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| What are the requirements for deploying the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit? |
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| Windows XP or above, NET Framework v3.5SP1, Windows Installer v4.5, Microsoft Word 2003 SP2 or above (Microsoft Word 2007 recommended), Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2 or above (Microsoft Excel 2007 recommended), Microsoft Office Primary Interop Assemblies, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition (or above) and installation of all updates for the operating system and Microsoft Office. |
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What are the Remote Computer configuration requirements for using the MAP Toolkit?
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In order to run the MAP Toolkit wizards, the only required configuration is to configure the Windows Firewall (where appropriate) to enable remote access to WMI. The Remote Registry service is used to find the roles installed on a server. It is also required for running the Gather Performance Metrics Wizard.
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What discovery methods are available for the MAP Toolkit?
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MAP can discover computers in your environment or you can specify which computers to inventory using one of the following methods:
Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS), Windows networking protocols, Import computer names from a file, Scan an IP address range, or Manually enter computer names
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| In addition to the Hardware Analysis, what information is available in a Windows 7 proposal generated by the MAP Toolkit? |
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Software Analysis, including a summary of devices and how to obtain drivers discovered on client computers, current client operating system, and a summary of the most prevalent applications discovered on client computers.
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What are some of the key decision points between using a Multiple Activation Key or Key Management System for Volume licensing?
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Definition
There are several differences including:
A MAK can only activate the Windows editions within its specific product group. A KMS key can activate the Windows editions within its specific product group as well as editions in “lower” product key groups.
KMS requires a minimum number of physical computers in a network environment, called the activation threshold, to activate KMS client machines. The activation threshold for Windows Vista remains at twenty-five (25) physical computers. However the activation threshold for Windows Server 2008 is five (5) physical computers.
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| From the client computer how can an Administrator determine the type of license in use? |
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Definition
Use the SLMGR.vbs script with a –dli or -dlv switch. Amongst the information displayed is last 5 digits of the product key, the License Status and the Description which shows the Windows Product Group, i.e. Retail, MAK, MAK_B, KMS, KMS_C etc.
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How long are Windows Clients activated for once they contact a KMS server?
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KMS clients are activated for 180 days.
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How many KMS hosts can be activated from a single KMS Key?
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Each KMS key can activate 6 KMS hosts up to 10 times each.
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What tools are available to manage MAK activation and report current activation state?
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The Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) and the Operations Manager KMS Management Pack.
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What are the benefits of joining the ACT community?
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Definition
| The ACT Community provides the ability to synchronize your local inventory and analysis results with an online collection from other IT Professionals, ISVs, and Microsoft. You will then be able to analyze application compatibility, and view detailed information on possible mitigation strategies as experienced by others using the same types of applications |
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How do would you ensure that the new Windows Vista features work as expected with your current application portfolio?
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Definition
Deploy your data collection package to a Windows 7 test machine that contains all of your approved business applications. Make sure that the data collection package has the Compatibility Evaluators enabled. Run the applications as a standard user, and complete routine business tasks. The application compatibility information will be uploaded to your monitoring server.
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You are concerned that the data collection and inventory process will cause performance issues on your client workstations. What can you do to minimize performance issues?
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| Configure the data collection package to only monitor application usage at specific times of the day, and for a specified duration. Communicate with users about the monitoring so that users are aware if a performance issue does appear |
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Provide a summary of the issues that you discovered when running StockViewer
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Definition
Standard permission errors, unhandled exception errors, and an unsupported version error.
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Why did most of the application features work when you elevated the privileges? What did not work even with elevated privileges?
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Definition
The application seems to require administrative permissions to specific file and registry locations. The Show Me a Star feature only supports Windows XP.
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What might be your next step after testing the fixed application and having successful results?
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Definition
Your next step will be to deploy the StockViewerFix shim to target computers. You will need to run the Sdbinst.exe command to register the new shim on each computer that requires the application.
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What are the requirements for deploying a WDS server?
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Definition
The WDS computer must be a member of an Active Directory domain.
The computer cannot be a Server Core computer.
The DHCP and DNS roles must be accessible to client computers using the WDS service.
The client computers must support PXE-boot to access the WDS service.
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Which command-line tool can be used to capture, modify, and apply WIM images?
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What are the additional requirements for implementing ZTI deployments over those for LTI deployments?
