Your network consists of a single Active Directory forest. You have 50 portable computers and 50 desktop computers. All computers have 32-bit hardware. You plan to deploy Windows 7 and 10 corporate applications to the computers by using a custom image. You need to prepare for the deployment by using the minimum amount of administrative effort. What should you do first?
A.
On one computer, install Windows 7 and the corporate applications.
B.
On one portable computer and one desktop computer, install Windows 7 and the corporate applications.
C.
On a server, install and run the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit.
D.
On a server, install the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) and run Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM).
Explanation:
To prepare the reference computer for the user, you use the Sysprep utility with the /generalize option to remove hardware-specific information from the Windows installation and the /oobe option to configure the computer to boot to Windows Welcome upon the next restart. Open an elevated command prompt on the reference computer and run the following command:
c:windowssystem32sysprepsysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /shutdown
Sysprep prepares the image for capture by cleaning up various user-specific and computer-specific settings, as well as log files. The reference installation now is complete and ready to be imaged.
/generalize
Prepares the Windows installation to be imaged. If you specify this option, all unique system information is removed from the Windows installation. The SID is reset, system restore points are cleared, and event logs are deleted. The next time the computer starts, the specialize configuration pass runs. A new SID is created, and the clock for Windows activation resets (unless the clock has already been reset three times).
/oobe
Restarts the computer in Windows Welcome mode. Windows Welcome enables users to customize their Windows 7 operating system, create user accounts, and name the computer. Any settings in the oobeSystem configuration pass in an answer file are processed immediately before Windows Welcome starts.
The answer doesn’t really explain why you would prepare the reference computer before downloading the AIK. The question is valid, I’m just not sure teh answer explains why A is right an D is not.
The question says “What should you do first?” where FIRST is the keyword. You must create a reference installation first, then run sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe before capturing the image. You can then use SIM to customize the image if necessary.