Use the MPS Deployment Tool

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The MPS Deployment Tool provides the following details tabs and other user interface elements to facilitate the configuration and deployment of Microsoft Provisioning System (MPS) components:

  • Getting Started tab -Provides initial tool guidance by summarizing the basic tasks you can perform with the tool.

  • Install Details tab - Provides information about tool processes.

  • Servers tab - Contains controls for configuring which servers you assign as location sites for MPS component installations.

  • Session History tab - Provides an interface for monitoring the activities of tool sessions.

  • Action History tab - Aggregates a session-to-session log of actions completed by the tool for the lifetime of the deployment.

  • File menu - Contains the following commands:

    • Location - Enables you to specify the location of your configuration files, log files, Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) applications, and MPS component source files.

    • Export Configuration - Enables you to export the MpsConfig.xml file to an alternate location.

    • Save Installed Configuration - Captures the configuration settings for all components that are currently installed and overwrites any previously saved configuration.

    • Restore Installed Configuration - Uses the saved configuration to schedule installations for all previously installed components that are not currently installed.

    • Deployment Files Status - Provides status information for deployment related files. For example, ItemID:MPFClient Deployment File:MPF.msi file exists:Yes.

    • Pending Actions - Displays an Action dialog that lists pending actions such as Install, Upgrade, Repair, Verify, or Configure, for deployment components.

    • Preferences - Displays the MSI Logging dialog to allow selection of one or more of the following logging options:

      • Status messages

      • Nonfatal warnings

      • All error messages

      • Start up of actions

      • Action specific records

      • User requests

      • Initial UI parameters

      • Fatal exit information

      • Out-of-disk space messages

      • Terminal properties

      • Verbose output

  • Help menu - Contains the following commands:

    • Help - To be provided in a future release of the MPS Deployment Tool.

    • Tree Icon Help - Provides definitions of the icons used in the Requirements Status tree.

  • Requirements Status pane - Provides a tree-style view of MPS components that you can configure and deploy in your hosting environment.

  • Start Deployment button - Launches the deployment process.