Getting Started
In this section you will find out how to setup Specops Deploy and help to deploy your first software package.
It is possible to conduct an entire evaluation on a single computer if a larger testing environment is unavailable, although the computer has to be a member of an Active Directory Domain and at least one Group Policy Object (GPO) is required, which applies to the computer and or user account being utilized for testing which can be edited.
In a single computer test, the computer will have the server software, admin tools and the client side extension installed locally.
Specops Deploy Supported Configurations
Operating System
|
Deployment Server
|
Client Side Extension
|
| Windows XP Professional SP3 |
No |
Yes |
| Windows XP Professional for 64-bit Systems (SP3 ) |
No |
Yes |
| Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate (no service pack, with SP1, or with SP2) |
No |
Yes |
| Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate 1 |
No |
Yes |
| Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate 64-Bit1 |
No |
Yes |
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition (SP1 or SP2) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Storage Server 2003 Express Edition, Workgroup Edition, Standard Edition, or Enterprise Edition (SP1 or SP2) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Storage Server 2003 Workgroup x64 Edition, Standard x64 Edition, or Enterprise x64 Edition (SP1 or SP2) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition or Enterprise x64 Edition (SP1 or SP2) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition (SP1 or SP2) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition |
Yes |
Yes |
| The 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 (SP1 or SP2)2 |
Yes |
Yes |
| The 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter Edition (SP1 or SP2)2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Specops Deploy and Active Directory
Note! Although Specops Deploy integrates into Active Directory, it does not edit or extend the Active Directory Schema.
Active Directory Service Accounts are required to run Specops Deploy Windows Services. These accounts are a SQL Service account and a Specops Deploy Service Account. These should be setup and configured in advance and granted administrative rights to the deploy server or servers being used for Specops Deploy.
Active Directory administrative rights are required to modify and apply group policy.
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