Event Review: Using Automated Deployment Services (ADS) to deploy Windows Server 2003 (Session TNT1-148)

Session Outline

This session shows how Automated Deployment Services (ADS) enables rapid, flexible deployment and seamless, script-based administration of a large number of Windows-based servers. ADS includes tools for deployment automation that support operating system and application installation to dozens or even hundreds of bare-metal systems in a manner that supports security and auditing without administrator input.

Session Agenda

• Introduction to Automated Deployment Services
  
• Architectural overview
  
• Image capture and deployment features
  
• How the deployment process works
  
• Script-based administration of multiple servers
  

Related Links

• Windows Server 2003, Automated Deployment Services
  
• Windows Automated Deployment Services (ADS)
  
• Automated Deployment Services Quick Start Guide
  
• Choosing Between ADS and RIS for Bare-Metal Deployments and Re-Deployments
  

Microsoft Press Books

• Microsoft Windows Desktop Deployment Resource Kit
  

  Summary: Deploy and manage your desktop environment with Microsoft tools and resources by deploying and managing Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 Editions with expertise from well-known Windows authority Jerry Honeycutt. This resource kit gives you the information to determine the best deployment path for your organization; prepare and test for deployment; automate, customize, and distribute installations; and manage and support your deployment. You also get timesaving scripts, worksheets, and a searchable eBook on CD.

• Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Administrator's Companion
  

  Summary: Streamline and centralize the management of your Microsoft Windows-based desktops with the essential guide to planning, deploying, and supporting Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003. This in-depth administrator's reference drills into SMS features and components and provides easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics for everyday, on-the-job results. From remotely installing, managing, and troubleshooting applications to deploying patches, monitoring system usage, and tracking assets, you get must-know details for protecting and optimizing your technology investment.

• Microsoft. Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit
  

  Summary: Get the essential reference for managing and optimizing Windows Server 2003 with expert insights and best practices from those who know the technology best-Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs), field consultants, and the Microsoft Windows Server team. Featuring six volumes of in-depth technical information along with 200+ timesaving tools and scripts, this official Microsoft Resource Kit helps Windows administrators optimize performance, implement security services, manage users and computers with Group Policy, master the Registry, troubleshoot Windows servers, and automate administration.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administrator's Companion
  

  Summary: This comprehensive administrator's reference describes operating system features and capabilities and provides easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics for on-the-job results with the Windows Server 2003 family.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administrator's Pocket Consultant
  

  Summary: Don't get caught at work without this handy guide to Windows Server 2003. It puts all the answers to questions about system administration at your fingertips.