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220-1102 Practice Question: Deploy a custom Windows 10 image to 50 identical…
A technician needs to deploy a custom Windows 10 image to 50 identical workstations. The image must include specific drivers, applications, and settings. Which tool should the technician use to create and manage the deployment image?
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System Preparation Tool (Sysprep)
System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) is used to generalize a Windows installation so it can be imaged and deployed to multiple computers. DISM is used to capture and apply images, but Sysprep is required to prepare the OS for imaging. Windows PE is a minimal OS for deployment tasks, not for creating the image. Windows ADK includes deployment tools but Sysprep is the specific tool for image preparation.
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System Preparation Tool (Sysprep)
Why this is correct
The System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) is the correct utility because it generalizes a Windows installation by removing system-specific data, such as unique security identifiers (SIDs) and hardware-specific drivers. This crucial process prepares the operating system image to be deployed on multiple computers with potentially dissimilar hardware without encountering conflicts or duplicate SIDs. Sysprep ensures that each deployed machine receives a fresh, unique identity upon its first boot, facilitating large-scale custom Windows deployments.
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Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)
Why it's wrong here
Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a powerful command-line tool primarily used for servicing and preparing Windows images, including adding drivers, updates, or features, and capturing an image to a .wim file. While DISM is essential for the *management* and *capture* of a Windows image, it does not perform the critical generalization step itself. Sysprep must be executed *before* DISM can capture a truly universal image suitable for broad deployment.
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Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
Why it's wrong here
Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) is a lightweight, minimal operating system designed to prepare a computer for Windows installation, deploy Windows, or perform recovery tasks. It provides a bootable environment from which deployment tools, including DISM, can be run. However, Windows PE itself is not involved in the actual customization or generalization of a Windows installation; it merely serves as the platform or boot environment for executing those specific deployment tools.
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Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK)
Why it's wrong here
The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) is a comprehensive collection of tools and documentation that IT professionals and OEMs use to customize, assess, and deploy Windows operating systems. While the ADK *contains* many essential deployment components like DISM and Windows PE, it is not a single tool that performs the generalization function. Sysprep is the specific utility within the broader deployment ecosystem that handles the critical task of preparing a Windows installation for imaging.
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Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft that combines the familiarity of Windows 7 with the modern features of Windows 8, designed to run on a wide range of devices from desktops to tablets.
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