I'm a little biased (because I developed courseware for the product), but the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 is easy to use, light-touch - and free. If you need zero touch, System Center Configuration Manager does the job very well and is infinitely configurable. It isn't, however, free. And it has a learning curve for that "infinitely configurable" part. The imaging process for Win7 is based on one of two options: VHD or WIM (Windows IMaging - and the VHD option is built on-top-of the WIM option, more-or-less). The preferred tool for creating images is ImageX, which is a Microsoft product (part of both MDT and SCCM). Regards,
Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 Imaging Folks, We are working towards deploying Windows 7 (along with Office 2010) on current and future shipments of new laptops/PCs. We use syprep and Ghost for our XP image, and it works well. I'm looking for your suggestions/warnings/gotchas as to imaging for Windows 7. Favorite imaging tools, methods, etc? I don't do the imaging here, but my PC guy who does the images seems to be having a bit of a struggle with it compared to XP images, so I thought I'd as you experts. We already have a Dell Kace system management system here, and I'll be viewing a demo today for the imaging component (additional purchase). I'm open to anything that makes the process as painless as possible. If it matters we use Lenovo ThinkPads for our laptops and Dell Optiplex business PCs. Your comments are appreciated. Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
