Microsoft recently released
the Business Desktop Deployment (BDD 2007) toolkit! It is a guide for best practices,
scripts, migration scenarios, and general guidance on how to deploy Windows
Vista and Microsoft Office 2007.
To learn more about this solution
accelerator, visit the Overview page of the Business
Desktop Deployment 2007 or download BDD 2007 now.
Overview
Business
Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 is the best practice set of comprehensive
guidance and tools to optimally deploy Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft
Office system. Many changes have been made to BDD to significantly ease the
deployment of Windows Vista, including new out-of-the-box imaging technologies,
XML-based migration scripts, new tools for image engineering (ImageX and System
Image Manager), application compatibility (Application Compatibility Toolkit
5.0) and the new unattend XML format. Another huge breakthrough with Windows
Vista is Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) independence and language neutrality;
this means that our customers can get to a minimal number of standard images
across multiple hardware types and languages.
As with any advancement in
technologies, getting the maximum benefit requires understanding the tools and
technologies. BDD 2007 provides the depth of guidance and tooling to make the
Windows Vista and 2007 Office system deployment process predictable and
scalable.
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BDD 2007 includes best-practice guidance based on every stakeholder role
involved with desktop deployment, from business decision makers to end users.
Tasks are divided into logical groupings, and comprehensive job aids are
included to support the entire deployment process.
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BDD 2007 provides the layer of project management knowledge and tool
integration to make the complex desktop deployment process seamless and
predictable, while reducing or eliminating deployment-related service
disruptions and help desk calls.
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Many of the tools and guides within BDD 2007 can even be used throughout the
desktop management life cycle to provision new users, maintain images, and
centrally manage drivers and applications.
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BDD 2007 introduces the new Deployment Workbench, which enables users to build
and manage multiple OS configurations, define network deployment points and
network shares, inject drivers, attach language packs, and chain applications.
It even helps generate ISO and WIM images using Windows PE that can be deployed
in a networked environment or using DVDs offline.
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BDD 2007 also alleviates much of the scripting requirements of previous
deployment practices by incorporating a stand-alone task sequencer derived from
System Center Configuration Manager 2007. BDD continues to offer the
flexibility for Zero Touch Installation with Systems Management Server 2003 and
Lite Touch Installation with minimal infrastructure requirements.
Find Out More
To learn more about this solution
accelerator, visit the Overview page of the Business
Desktop Deployment 2007 or download BDD 2007 now.
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