Optimising Desktop Deployment
Windows Vista & 2007 Office System
Jeff Alexander | Technology Advisor | Microsoft Australia
What Customers Tell Us…
How can we
automate user
requests to refresh
their computers?
How can we help
increase the
productivity of
our desktop staff?
How can we help
ensure that our
computers stay
compliant with our
desktop standards?
How can we ensure
desktop consistency
throughout our
organization?
How can we
deploy our
applications with
the operating
system?
How can we save
existing user
profile information
when we upgrade?
Minimize the cost of patching and security response
Protection of corporate data and policy enforcement
Cost and
Complexity
Operational
Agility
Reduce the cost of engineering, deploying and
managing corporate PCs company-wide
Proactively enable business requests and IT
management requirements for
Collaboration
Mobility
Other team productivity requests
Eliminate information overload and improve:
Speed of decision making and execution
Efficiency of communication and collaboration
Quality of customer/partner relationships
Key Desktop Goals
What customers say…
Increase
Operational Agility
Reduce Costs and
Complexity
Improve Security
Growth
Customer service
Regulatory
compliance
Device management
Varying skill sets
Mobility
PC maintenance
Server sprawl
Legacy platforms
Deployment and
maintenance
Identity management
Software updates
Malicious attacks,
viruses, spam, etc.
Evolving threats
Patch management,
VPN
Secure access
Automation Helps Save Cost
Manual
Light Touch
Zero
Touch
Windows Vista can cost less to deploy than the Microsoft Windows® XP
operating system via light-touch and zero-touch deployment approaches
How Do You Get There?
Infrastructure Optimization Model
Fully automated
management,
dynamic
resource
usage, businesslinked service
level agreements
Uncoordinated,
manual
infrastructure
Managed IT
infrastructure
with limited
automation
Managed and
consolidated IT
infrastructure
with maximum
automation
Cost Center
More Efficient
Cost Center
Business
Enabler
Strategic
Asset
Basic
Standardized
Rationalized
Dynamic
Windows Vista Deployment Goals
 Better application
compatibility
 Faster and more reliable
deployment
 Significantly reduced number
of images
 Better servicing of images
 Integrated suite of tools
 Comprehensive best practices
Getting Current on the Desktop
Deployment Blockers
Costs of Engineering, Deployment, and Operate
• Planning complexity for new deployment projects
• Proliferation of OS Images impacts operating efficiency
• Application compatibility testing and packaging is time
consuming and costly
• Weak inventory of HW/SW/MSI scripts
• Deployment complexity
• End User Education
Perceived User ROI
• “Does the upgrade offer enough employee productivity
improvement to justify the costs?”
Windows Vista
Deployment Design Innovations
 Modularization
 Worldwide Deployment with MUI
 File-based image formats
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Nondestructive imaging
XML-based unattend files
Windows PE technology
Application compatibility and migration
 Script-based installations
Implementation
Deployment tools
 Windows Automated Installation Kit
 Image Based Installs using ImageX
 Unattended installs using Windows Deployment Services
 SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack with update
 BDD Lite Touch and Zero Touch Installations
BDD Windows Vista
Focus Areas
Simplification
 Separation of guidance and methodology from tools and reference material
 Scripts and tools for Lite Touch and Zero Touch Installations
 Complete Lite Touch Installation rewrite
Windows Vista deployment tools
 Windows System Image Manager, ImageX, WinPE 2.0, Windows
Deployment Services (WDS), USMT 3.0, SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack
update, ACT 5.0
Guidance for new Windows Vista capabilities
 User Account Control, Microsoft BitLocker™ Drive Encryption,
Multilingual User Interface (MUI), and many more
Windows Deployment Services
Delivers “in-box” OS provisioning solution
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Leverages new deployment technology
Coexistence with RIS
Delivers customizable platform components
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Remote boot capability for WinPE
Plug-in model for Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE)
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Client–server communication protocol
Unifies on single image format
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Continues to deploy RIS images from WDS servers
SMS 2003 OSD Update
Support for Windows Vista deployments
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Starting with Windows Vista Beta 2
Deploy Windows Vista RTM
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Requires SMS 2003 SP2 for Windows Vista client support
Support for x64 client operating systems
