Business Desktop Deployment 2007 has officially released and is available for immediate download!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=13F05BE2-FD0E-4620-8CA6-1AAD6FC54741&displaylang=en
Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 is THE best practice set of comprehensive guidance and tools to optimally deploy desktops running Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, or Microsoft Office 2003. It helps IT professionals realize a quick return on investment while also setting new standards for reliability, performance, security, and ease of use.
There are two different downloads of BDD 2007: BDD 2007 x86 & BDD 2007 x64. The difference in the versions is meant to be installed (the BDD Workbench and other components) on the main deployment machine. Either version can deploy to target machines that are either x86 or x64.
Here are some cool (or at least I think they're cool) notes about this new release:
- Unlike the previous versions of BDD that shipped years after Windows XP was shipped, this version shipped even before the Retail version hit the street! Quite an accomplishment
- Deployment Workbench –Enables users to build and manage multiple OS configurations, define network deployment points and network shares, inject drivers, attach language packs, and chain applications Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) - The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), system builders, and corporate IT professionals deploy Windows onto new hardware. The Windows AIK is a set of deployment tools supporting the latest release of Windows. This also includes ImageX which is a new imaging format that can be ran from within WinPE and store/retrieve a WIM image from a network share or DVD. Very Nice!
- Includes the ability to create Windows PE (WinPE) images in an ISO or WIM image.
- Deployment Options are Lite Touch (SMS not required) or Zero Touch (Using SMS 2003), which should cover the breadth of deployment scenarios that are out there.
For more information on BDD, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/bdd/2007/default.mspx
For information on Desktop Deployment: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/default.mspx