Desktop Deployment
Tasks & Tools
Tasks & Tools: Overview
Application Compatibility
Application Compatibility: Overview
Step 1: Collect and analyze inventory
Step 2: Test your mitigation strategies
Step 3: Resolve outstanding compatibility issues
Step 4: Deploy compatibility mitigation packages
Application Compatibility Toolkit
Office 2003 Access Conversion Toolkit
Systems Management Server 2003
Microsoft Virtual PC
Imaging
Imaging: Overview
Step 1: Build a company-standard image
Step 2: Test using controlled pilot program
Step 3: Use tools and utilities to deploy
Step 4: Manage the image lifecycle
Systems Management Server 2003
Windows System Preparation Tool
Windows Preinstallation Environment
Systems Management Server 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature Pack
Infrastructure Management
Infrastructure Management: Overview
Step 1: Inventory hardware assets
Step 2: Optimize the infrastructure
Step 3: Provide for accurate and timely information
Active Directory
Systems Management Server 2003
Windows Management Instrumentation
Deployment Process
Deployment Process: Overview
OSD Scenarios Download and Execute
Executive Summary
Introduction
Configuration Details
Defining Collections
Configuring SMS 2003 Advanced Client Computers
Configuring Operating System Programs and Advertisements
OSD Scenarios: Download and Execute
OSD Scenarios Download and Execute
Executive Summary
Introduction
Scenarios
Scenario 1: Role-Based Application Installation
Scenario 1: Using Role Values Directly in CustomSettings.ini
Scenario 1: Using Role Values to Query a Database
Scenario 1: Retrieving the Role Value from the Database
Scenario 2: Location-Based Application Installation
Scenario 2: Using Default Gateway Values Directly in CustomSettings.ini
Scenario 2: Using Default Gateway Values to Query a Database
Scenario 2: Using Default Gateway Values to Query a Database by Site
Scenario 3: Hardware-Specific Application Installation
Scenario 3: Using Make and Model Values Directly in CustomSettings.ini
Scenario 3: Using Make and Model Values to Query a Database
Scenario 4: Computer-Specific Application Installation
Scenario 4: Using MAC Address Values Directly in CustomSettings.ini
Scenario 4: Using MAC Address Values to Query a Database
Scenario 5: Dynamic Computer-Specific Application Installation
Scenario 6: User Self-Provisioned Computer-Specific Application Installation
Scenario 7: User-Customized Dynamic Computer-Specific Application Installation
Lite Touch Step 1: Ensure appropriate infrastructure exists
Lite Touch Step 2: Install servers
Lite Touch Step 3: Create appropriate environment and images
Lite Touch Step 4: Deploy
Zero Touch Step 1: Ensure appropriate infrastructure exists
Zero Touch Step 2: Create automation database
Zero Touch Step 3: Create appropriate images
Zero Touch Step 4: Deploy
Zero Touch Step 5: Monitor
Remote Installation Services
Systems Management Server 2003
Systems Management Server 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature Pack
Software Update Services
Deployment Process
Deployment Process
Deployment Process
Office 2007 Deployment
Office 2007 Deployment: Overview
Step 1: Choose and define office editions
Step 2: Identify the upgrade issues
Step 3: Create installation point
Step 4: Customize Office
Step 5: Deploy and maintain Office
Active Directory and Group Policy
Systems Management Server 2003
User State Migration
User State Migration: Overview
Step 1: Capture and store user data
Step 2: Build desktop and install image
Step 3: Restore user data and application information
Step 4: Deploy Group Policies
User State Migration Toolkit
Active Directory
Systems Management Server 2003
Systems Management Server 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature Pack
Security and Patching
Security and Patching: Overview
Step 1: Choose and enable security configuration
Step 2: Manage security updates
Step 3: Maintain desktop security
Systems Management Server 2003
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Software Update Services
Provisioning
OSD Scenarios Download and Execute
Executive Summary
Introduction
Configuration Details
Defining Collections
Configuring SMS 2003 Advanced Client Computers
Configuring Operating System Programs and Advertisements
OSD Scenarios Download and Execute
Executive Summary
Introduction
Scenarios
Scenario 1: Role-Based Application Installation
Scenario 1: Using Role Values Directly in CustomSettings.ini
Scenario 1: Using Role Values to Query a Database
Scenario 1: Retrieving the Role Value from the Database
Scenario 2: Location-Based Application Installation
Scenario 2: Using Default Gateway Values Directly in CustomSettings.ini
Scenario 2: Using Default Gateway Values to Query a Database
Scenario 2: Using Default Gateway Values to Query a Database by Site
Scenario 3: Hardware-Specific Application Installation
Scenario 3: Using Make and Model Values Directly in CustomSettings.ini
Scenario 3: Using Make and Model Values to Query a Database
Scenario 4: Computer-Specific Application Installation
Scenario 4: Using MAC Address Values Directly in CustomSettings.ini
Scenario 4: Using MAC Address Values to Query a Database
Scenario 5: Dynamic Computer-Specific Application Installation
Scenario 6: User Self-Provisioned Computer-Specific Application Installation
Scenario 7: User-Customized Dynamic Computer-Specific Application Installation
Provisioning: Overview
Step 1: Identify administrative tasks
Step 2: Ensure appropriate infrastructure exists
Step 3: Install the ZTP server
Step 4: Create ZTP services
Step 5: Delegate appropriate ZTP services
Step 6: Initiate, monitor, and approve ZTP services
Authorization Manager
BizTalk Server 2004
Windows SharePoint Services
Systems Management Server 2003
SQL Server 2000
Application Management
Application Management: Overview
Step 1: Identify core and supplemental applications.
Step 2: Develop and test deployment packages.
Step 3: Identify, inventory, and prioritize core and supplemental applications.
Understanding Desktop Deployment
Understanding Desktop Deployment: Overview
Getting Started with the Deployment Center
Desktop Deployment for Midsize Businesses
Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment
Business Value of Deploying Windows XP and Office
Associated Resources
Events and Learning
Featured Articles
Using Virtual Server 2005 in Desktop Deployment
Using Solution Accelerator for BDD in Small- and Medium-Sized Organizations
Jerry Honeycutt
Douglas Steen
Deployment Testing with Virtual PC 2004
Understanding Group Policy Technologies for Desktop Deployment
Eric Voskuil
Get To Know the Solution Accelerator for BDD—Fast, Part I
Techniques for Patching New Computers
Tony Northrup
Managing Your Operating Systems
Best Practices for Using USMT 2.6
Managing Your Operating Systems
Select the Best Method for Deploying Office 2003
Optimize Desktop Productivity with User Profiles
Using Sysprep To Deploy Desktops
Get To Know the Solution Accelerator for BDD Fast - Part 2
Choosing the Best Deployment Method
Customize Business Desktop Deployment with Batch Scripts
Ralph Ramos
Partners
Partners: Overview
Application Compatibility Services Partners
Asset Management Services Partners
New PCs and Hardware Upgrades Partners
Access and Office Conversion and Migration Services Partners
Deployment Services (Planning and Delivery) Partners
Security Partners
Training Partners
Assessment Services Partners
Deployment Partners
Downloads
Learning
Community
Events & Webcasts
Desktop Deployment Tablet PC Webcasts Sweepstakes
Desktop Deployment Webcasts Promotion: Xbox Game Pack
Scripting for Desktop Deployment
Events & Errors
Knowledge Base Search
Desktop Deployment: Technical Briefings
Support
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