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.