Summary

Careful planning is the most important task you must undertake when deploying applications with Windows Vista. The first step is building an application inventory. Then you must prioritize, categorize, and document the installation of each application. MDT 2008 and ACT provide tools that help with this step.

Another key planning step is determining the right type of deployment strategy for your organization. Thick images are monolithic images that contain core applications and other files. They are large and costly to maintain and deploy. Thin images are bare images. You install applications post-deployment using a systems-management infrastructure, such as System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Hybrid images use a combination of both ...

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