows: If necessary, log on to the Canberra computer with the Kim_Akers account. On the Start menu, click All Programs. Click Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and then choose Deployment Workbench. If necessary, click Yes to allow the program to make changes to your computer. 3. In Deployment Workbench, right-click Distribution Share and then choose Create Distribution Share Directory. 4. On the Specify Directory page of the Create Distribution Share Wizard, click Create A New Distribution Share. 5. Type C:\Downloads in the Path For New Distribution Share Directory text box, as shown in Figure 3-38, and then click Finish. 1. 2.

Figure 3-38: Specifying the path for the distribution share 6. Navigate to C:\Downloads and check that the folder is populated by subfolders, as shown in Figure 3-39. Some of these folders (such as Applications) are initially empty; others (such as Tools) are not.

EXERCISE 5: Install an Image on the Distribution Share In this exercise, you install the Windows 7 source files on the Windows 7 Installation media in the distribution share that you created in the previous exercise. To install this image, proceed as follows: 1. 2. If necessary, log on to the Canberra computer with the Kim_Akers account. Insert the Windows 7 x86 installation DVD-ROM. If necessary, close the AutoPlay dialog box. As this exercise is written, the DVD-ROM drive is F:. If your computer uses a different drive letter, amend the procedure accordingly.

If necessary, open Deployment Workbench. Under Deployment Workbench, expand Distribution Share and select Operating Systems. 5. In the Action pane, click New. 6. Ensure that Full Set Of Source Files is selected on the OS Type page of the New OS Wizard, as shown in Figure 3-40. You could also specify a Custom Image file, such as the Myimage.wim file that you captured and deployed on your bootable VHD in 2 or a WDS image available on a specified WDS server.

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Figure 3-40: Specifying a full set of source files 7. 8. 9. Click Next. On the Source page, type F: in the Source Directory text box. Click Next. Ensure that Windows 7 x86 is entered in the Destination Directory Name text box and click Finish. 10. The copy operation takes some time. When it is complete, ensure that the appropriate operating system images have been placed in the distribution share, as shown in Figure 3-41.