Free Training! See below. Thank you, Ryan Duclos Twitter: @rduclos <http://twitter.com/rduclos> About Me: http://about.me/rduclos Lower AL .NET User Group - President Pensacola SQL Server User Group - Event Coordinator SharePoint Mobile, AL - Co-Founder ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: User Group Support Services <ugss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:43 AM Subject: YOU ARE INVITED: Microsoft Windows 7: How IT Pros Use Automated Tools to Deploy Windows 7 To: "rduclos@xxxxxxxxx" <rduclos@xxxxxxxxx> Microsoft’s User Group Support Services (UGSS) and Microsoft’s Worldwide Developer and Platform Evangelism Team (WWDPE) have partnered to host a series of Workshop Training sessions specifically focused around supporting the User Group Speaker community. Our next event in this series is “* Microsoft* * Windows* *7: How IT Pros Use Automated Tools to Deploy Windows 7 ”* * * Microsoft recently released major updates to its client and server operating systems. Gartner recommends that enterprises move to Windows 7 right now and estimates that +90% of all enterprise desktops will run Windows 7 by 2012. This represents a unique opportunity for UGSS members to share valuable how-to information on Windows 7 deployment. In this training session, we will review the build-of-materials (BOM) developed for this two-day workshop. The Windows 7 Deployment Workshop includes modularized sessions, with optional hands-on-labs, designed to ready IT Pros to deploy Win7 using automated tools. The BOM made available to participants post the online training event includes presentations, demos and hands-on labs (level 300-400). The Windows 7 Deployment Workshop technology focus includes: *Day 1 - **Win7 deployment using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)* · Migrating User Data using the User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0. Lab: USMT 4.0 · Introduction to deploying Windows 7 using the Windows Automated Installation Kit. Lab: Configuring an answer file with Windows SIM · Image Engineering with Windows AIK. Lab: Image Engineering with Windows AIK · Deploying Windows 7 with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). Lab: Deploying Windows 7 with MDT · Advanced Windows 7 Deployment with MDT. Lab: Advanced Windows 7 Deployment with MDT *Day 2 - Win7 application compatibility using App Compat Toolkit (ACT)* · Using ACT 5.5 to prepare migration from Windows XP to Windows 7. Lab: Using ACT 5.5 to prepare migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 · Mitigating Application Issues Using Shims. Lab: Mitigation Using Shims · Windows 7 Deployment with System Center Configuration Manager. Lab: Windows 7 Deployment with ConfigMgr Microsoft IT Evangelist Adam (Bomb) Carter<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/adam_bomb>will conduct the Workshop training and be available to answer your questions and receive your feedback on the event, content and product. *More on the Workshop Training Series:* This event is part of the Workshop Training Series sponsored by (UGSS). The goal of this series is to provide live training, support and turn-key course materials on various Microsoft technologies. Attendees will: - Learn more about, and how to present, new and emerging technologies directly from Microsoft IT Evangelists ** - Receive access to a 100 – to 300-level build-of-materials (BOMs) for use in personal readiness and local redelivery. Workshop BOMs include presentations, speaker notes/videos, virtual machines, hands-on lab manuals, sample event agendas and more. Core workshop materials have been modularized to accommodate 1-hour sessions to full-day workshops.** To register please click here<https://www.technicalcommunity.com/InfoCenter/Workshops/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?XsnLocation=/infocenter/workshops/lists/registrations/item/template.xsn> ! * * *Additional Information* More on Adam Carter: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/adam_bomb More on Windows 7 Deployment: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd361745 <https://www.technicalcommunity.com/InfoCenter/Workshops/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?XsnLocation=/infocenter/workshops/lists/registrations/item/template.xsn> *Date: April 28, 2011* *Time: 8:00 a.m. (PST) and* *6:00 p.m. (PST)* * * *Location: Live Meeting Duration: 75 minutes* *Contact: ** **- **UGSS Support Team* <v-taniaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>*: for information on program - **WWDPE* <v-cwarne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>*: for information on content * <https://www.technicalcommunity.com/Pages/default.aspx>** * * <http://www.technet.com/>** © 2008 Microsoft Corporation. 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