Desktop Deployment TechCenter
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Last updated: June 4, 2007
Business Desktop Deployment overview video (requires Flash plug-in)
This video describes the key features and benefits of BDD 2007, the next generation of business desktop deployment guidance and tools.
TechNet Magazine: 10 things you need to know about deploying Windows Vista
From more flexible image handling to a new boot loader, Windows Vista introduces some important changes for desktop deployment. Here's a look at 10 ways Windows Vista can make your next deployment faster and easier than ever.
TechNet Magazine: Managing hardware restrictions via Group Policy
USB thumb-disk keys and other removable devices can make your personal life easier but your professional life harder. For improved security, you need a way to control what hardware devices your users are installing on their work systems. Now you can use Group Policy to control which devices they can use and which ones they can't.
1. Collect and analyze the application inventory
2. Test your mitigation strategies
3. Resolve any outstanding compatibility issues
4. Deploy compatibility mitigation packages
Application Compatibility Toolkit
Virtual PC
Virtual Server
SMS 2003 (Zero Touch Only)
1. Build a company-standard image for deployment
2. Test the image in a controlled pilot program
3. Use the right tools and utilities to deploy the image
4. Manage the image lifecycle
Windows Preinstallation Environment
Windows System Preparation Tool
Desktop Deployment Workbench
ImageX
SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack (Zero Touch Only)
1. Inventory hardware assets for centralized management
2. Optimize the infrastructure for deployment
3. Employ technologies to manage infrastructure
Windows Management Instrumentation
Active Directory
Windows Vista Hardware Assessment
1. Identify core and supplemental applications
2. Develop and test deployment packages
3. Identify, inventory, and prioritize applications
Macrovision AdminStudio Professional Edition
Windows Installer
1. Ensure the appropriate LTI infrastructure exists
2. Prepare the deployment environment
3. Prepare the Windows DS server
4. Deploy the OS images to the client computers
1. Ensure the appropriate ZTI infrastructure exists
3. Configure resource access and the ZTI image
4. Prepare Windows PE CDs and legacy images
5. Deploy the OS images to the client computers
Windows Deployment Services
1. Choose and define your Office system editions
2. Identify the upgrade issues
3. Create the installation point
4. Customize Office system versions
5. Deploy and maintain the Office system
Active Directory and Group Policy
Office 2003 Resource Kit
Capture and store user data and app information
1. Build new desktop and install the standard image
2. Restore user data and app information to new desktop
User State Migration Tool
SMS OSD Feature Pack (Zero Touch Only)
1. Choose and enable the security configuration
2. Manage security updates
3. Maintain desktop security
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Server Update Services