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ZTI deployments require SMS or SCCM in addition to the requirements of LTI deployments.
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In Exercise 1, how might your imaging strategy have changed had storage space not been at such a premium on the Hammersmith file server?
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| Answers will vary, but without the constraint of disk space on the server, students must envision using thick images to support the two distinct builds in the Hammersmith branch office. |
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In Exercise 2, if network traffic was already excessive, might that have made any difference to the imaging strategy you selected?
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Answers will vary, but with network traffic becoming a problem, use of hybrid images will seem more appropriate. This reduces the quantity of applications and updates that must be applied after the image is deployed.
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What are the tools that comprise the Windows Automated Installation Kit?
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Definition
Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM), ImageX, Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM), Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE), Windows Setup, Sysprep, and the User State Migration Tool (USMT).
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What is the function of the Windows System Image Manager?
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The tool is used to open Windows images, create answer files, and manage distribution shares and configuration sets.
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The tool is used to capture, create, modify and apply Windows images.
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What is the Windows Pre-installation Environment?
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A minimal operating system environment used to deploy Windows. The Windows AIK includes several tools used to build and configure Windows PE environments.
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Term
What information is in a catalog file?
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Definition
A binary file that contains the state of all the settings and packages in a Windows image. When a catalog is created, it queries the Windows image for a listing of all the settings in that image. Because the contents of a Windows image can change over time, it is important torecreate the catalog file whenever you update a Windows image.
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What are the Benefits of using Windows SIM?
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Definition
Windows SIM provides the following benefits that allow you to:
Create an unattended answer file quickly.
Validate the settings of an answer file against a Windows image (.wim) file.
View all the configurable component settings in a .wim file.
Update an answer file simply.
Create a configuration set that contains a complete set of portable folders with Setup files.
Add third-party drivers, applications, or other packages to an answer file.
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| What is the purpose of the Generalize switch with Sysprep? |
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It prepares the Windows installation to be imaged. If this option is specified, all unique system information is removed from the Windows installation. The security ID (SID) resets, any system restore points are cleared, and event logs are deleted. The next time the computer starts, the specialize configuration pass runs. A new security ID (SID) is created, and the clock for Windows activation resets, if the clock is not already reset three times.
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| You added the entry \Temp to your WIMScript.ini file, however files were imaged in the C:\Windows\Temp folder, what caused this to happen? |
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Definition
This happened because using the preceding \ character only excludes folder in relation to the root directory. In our example using \temp excludes C:\Temp or E:\Temp etc but would not exclude C:\Windows\Temp.
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| What is created by default you are building a Windows PE Image? |
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Definition
Just the Windows PE environment. Additional modules can be loaded, such as ImageX, Scripting Support, recovery Environment features and other optional packages.
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| Why do you need to create a C: drive before deploying an image? |
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Definition
ImageX is a file-level imaging tool and does not work at the sector level therefore the partition must exist before the files can be laid down.
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| How can you further automate the deployment process? |
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| Include the scripting module in the Windows PE build and create scripts for partition creation and formatting. |
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How do you add a windows package to an offline image?
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Definition
“DISM /Image:C:\Servicing /Add-Package /PackagePath:Z:\Package.cab”
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What kind of packages can be added to an offline image?
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| Updates in .CAB or .MSU files. |
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Term
What is the difference between a boot image, a capture image, and an install image?
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A boot image is a Windows PE image used to boot the PXE client. A capture boot image also launches the client, but will then start the Windows Deployment Services Image Capture Wizard . An install image is the image that will be deployed and installed on the client workstation.
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How can you minimize the need to approve client computers that are being installed over the network?
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Prestage the client computers by adding them to Active Directory Domain Services before the PXE deployment.
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| What additional components do need to be installed to support Multi-Cast deployments? |
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Windows Deployment Services. With the release of Windows Server 2008, Windows Deployment Services was enhanced to support the deployment of images using multicast transmissions. MDT 2010 also includes updates to integrate MDT with Windows Deployment Services multicasting.
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Can a deployment share be created on a remote server?
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The deployment share is configured in the MDT with the UNC path to the share. With appropriate rights, the deployment share can be created on a remote server and the local system.
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What are the available Task Sequences and what are they used for?
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Definition
The default Task Sequences are:
Standard Client Task Sequence: The default task sequence for deploying operating systems images to client computers.
