Adapting BDD 2007 for Server OS Deployment

jhuston — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:43:00 GMT

For the past year or more, we have been using the automation in BDD 2.5 to deploy our server operating systems. This has been a great deployment tool for us and I'm looking forward to adapting BDD 2007 to this same purpose.

Deploying a server OS is very similar to a workstation OS, but is usually done with more interaction (such as the Lite-Touch scenario). Because our environment encompasses several domains, I'm still interested in the SMS OSD automation component of the Zero-Touch scenario. I'm attempting to mold the two together in a meaningful way.

As I learn more, I'll post some notes for how I've customized BDD 2007 for this purpose. Perhaps the Microsoft folks will take a listen that many admins do not want to have multiple build, image, and deploy technologies but, instead, want a more unified approach to deploying all flavors of the operating systems available from Microsoft.

Jeff Huston at myITforum.com : Server OS

Adapting BDD 2007 for Server OS Deployment