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Microsoft Desktop Deployment Planning Services (DDPS) offers customers 1 to 15 days of deployment planning services, based on the amount of Microsoft Software Assurance they purchase on Microsoft Office software.  Customers will work with the consultants to develop a high-level desktop deployment plan for their environment and assess the overall cost for upgrading to the latest versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. These services will provide customers with the insight to plan an effective deployment.  This will help them:
 
  • Establish a secure and well-managed desktop infrastructure

  • Reduce their total cost of ownership by highlighting best practices for ongoing maintenance and provisioning

  • Leverage the benefits of the latest technologies

Through DDPS, partners can get the tools, training, and support required to help customers and increase their revenue in the process.  

 
 
 
 

 

We still offer and support the current version of DDPS, but have added additional guidance and tools to help partners take advantage of the new opportunities in the deployment of 2007 Microsoft® Office, Windows Vista, and Exchange 2007.  Updates include:

 

Improved guidance, new and improved tools

 

  • BDD - includes recent updates
  • Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0 (ACT5.0)
  • MDOP (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack)
  • User state Migration Tool (USMT)
  • Multi Language Support for Vista and Office
  • Windows Vista Automated Installation Kit (AIK)
  • SMS 2003 for Zero-Touch Installation Environment

More deployment scenario-based guidance

  • Planning
  • Building
  • Deployment
  • Operating

The DDPS Engagement Framework has been updated to gather requirements and make design decisions first, and then educate about technology second.

 

BDD Phase

Technology

DDPS Office 2003 /Windows XP

DDPS2007 Office/Windows Vista

Plan

Application Compatibility

ACT 4.x

ACT 5.x

Plan Build

Office Migration & Conversion

Access Conversion Toolkit

Office Migration and Planning Tools (OMPM)

Plan Deploy

User State Migration

USMT 2.6.x

USMT 3.0

Build Deploy

Imaging

BDD Computer Imaging System WIM,POI,GHO

BDD Workbench, WIM/PE,Task Sequencer

Deploy Build

Windows Pre-Installation Environment

WinPE 2004/5

WinPE 2.0

Deploy

Network Boot(PXE)

RIS/RiPrep/PE

Windows Deployment Services

Deploy

OS Deployment

SMS 2003 SP1+OSD

SMS 2003 SP2+OSD Hotfix

Deploy

Lite Touch Deployment

Lite Touch Wizard

BDD 2007 Task Sequencer Database

Deploy

Zero Touch Installation

BDD Database

BDD 2007 Task Sequencer Database

Operate

Softgrid

-

New

Operate

Forefront

-

New

Operate

AssetMetrix

-

New

Operate

GPO Vault

-

New

 


 

 
 
 
 

 

Get expert, personalized service: Consultants provide the knowledge and expertise needed to successfully deploy Microsoft Office and Windows based on the customer’s unique needs and environment. In most cases, consultants will provide deployment planning services on site, set up l

Assess how Microsoft Office and Windows can help lower costs and optimize their infrastructure: DDPS helps customers identify an approach for transformation and management of their desktops to establish a secure and well-managed desktop infrastructure.

 

Receive the latest best practices and tools from Microsoft: Consultants leverage best practices for desktop deployment by simulating the customer environment and providing tools and technologies that help customers manage the migration of data and user settings.

 

Build a customized deployment plan: The deployment plan provides a comprehensive assessment of the customers infrastructure, including a business plan, timelines, activities, resource recommendations, and costs, to outline how they can deploy the software and demonstrate how the technology works.

 

Reduce deployment errors to save costs: Software deployment errors can be dramatically reduced by leveraging the Zero Touch concept, which guarantees uniformity across all configurations and requires less helpdesk or IT support when implementing a solution.

 
 
 
 

DDPS gets partners in front of customers as subject matter experts on deployment
 

Microsoft provides training in deployment tools and best practices via Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD)

 

  • Hands on labs, Instructor-Led-Trainings, On-line training, Webcasts, etc.
  • BDD focuses on Lite-Touch and Zero-Touch desktop deployment tools and practices

Microsoft pays partners to deliver DDPS services

Partners can post their name and logo to the site customers search to find qualified DDPS partners

DDPS certification gives partners with an IW Competency an Office deployment specialization
 

 
 
 
 

 

Partners must have an active Microsoft Partner Program Agreement

 

Partners must have entered into the Packaged Services Agreement when registering in the Office System Solution Directory (OSSD) at http://www.iwsolve.com  

 

The consultant delivering the service must have passed the required certification exam (74-139 and/or 70-624) and must be associated with a partner company in OSSD

 
 
 
 

 

Training is available to help consultants get certified.

 

  • Consultants can take advantage of training on the latest tools and technologies in the Resources section of this site

  • Consultants skilled in BDD 2.5 or earlier version will need to be trained in the latest update of BDD

  • Microsoft’s BDD training is available on a regional basis and online to bring consultants up to speed