Re: Configuration & Deployment issues
From: Mark Dormer (markd_at_mvpsx.org)
Date: 03/05/05
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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 00:46:04 +1100
Have you read this?
http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/
http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/evaluation/overview/default.asp
Regards
Mark Dormer
"Robert Schuldenfrei" <schuldenfrei@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Dear NG,
>
> I have been asked to look into tools and best practices for configuring
> sets
> of PCs. Is this the best NG to ask questions about the rapid deployment
> of
> standard Microsoft operating systems and custom applications? Our problem
> is two fold. We will be shipping servers and client machines in lots of
> 50
> to 100 units. These are brand new machines that will have to be checked
> out
> as to hardware and BIOS specifications. The results of that checkout
> needs
> to logged in a SQL Server database. Then the OS needs to be loaded. At
> the
> moment this is Windows Server 2000 and Windows XP. Much of the data that
> System Information tells the user will have to be entered into the SQL
> database. That is version numbers, device drivers, etc. Finally, the
> application software needs to be loaded and the SQL database entries need
> to
> be made. This is what happens with new systems.
>
> The second part of our problem is the up dating of systems in the field.
> We
> would like to either "push" or "pull" upgrades to installations around the
> world. Key to this deployment will be the verification that the site can
> even take the new upgrades. We can use our SQL database to see if the
> site
> is really a candidate. If it is we would like to deploy the upgrade and
> adjust our database accordingly.
>
> I have been poking around various sites at Microsoft and have read a fair
> amount about this problem. I would like to find a good overview site.
> Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Bob
> --
> Robert Schuldenfrei
> S. I. Inc.
> 32 Ridley Road
> Dedham, MA 02026
> bob@s-i-inc.com
> 781/329-4828
>
>
>
>
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