Contributed
By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
The SMS 2003 OSD
Feature Pack Release Candidate provides support for SMS to create and deploy
images of Windows Operating Systems. The OSD Feature Pack allows the deployment
of Windows 2000, XP or Windows 2003 OSs to systems currently running NT 4.0,
Windows 2000, XP or Windows 2003 via SMS advertisements or CD based installation
with the following features:
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Support for unattended image deployment to Windows Desktops
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Support to create and distribute OS images using SMS 2003 advertisements or
CD triggered installations
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Fully integrated with SMS 2003 SP1 leveraging SMS
inventory based planning and targeting, advertisement status and site to
site content replication
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Built in imaging using advanced Microsoft Imaging
format
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Advanced image installation task scheduler supporting
scripts to perform installation custom actions
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Includes Microsoft Windows Pre-Execution (WINPE) 2004
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Leverages the new Microsoft Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) 2.6 to
capture and restore user state.
To find out more goto:
http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/downloads/2003/dpfbeta.asp
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