Windows Desktop Deployment - Resource Kit

Deploy and manage your desktop environment-with tools and resources direct from Microsoft.

Deploy and manage Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 Editions with expertise from well-known Windows authority Jerry Honeycutt. This official RESOURCE KIT packs the in-depth information you need to determine the best deployment path for your organization; prepare and test for deployment; automate, customize, and distribute installations; and manage and support your deployment. You also get timesaving scripts, worksheets, and a searchable eBook on CD-everything you need to help maximize the performance and reliability of your business desktops and help reduce ownership and support costs.

Get in-depth guidance on how to:

• Apply best practices for deployment planning
• Identify and resolve migration and application compatibility issues
• Configure user settings, build distribution points, and "chain" installations
• Plan for and migrate users' existing data and settings
• Create disk images and deploy them using third-party tools
• Use Remote Installation Services (RIS) to support clean installations
• Help automate deployment with Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
• Deploy critical security and feature updates with Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS)
• Provide multilingual compatibility and enable support for mobile users
• Automate desktop deployment and management tasks with batch scripts

CD includes scripts, worksheets, white papers, and an eBook. Get scripts to:

• Configure data
• Copy device drivers
• Join domains
• List applications
• Run installations
• Migrate users
• more

Plus, worksheets for:

• Application compatibility and testing
• Disk imaging
• Distribution methods and shares
• Dynamic updates
• Master configuration
• RIS planning, deployment, and testing
• Windows XP Group Policy
• more