Operating system deployment provides the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 administrator with a tool for creating images that can be deployed to computers managed by Configuration Manager 2007, and to unmanaged computers using bootable media such as CD set or DVD. The image, in a Windows Imaging Format (WIM) format file, contains the desired version of a Microsoft Windows operating system and can also include any line-of-business applications that need to be installed on the computer. Operating system deployment provides the following functionality:
- Operating system image capture
- User state migration using the User State
Migration Tool
- Operating system image deployment
- Task sequences
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| For information about using the Configuration Manager 2007 Software Development Kit to script and develop software for this feature, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=129512. |
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Administrator Workflows for Operating System Deployment
Operating System Deployment Terminology
Supported Operating Systems and Hard Disk Configurations for Operating System Deployment
Upgrading from Systems Management Server 2003 Operating System Deployment
About the Operating System Deployment Reference Computer
About Native Mode Certificates and Operating System Deployment
About Capturing and Deploying an Operating System Image
About Creating the Operating System Deployment Packages
Operating System Deployment Checklists
About Feature Reports for Operating System Deployment
About Multicast for Operating System Deployment
About Configurations for Multicast for Operating System Deployment
About Unknown Computer Support for Operating System Deployment