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Microsoft Updates Vista Deployment Tools
By Peter Galli
November 14, 2007 Microsoft officials are seeing a sharp increase in the number of businesses that are starting to test Windows Vista in their environments, and the software maker is looking to fuel that trend with updated tools that help with the testing and migration planning process.
Among these is Microsoft Deployment-formally known as Business Desktop Deployment 2007-which provides detailed guidance and aids large-scale deployment projects. Microsoft Deployment can be used to deploy Windows Vista, Office 2007, Windows Server 2003 and prerelease versions of Windows Server 2008.
It now also integrates with other deployment technologies such as System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and the Windows Automated Installation Kit to create a single path for image creation and automated installation, Stella Chernyak, group product manager for Windows client, told eWEEK here at the TechEd IT Forum.
The software maker has opened up beta testing for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator, a newer and expanded version of the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Tool, an inventory, assessment, and reporting product that checks computers on the network to see if they are ready to run Vista and Office 2007.
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