Standard Client Replace Task Sequence: Used to performs a system back up, the user state and wipe the disk.
Custom Task Sequence: Used to create customized Task Sequences that do not install an operating system.
Standard Server Task Sequence: The default task sequence for deploying operating systems images to server computers.
Lite-Touch OEM Task Sequence: Used by OEM to deploy Operating Systems in a staging environment.
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What's the difference between the LTI Bootable Media and the WinPE environment that is created from the WAIK?
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The MDT-created WinPE boot media automatically includes all the optional components necessary for imaging. With the WAIK, the administrator is responsible for installing the correct components.
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What types of applications can be installed with the MDT?
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Any application that supports a silent install.
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When do you use the SMSPXEIMAGES$ distribution point option?
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You only need to use this option when distributing the boot images and boot image packages. Standard packages do not have to be placed on this location.
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What is the PXE service point and what is it used for?
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The PXE service point is required if you want to enable computers to start over the network. It uses the Windows Deployment Services components to allow PXE booting.
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You attempt to import the Microsoft Deployment Task Sequence, and cannot see the option in Configuration Manager. What do you do?
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Run the Configure ConfigMgr Integration command from the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Program Group.
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You decide to use WET to migrate application settings from an old computer to a new Windows 7 computer. After the migration, you cannot find the application on your new computer. What do you need to do?
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WET only migrates application settings, not the application itself. Install the application on the new computer before performing the user state migration.
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After migrating the user state of a local user account, the user discovers that he or she cannot log on using the old password. What is wrong?
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Local user account passwords are not migrated. The user will be forced to change the password during the logon.
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You migrated a user account to a new computer using the /lac option. However, when attempting to log on, the user receives an error message and is prevented from logging on to the computer. What is the most likely cause of the issue?
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You most likely migrated the account as a disabled account. Use the /lae option to ensure that the account is enabled during the migration.
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You must secure the data store that is generated with USMT. What can you do to accomplish this task?
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You can use ScanState to encrypt the store by using the /encrypt option.
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You must estimate the size of the stored user state on the network server. Which USMT tool can provide this estimate?
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You can use the ScanState tool with the /p switch to generate an estimate of the transferred user state.
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Which command-line option is used to specify a hard-link migration?
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The /hard-link command line option is used to specify a hard-link migration store.
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Which migration scenario supports hard-link migration?
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Only the computer refresh scenario supports hard-link migration.
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Term
If all users needed drive mappings, the same applications, how will that change your GPO strategy?
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Definition
You can implement an application deployment GPO at the domain-level. However, some other settings remain that are departmental specific – such as folder redirection and AppLocker; these would need to be implemented at OU level GPOs.
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Which takes precedence – an enforced GPO or the block inheritance setting on an OU?
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If the LON-CL1 computer was not online when you wanted to perform the tests you undertook in the lab, which tool must you use to perform the analysis?
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Group Policy Modeling does not require the computers to be online; rather, it performs a what-if analysis.
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Which application installation methods do you utilize within your own organization network environments?
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Answers will vary. Each participant must be able to describe how they deploy and install applications in their own network environments.
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Which command is used to start the Office Customization Tool?
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You want to deploy a fully silent installation of the 2007 Office system. Which Display level do you choose?
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You want to install specific 2007 Office features only when required by the user. What do you do?
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Configure each feature to only install on first use.
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You remember that Adam wanted to have his own department approval and deployment of software updates. What do you need to do to provide this capability?
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You need to create a computer group in WSUS and use a group policy setting to have all of the Research computers automatically become members of the group.
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Which command is used to force Windows update detection?
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What MDT additional components do you install to support a migration from versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista SP1?
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When do you allow users to choose the applications to be installed?
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Answers will vary. One possible answer is when performing an LTI deployment and there are applications that are not run on all systems.
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When do you customize a task sequence?
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Answers will vary. One possible answer is when certain steps need to be skipped or controlled such as specifying which applications will be available to a particular task sequence.
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When creating a Reference Computer can you include programs that do not have a silent install option?
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Yes, the reference computer can be installed and the image captured as separate tasks.
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What is the best way to handle deploying custom application with the MDT?
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Answers will vary. One way is to create separate installations packages for the applications to be added to images that are deployed.
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When additional resources do you need to perform a fully automated installation?
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| Zero Touch installation requires a SCCM 2007 infrastructure. |
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