Quick notes. Page to be expanded…
Microsoft Deployment Presenters
- Tim Minter – tminter[at]microsoft(dot)com
- Baldwin Ng – baldwinn[at]microsoft(dot)com
Infrastructure Management Presenter
- Jeremy Chapman – jchapman[at]microsoft(dot)com
TechNet
Microsoft’s TechNet Infrastructure Planning and Design is a good place to start and learn about the new network and system analysis tools required to deploy new Microsoft products and virtualization into an existing environment.
Key tools include Guides such as:
- Windows Deployment Services Guide
- IPD Infrastructure Planning and Design (downloadable document)
- SoftGrid Application Virtualization Guide
- Virtualization Guide
- Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Guide
Microsoft Deployment LINKS
Infrastructure Planning and Design
http://microsoft.com/deployment
download the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 (combined Server and Desktop+Office)
a search of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit at the Microsoft Download Center
the original Business Desktop Deployment 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/serverdeployment/default.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators
http://technet.microsoft.com/virtualization
Mid Sized Business
http://www.microsoft.com/midsizebusiness/mmrp/deploy.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/midsizebusiness/mmrp/deploy/infrastructure.mspx
Blog LINKS
http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment
http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys
http://blogs.technet.com/mapblog
Security LINKS
Windows Server 2008 Security Guide
NOTES:
Microsoft Deployment Server (originally named Business Desktop Deployment) is a suite of tools, resources, documents, etc.. that bring together the analysis, planning and deployment of software into the network environment.
Presenters broke the work of this deployment concept into two functional categories:
- Light Touch Deployment
- Zero Touch Deployment
Helpful tools include:
- System Center Configuration Manager
- Deployment Toolkit Reference
- Deployment Workbench (search these two keywords on TechNet)
- SMS 2003 (prior version – for historical research)
Deployment Workbench is a FREE tool (30MB download) which comprises many tools to aid in deployment. The Deployment Workbench includes a task sequencing component which greatly simplifies the deployment of complex OS and software installations into your environment. Deployment workbench can deploy
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2008
- Service Packs and patches
- and a variety of additional software (3rd party)
… to be continued