Windows 7 was deployed at West Hatch High School using Windows Deployment Services and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 to upgrade aging hardware and move from Windows XP. The deployment was a success, allowing older PCs to run Windows 7, though some drivers and issues with hibernation on laptops presented problems. The new deployment methods provided quick, easy, and customizable imaging to standardize the Windows 7 installation across different machines.

1. Windows 7 Alan Richards West Hatch High School

2. Topics Why Windows 7 Planning Deployment Methods WDS MDT 2010 In place upgrade Successes Problems / Issues

3. Why Windows 7 Personal Part of a plan Old Hardware Not Vista capable Needed to ‘dump’ XP

4. Planning Whole new network New deployment server Server 2008 Enterprise x64 (Upgraded to R2 on release)

5. Deployment Methods Windows Deployment Services Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

6. WDS Simple and effective Quick setup Easy to configure F12 options in R2 Stop need for 2nd F12 key press to continue Capture and deploy images Deploy base install Capture image of master machine 4 images for Whole School

7. MDT 2010 Script driven Similar to WDS Integrate with WDS for multicast deployment Integrates with SCCM

8. MDT 2010 - Screenshots

9. Successes SIMS on Windows 7 Not officially supported by Capita Old hardware now running Windows 7 Staff queuing to have it installed on laptops Prepares machine for BitLocker BitLocker to go Windows Snap is sick

10. Problems / Issues Drivers Old VGA cards Old Wireless Default route – 0.0.0.0 onLink Registry entry to add DisableDHCPMediaSense Laptops and hibernation Laptops with no TPM chip Need for encryption key on USB Movie Maker

11. Contacts arichards@westhatch.essex.sch.uk www.learninggateway.net/blogs @arichards_Saruk