Microsoft, EDS untangle desktop deployments
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft stepped into to the desktop deployment and migration miasma Tuesday with a new package of guidelines, tools and scripts designed to reduce the complexity of large-scale deployments. At the same time, services partner Electronic Data Systems Corp. teamed up with the Redmond, Wash., company to launch a new pay-for-use service framework for provisioning and automating the delivery of new applications.
Microsoft's new Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) is designed to reduce the manual tasks associated with deployment of Windows XP, Office XP and Office 2003 by as much as 75 percent per desktop.