Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment Standard Edition
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 | Overview |
| Benefits of Business Desktop Deployment |
| Target Audience |
| Documentation Overview |
| Feedback |
Overview
The Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) is part of a family of Microsoft solution offerings aimed at providing reusable components and repeatable processes to achieve timely and cost-effective information technology (IT) solutions.
The BDD solution accelerator is designed to help a team deploy Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Office 2003, and other applications to computers across an organization quickly and reliably. It addresses both Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
To achieve this goal, this accelerated solution provides fully developed processes for:
| • | Workstation imaging |
| • | Software and hardware inventory |
| • | Application compatibility evaluation and remediation |
| • | Application packaging and scripting |
| • | Network inventory and analysis |
| • | Workstation deployment, including data migration |
| • | Project management throughout the project’s life cycle |
This solution accelerator is based upon Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) project principles and Microsoft Worldwide Services real-world best practices. It provides guidance and documentation for use in planning, developing, and customizing an organization’s deployment.
Benefits of Business Desktop Deployment
The BDD solution accelerator facilitates quick deployment of new Microsoft desktop technologies and enables IT professionals to realize quick return on investment, at the same time setting new standards for reliability, performance, security, and ease of use.
It describes how to use new lightweight tools from Microsoft that can query Windows-based desktops and create a central database repository of all applications installed on the inventoried computers. The reports generated are used to prioritize application compatibility testing, characterize application installations on the production network, and provide input to desktop life cycle planning and license management.
It provides guidance for testing applications and leveraging the compatibility features of Windows XP Professional, enabling many noncertified applications to run successfully on the Windows XP platform.
Target Audience
The solution accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment Standard Edition was developed specifically for organizations with more than 250 PCs. It will be of use to readers in two primary categories:
| • | IT departments can use this accelerated solution to plan and carry out a Windows XP Professional desktop deployment either internally or with help from contractors or consultants. |
| • | Consulting organizations can use this accelerated solution to plan and carry out a Windows XP Professional deployment for a client company or organization. |
To obtain the maximum benefit from this solution, you should have at least a basic understanding of commonly used computer and networking terms and concepts and be fairly conversant with the Windows XP platform and user interface. Team members should be proficient in their assigned duties and be familiar with the other roles defined for MSF teams.
Documentation Overview
The BDD solution accelerator has four components: the Plan, Build, and Deploy Guide, the technical feature team guides, the template documents, and the solution scripts. A team can use these interdependent components in whole or in part depending on the role of a particular team member in the project.
A feature team is a cross-organizational team of responsible owners organized to solve a defined problem. The BDD solution includes the following feature teams:
| • | Application Compatibility |
| • | Computer Imaging System |
| • | Deployment |
| • | Infrastructure Remediation |
| • | Core Applications (including Office 2003) |
| • | Operations Readiness |
| • | Security |
| • | Supplemental Applications |
| • | Test |
| • | User State Migration |
The feature team guides provide information on specific technical areas. Separating the technical content from the planning and management content enables readers to focus on the types of documents that are most pertinent to their roles on the team.
Feedback
We always appreciate feedback. Please send your comments or questions regarding this technical guidance to cisfdbk@microsoft.com.