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Happy New Year to ZTP 3.1

Yes, it's true. The Microsoft Services Managed IP solutions group has been working for the last few months to package up ZTP 3.0 with current fixes and updated documentation to release as ZTP 3.1. Ironically, this is about the same place we were with Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:20 PM by daclark | 1 Comments
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Provisioning 4.0 on Windows Workflow Foundation

A common question around Zero Touch Provisioning has been, why use BizTalk Server and Human Workflow Services? Answer: We started ZTP in 2003, when BizTalk Server 2004 was in pre-beta and HWS was one of the premier features of the release. We made a big Read More...
Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 8:49 AM by daclark | 1 Comments

Provisioning 4.0 FAQ

At TechEd and via email, I've had many questions about the future of Zero Touch Provisioning. Here's some information in an FAQ form: 1. Is it true that ZTP v3.0 is the last version? Why is Microsoft passing over this solution? Answer: v3.0 is likely Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:51 PM by daclark | 0 Comments

Working at Tech Ed 2007

Another year, another Tech Ed. This year, I'm presenting Using Zero Touch Provisioning in the Architect track (session ARC312). Like many speakers, I'm currently working on my slides and demos to best meet the demands and expectations of attendees. Unfortunately, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:53 PM by daclark | 0 Comments

My apologies to Sweden

Zero Touch Provisioning v2.0 is used by multiple partners at many customers in Sweden. Unfortunately, there's been confusion with contracts and some problems with engaging Microsoft Services to provide partners with access and redistribution rights to Read More...
Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:18 AM by daclark | 2 Comments
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Zero Touch Provisioning 2.5 is Available!

Well, after many months, ZTP 2.5 is generally available through an MS Services engagement. We'll maintain source (features and bug fixes) through a Services engagement model (requiring Consulting Services for initial deployment or Premier Services for Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 05, 2006 5:28 PM by daclark | 1 Comments

History of Zero Touch Provisioning

In early 2003, Tony, a Director in Microsoft Services who branded Zero Touch, asked Brandon and I to review a prototype tool in development called DEAPS and determine if it was viable as a self-service provisioning application for an outsourcer. It was Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:04 PM by daclark | 1 Comments

ZTP at TechEd 2005

If you're attending TechEd 2005 in Orlando, Florida, feel free to look me up. I'm presenting on ZTP in the Windows Desktop track (since we shipped publicly with the BDD Enterprise solution accelerator. DSK330 Zero Touch Provisioning with the Solution Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:16 AM by daclark | 0 Comments

Post-SP1 COM+ Hotfix Rollup

If you're using ZTP, BizTalk, or anything that uses Enterprise Services (COM+), after installing Windows Server 2003 SP1, you need to install the post-SP1 hotfix listed in 896729. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896729 From the article: Provide extended Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:52 AM by daclark | 0 Comments

ZTP works with MIIS, not against.

One of the most commonly asked questions I get around Zero Touch Provisioning directly relates to Identity and Access Management ( a common provisioning scenario). Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) is the Microsoft product focused on IDM. To Read More...
Posted Monday, May 02, 2005 6:44 PM by daclark | 0 Comments
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Using ZTP with Windows Server 2003 SP1

After installing Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, the default security settings for MSDTC and DCOM must be modified to allow BizTalk and ZTP to work properly. Change the MSDTC Security Configuration settings and DCOM permissions on each server the Read More...
Posted Monday, May 02, 2005 5:54 PM by daclark | 1 Comments

Provisioning part 2

I just posted my second article on "big-P" Provisioning, here . Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42 AM by daclark | 1 Comments
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What is Provisioning? (part 2)

If Provisioning can be a generic utility, we need to determine the components that provisioning systems (whether for identities, desktops, servers, etc.) should have in common. In general, each provisioning system needs policy definition (including means Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:39 AM by daclark | 1 Comments
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Understanding output in SDDL

If you've used the SC command line or worked with ADSI or MIIS, you'll recognize these easy to read strings representing ACLs (like O:AOG:DAD:(A;;RPWPCCDCLCSWRCWDWOGA;;;S-1-0-0)). For those that haven't seen these before, goto a cmd prompt and run the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:39 PM by daclark | 0 Comments
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MIIS SP1

Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) Service Pack 1 is part of the MS Provisioning story. In particular, the Management agent for extensible connectivity and the management agent Software Development Kit (SDK). This management agent and related Read More...
Posted Monday, February 21, 2005 4:59 PM by daclark | 0 Comments
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