SMS 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack (Beta)
The Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Operating System Deployment (OSD) Feature Pack (Beta) provides support for SMS to create and deploy Windows Operating System images. The OSD Feature Pack allows the deployment of Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003 Operating Systems to systems currently running NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003 via SMS advertisements or CD based installation with the following features:
- Support for unattended image deployment to Windows Desktops
- Support to create and distribute OS images using SMS 2003 advertisements or CD triggered installations
- Fully integrated with SMS 2003 SP1 leveraging SMS inventory based planning and targeting, advertisement status and site to site content replication
- Built in imaging using advanced Windows Imaging (WIM) format
- Advanced image installation task scheduler supporting scripts to perform installation custom actions
- Includes Microsoft Windows Pre-Execution (WINPE) version 1.5
- Leverages the new Microsoft Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) 2.6 to capture and restore user state
Available now at http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/downloads/2003/dpfbeta.asp