Windows 8 Deployment with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 U1

Pluralsight

Course Summary

This course will show you how to use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1 to make your deployments a breeze.

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Course Description

This course will show you how to use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1 to make your deployments a breeze. Along with the basics, you will learn everything from deploying desktop and server OS images, fully automating your deployments, and learning the advanced features of MDT. MDT 2012 U1 comes complete with Group Policy Packs, UEFI support and integration with Orchestrator Runbooks. To get the most from this course, you should have a solid foundation in networking. Experience with the Windows 8 operating system will be helpful, but is not required.

Course Description

This course will show you how to use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1 to make your deployments a breeze. Along with the basics, you will learn everything from deploying desktop and server OS images, fully automating your deployments, and learning the advanced features of MDT. MDT 2012 U1 comes complete with Group Policy Packs, UEFI support and integration with Orchestrator Runbooks. To get the most from this course, you should have a solid foundation in networking. Experience with the Windows 8 operating system will be helpful, but is not required.

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Course Syllabus

Getting Started with Windows 8 MDT Deployment
- 6m 32s

—Introduction 0m 40s
—GloboMantics, Inc. 1m 20s
—Lab Setup 4m 32s

Getting to Know MDT
- 43m 43s

—Introduction 0m 32s
—Installing MDT 2012 U1 and Creating a Deployment Share 7m 24s
—Adding MDT Components and Creating a Task Sequence 22m 21s
—Creating a Reference Image 13m 26s

Managing the Deployment Share
- 51m 40s

—Explore MDT Component Properties 33m 1s
—Create a Catalog 10m 46s
—Monitoring Clients 7m 53s

Special Deployments
- 14m 57s

—Deploy Server OSs 12m 47s
—Upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 8 2m 10s

Automating Your Deployments
- 45m 19s

—Introduction 0m 41s
—Automate Deployments 26m 41s
—Extreme Automation 17m 57s

Group Policy Packs and UEFI
- 25m 41s

—Introduction 0m 35s
—Group Policy Packs 19m 31s
—UEFI 5m 35s

MDT Advanced Features
- 54m 22s

—Introduction 0m 46s
—Selection Profiles 4m 30s
—Deploy from Media 12m 8s
—Database 19m 42s
—Linked Deployment Share 17m 16s

MDT and Orchestrator Runbooks
- 35m 21s

—Installing Orchestrator 1m 56s
—Setup and Using Orchestrator 8m 28s
—Configuring the Active Directory Connectors 13m 5s
—Adding to the Runbook 11m 52s

Next Steps
- 6m 25s

—Wrap Up 3m 36s
—What's Next 2m 49s