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Deploy Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Upgrade from 32-bit to x64
Uses USMT 2.6.1
Demo
Windows Vista Deployment
Deployment Tools
Roadmap
Currently
Shipping
SMS 2003
SP1 10/04
SMS 2003
10/03
SMS 2003
SP2
OSD FP
= OS Deployment
Product
SCCM2007
OSD FP
LH update
11/04
Transfer
scenarios
VSMT
10/04
ADS 1.0
ADS 1.1
9/03
9/05
SMS v4 OS
Deployment builds
on Longhorn tools
PXE
technology
RIS in
WS2003
2003
Unified Enterprise
OS Deployment
Customer
updates
WDS for
WS2003
2004
2005
2006
WDS in
LH Server
2007
2007 Microsoft Office Client Deployment: An
Introduction to New Tools & Techniques
John Hodgson | Technology Specialist | Microsoft Australia
The Evolution of Desktop Migration
2006+: To Vista & 2007 Office
2004: To WinXP & Office 2003
2000: To Win2k and Office 2k
Automated & Standardized
Semi-Automated Processes
Manual Processes
x
Advanced application and file
compatibility testing with online
database. File format
compatibility solutions reduce
risk
Compatibility tools introduced
Compatibility issues
Migration from MS-DOS and
16-bit Windows
File-format changes between
Office versions
Limited ability to standardize
and share best practices
Cost: ~ $500/PC
BDD gives customer best
practices and guidance to
manage deployment projects
Customers are able to deploy
desktops as light touch and zero
touch for the first time
Improved BDD delivers new
level of guidance with fully
automated deployment process
for both OS and Office
Security tradeoffs and migration
of Office macros to VBA drive
complexity
Products engineered with clear
understanding of enterprise
deployment requirements
Cost: < $250/PC
Cost: < $100/PC*
* Based on Windows XP/ Office 2003 experience
How 2007 Microsoft Office
Is Making Deployment Easier
The 2007 release of Microsoft Office incorporates the largest investment in deployment
& management capabilities in the product’s history
New Tools
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Office Migration Planning Manager
File Conversion Tool
New Setup Architecture
– Local Install Source
New Office Customization Tool
Greater Group Policy support
New Multilingual Architecture
Comprehensive Guidance
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Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator
Office Resource Kit
What’s Changed?
Source: http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/9df1c7d2-30a9-47bb-a3b2-5166b394fbf51033.mspx?mfr=true
Demo
Microsoft Office Customisation Tool
Office Migration Planning Manager
File Conversion Tool
Deployment Overview
Summary
Innovations and investments in Windows Vista and Office
2007 System
 Imaging, modularization, performance..
 Comprehensive suite of tools that address the complete deployment lifecycle
 Best practices and deployment guidance
These will enable Windows Vista to
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Reduce the number of images
Better service images – offline, etc.
Increase speed and reliability of installation
Retain application compatibility
Additional Resources
Visit Microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows Server System™ integrated server software
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem
SMS 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/SMS
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx
SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU)
http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/downloads/2003/tools/msupdates.mspx
BDD
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/default.mspx
Leverage the Identity and Access Management Series
http://www.microsoft.com/idm
Attend a free chat or webcast
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/chats/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/default.asp
Participate in related newsgroups
http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
Visit the Directory Services community site
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/directoryservices
Locate local user groups
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/usergroups/default.mspx
Key Takeaways
Simplified deployments for Windows Vista and 2007
Office system
• Business Desktop Deployment is THE best practice methodology for
desktop deployment
• Solve application and document compatibility
• Reduce deployment time, costs and complexity
Your next steps
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Test Windows Vista and 2007 Office system for your organization
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx
Download the free Business Desktop Deployment 2007 solution to get all
the deployment tools
http://microsoft.com/desktopdeployment
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Learn more about Windows Vista, Exchange 2007 or the 2007 Office
system at http://microsoft.com/businesslaunch2007
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