Windows Vista: Kompletní sada nástrojů pro nasazení Windows Vista
Konečně to vypadá, že nástroje, které administrátoři nutně potřebují ke kvalitnímu nasazení Windows Vista v jejich prostředích jsou kompletní. Snažil jsem se zde uvést jejich seznam a odkaz na jednotlivé stránky, kde se tyto dají stáhnout. Snad zvládnete anglické popisky :).
Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2007
BDD 2007 is a set of comprehensive guidelines and tools that organizations can use to help deploy Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system to desktops. BDD 2007 includes single-image engineering and deployment capabilities, user-state migration tools, remote deployment tools and integration with other key Microsoft deployment products such as Systems Management Server 2003. BDD 2007 brings together many deployment tools into a consolidated, comprehensive solution. BDD 2007 also includes or can be used to obtain and integrate many of the important deployment and planning tools announced today, including ACT 5.0, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment and the Volume Activation 2.0 tools. A free download of BDD 2007 is available to all customers and partners at https://www.microsoft.com/desktopdeployment.
Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0
ACT 5.0 is a tool that helps businesses reduce the cost and time needed to resolve potential application compatibility issues encountered when moving to Windows Vista. Through a series of compatibility evaluators and tools, ACT 5.0 enables software developers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and IT professionals to determine whether their applications are compatible with Windows Vista and how best to resolve any conflicts, even before Windows Vista is deployed within an organization. ACT 5.0 also includes mechanisms for remediating compatibility issues and tracking compatibility information through an application’s entire life cycle. In addition, the new online ACT community feature provides users with access to regularly-updated assessments and test results from Microsoft and a range of other companies, including the ISVs themselves. ACT 5.0 is available as a free download from https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa905102.aspx.
Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 1.0
The Windows Vista Hardware Assessment solution accelerator enables businesses to make more informed decisions about which of their existing PCs to upgrade to Windows Vista and the resources required to complete the upgrade process. This networkwide tool quickly inventories all PCs on a business’s network without installing any software agents on each PC, assesses their hardware and device compatibility with Windows Vista, and automatically generates a set of comprehensive reports with upgrade recommendations for each PC. This free download is available at https://www.microsoft.com/technet/wvha.
Microsoft Volume Activation 2.0 tools
Microsoft has added several options to the ways in which business customers can use volume activation technologies to activate multiple Windows Vista-based PCs in their desktop environments.
The Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) enables IT professionals to automate and centrally manage the volume activation process using a Multiple Activation Key (MAK). MAK activation requires a one-time communication with Microsoft either independently by each computer, or VAMT can proxy the communication on behalf of multiple computers at once. VAMT is available from the Microsoft Download Center at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=77533.
Key Management Service (KMS) for Windows Server 2003 provides customers with the functionality of running KMS on Windows Server 2003. KMS enables business customers to host a local service within their environment that is used during the Windows Vista activation process without sending information to Microsoft. KMS for Windows Server 2003 is available from the Microsoft Download Center at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=82964.
Virtual PC 2007
Virtual PC 2007 is optimized for Windows Vista and makes it possible to simultaneously run multiple operating systems on a single PC. This allows business customers to migrate computers to Windows Vista for a more secure and manageable experience while keeping a previous Windows environment available to run legacy or custom applications in a virtual setting. Enhancements include improved performance, hardware virtualization, preboot execution environment (PXE) functionality and support for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista. Microsoft’s Software Assurance customers who use Windows Vista Enterprise Edition can take advantage of Virtual PC 2007 to create virtual machines for the four additional licenses of Windows they are entitled to on each machine. Virtual PC 2007 also provides environments for software development and testing and multiple operating system scenarios for help desks, support services and staff training. Virtual PC 2007 is freely available online today; customers that want to download and begin using Virtual PC 2007 can visit https://www.microsoft.com/virtualpc.