Deloying windows 7 essential guidance from the windows 7 resource kit and technet magazine

Building on technology that the Windows Vista operating system introduced, Windows 7 deployment technology has evolved significantly since Windows XP Professional. For example, it supports file-based disk imaging to make high-volume deployments quicker, more efficient, and more cost effective. The Windows 7 operating system also provides
more robust deployment tools through the Windows Automated Installation Kit 2.0 (Windows AIK 2.0), including Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) and Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE). This chapter helps you get started with the Windows 7 deployment platform. It introduces these tools, describing how they relate to each other and providing you with a basic understanding of why and when to use each tool. The remaining chapters in Part II,
“Deployment,” describe in detail the tools introduced in this chapter. The Windows Automated Installation Kit User’s Guide in the Windows AIK 2.0 also details each tool described in this chapter.