Announcing an all-new SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT designed to help maximize your performance on 70-686, the required exam for the MCITP: Windows 7, Desktop Administrator certification. This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft® study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most-including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and labs to build the skills and expertise you can use on the job. Topics include planning and managing a client life-cycle strategy, designing a standard image and client configurations, planning Windows 7 client deployment, managing application compatibility, and identifying and resolving issues with deployment and configuration. Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Then assess yourself using the 200 practice questions on CD, featuring multiple customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers-including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an exam discount voucher-making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.
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Chapter 1 Preparing to Deploy Windows 7
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Understanding the Windows 7 Deployment Life Cycle
Lesson 2: Gathering Upgrade Information
Chapter Review
Chapter 2 Designing a Client Life Cycle
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Designing and Managing a Licensing Strategy
Lesson 2: Designing a Client Hardware Platform
Lesson 3: Migrating User Profiles
Chapter Review
Chapter 3 Creating and Managing System Images
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Designing an Image Creation Strategy
Lesson 2: Customizing and Updating Images
Chapter Review
Chapter 4 Configuring Clients
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Designing a Client Configuration Strategy
Lesson 2: Creating a Client Baseline Configuration
Chapter Review
Chapter 5 Configuring Security and Internet Explorer
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Configuring Client Security
Lesson 2: Configuring Windows Internet Explorer
Chapter Review
Chapter 6 Designing a Windows 7 Client Deployment Strategy
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Understanding the Windows 7 Deployment Process
Lesson 2: Choosing a Deployment Method
Chapter Review
Chapter 7 Designing Lite-Touch and Zero-Touch Deployments
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Designing a Lite-Touch Deployment
Lesson 2: Designing a Zero-Touch Deployment
Chapter Review
Chapter 8 Planning a Windows 7 Client Update Strategy
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Designing an Update Management Strategy
Lesson 2: Deploying Updates to Clients
Chapter Review
Chapter 9 Deploying Applications
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Designing an Application Deployment Strategy
Lesson 2: Managing Application Compatibility
Chapter Review
Chapter 10 Using Application Deployment Tools
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Deploying Applications Using Group Policy and SCCM 2007
Lesson 2: Deploying Applications Using RDS
Chapter Review
Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Internet Explorer and Group Policy Issues
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Troubleshooting Internet Explorer Issues
Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Group Policy Issues
Chapter Review
Chapter 12 Troubleshooting Networking and Authentication-Authorization Issues
Before You Begin
Lesson 1: Troubleshooting Network Issues
Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Authentication and Authorization Issues
Chapter Review
Appendix Answers
Chapter 1: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 1: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 2: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 2: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 3: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 3: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 4: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 4: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 5: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 5: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 6: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 6: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 7: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 7: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 8: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 8: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 9: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 9: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 10: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 10: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 11: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 11: Case Scenario Answers
Chapter 12: Lesson Review Answers
Chapter 12: Case Scenario Answers
Glossary
Appendix About the Authors
Appendix System Requirements
Title:
MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-686): Windows® 7 Desktop Administrator
Craig Zacker is a writer, editor, and network administrator who has written or contributed to dozens of books on operating systems, networking, and PC hardware, along with several college texts and online training courses.
Orin Thomas, MCITP, MCSE, Microsoft MVP, is a writer, teacher, and consultant whose books include the SELF-PACED TRAINING KITs for Windows 7 Exam 70-680 and Windows Server® 2008 Exams 70-646 and 70-647.
