System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is the solution to comprehensively assess, deploy, and update your servers, clients, and devices—across physical, virtual, distributed, and mobile environments. Optimized for Windows and extensible beyond, it is the best choice for gaining enhanced insight into, and control over, your IT systems.

In this article we will cover the ZTI - Zero Touch Installation.

This guide covers integeration of various technologies which are mentioned below:

1. Windows 2008 R2 x64 BIT.
2. SQL 2008 SP1.
3. Windows Deployment Services.
4. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - MDT
5. Internet Information Services 7.5.
6. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 - SCCM.

This Guide will be split in various parts & currently I am not even sure how many parts will there be in the end but I will update this as I go along.

If you want a 70000 feet veiw of the key points involved before reading all the various steps involved in this article series the summary is as follows:

Planning & Installation SCCM 2007

1. Install Windows 2008 ( PILOT-DC-01 + PILOT-SCCM-01 )
2. Configure Domain controller & Configure DNS
3. Configure DHCP
4. Install & configure Windows Deployment Server ( WDS )
5. Perform Windows Update.
6. Create Users for SCCM
7. Install & configure IIS 7.5 ( Internet Information Services )
 a. Install relevant IIS features.
 b. Install & configure Webdav.
 c. Install Desktop Experience
 d. Configure Authentication + Authorization + Install Remote Differential Compression + BITS
 e. Configure Application Config file & than test WebDav
8. Install SQL 2008 ( including sp1 )
9. Install WSUS.
10. Extend Active Directory Schema.
     Step 1: Extend the Active Directory schema.
     Step 2: Create the System Management container.
     Step 3: Set security permissions on the System Management container.
     Step 4: Add the Site Server to the Administrators Security Group.
11. Add DHCP Scope options for PXE.
12. Install System Center Configuration Manager 2007 - SCCM
13. Install System Center Configuration Manager 2007 - ( SP2 )
     a. Uninstall AIK & Install AIK version compatible with Windows 7.

Configuring SCCM 2007

14. Configure the Network Access Account.

Depending on the media you are using the SCCM build versions may vary accordingly.

So to compelte Part 1

Task 1:  Install Windows 2008

How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Step by Step


Good Luck !!!