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Microsoft Deployment 2008 Released

robcost — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:57:54 GMT

The next version of Microsoft Deployment (the old BDD), version 2008, has been released to the web. This new release has plenty of stuff, including support for the following...

Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate (32 and 64 bit) RTM and SP1
Office Professional, Professional Plus, Enterprise, and Ultimate 2007
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 R2 (32 and 64 bit)
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (32 and 64 bit) or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

Check out the Deployment site here...

http://www.microsoft.com/deployment

or just go grab the latest release here...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3BD8561F-77AC-4400-A0C1-FE871C461A89&displaylang=en

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OCS Edge Deployments

robcost — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:11:10 GMT

Ok, so we know the OCS 2007 Edge Server Deployment Guide has heaps of great details on how to get your Edge deployment up and running, but it can be a little confusing, especially around some of the different firewall scenario's that people have. Some people have plenty of external IP address, some don't have many spare, some people have external and internal firewalls, some have a 3-leg firewall. It can get confusing, believe-you-me.

Jeff Schertz from PointBridge has a great post on some of these scenarios and good explanations of how you implement them. Check it out here...

https://blogs.pointbridge.com/Blogs/schertz_jeff/Pages/Post.aspx?_ID=19

Technorati Tags: OCS, Edge Deployment

Microsoft Deployment RC1 Now Available

robcost — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:25:46 GMT

Today we announced the Release Candidate 1 of Microsoft Deployment, which is the new name for the forth generation deployment Solution Accelerator.

This release continues to support Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) of desktop operating systems using Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 with the Operating System Deployment Feature Pack and adds new deployment and task sequencing capabilities for desktops and servers using System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Microsoft Deployment also continues to provide Lite Touch Installation (LTI) support without infrastructure requirements and adds capabilities for Windows Server 2003 and pre-release versions of Windows Server 2008.

It's available on Microsoft Connect, and you can sign up here... Microsoft Deployment Connection program on Microsoft Connect

For related information check out...

Desktop Deployment Center on Microsoft TechNet

Windows Server 2008 on Microsoft TechNet

System Center Configuration Manager on Microsoft TechNet

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