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Simplified Windows Vista Migration: Mitigating Business Risk Through Deployment Automation

Overview To accelerate Windows Vista migration, Microsoft developed Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2007 (BDD) - a set of best practices, guidelines, and supporting tools. Working with Microsoft, BMC Software has developed a solution for further streamlining Windows Vista and Windows XP deployments by automating and enforcing the BDD methodology. The BMC Desktop Deployment Module provides predefined change management templates and an automated workflow specifically developed to accelerate and simplify the deployment of Windows Vista using BDD guidelines. This paper illustrates how organizations can use BMC solutions for Closed-loop Change and Configuration Management to ensure successful Windows Vista deployment, while establishing a foundation to support ITIL best practices and comply with governance guidelines going forward.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	BMC Software	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Infrastructure Management, ITIL, Windows Vista

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