Microsoft Deployment er lansert (ny BDD)

Neste versjon av Business Desktop Deployment pakka, BDD, heter Microsoft Deployment, enkelt og greit. En av grunnene til navneendringen er at den nå også er laget for server deployment. Nye features:

System Center integrering

  • Dynamically install packages

     

  • Automatically determine user state store locations

     

  • Back up computers and database settings

     

  • Install to computers unknown to the Configuration Manager 2007 database

     

  • Perform offline patching

     

  • Install language packs offline and online

     

  • Monitor deployments using an updated Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack

     

Lite touch forbedringer

  • Deploy pre-release versions of Windows Server 2008, including support for Server Core installation options.

     

  • Automate server role definition using Server Manager.

     

  • Configure disk and network interface cards (NICs), including static TCP/IP configuration.

     

  • Migrate from LTI to Configuration Manager 2007.

     

  • Create custom task sequences or modify task sequences based on new templates for:

     

    • Client template: Windows Vista, Windows® XP

       

    • Server template: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008

       

    • Replace scenario template

       

  • Invoke Web service calls from rules.

     

  • Deploy operating system images using the new multicast feature in Windows Server 2008 Windows Deployment Services.

https://www.microsoft.com/deployment