I need to being planning for an eventual Vista deployment and would like to
begin re-engineering the deployment infrastucture that we have using MDT
(which I can use to maintain our current XP environment as well). Ideally, I
would want to have a dedicated deployment server with MDT installed seperate
from our existing SMS 2003 site server so I can begin experimenting with Lite
Touch with the option to convert to Zero Touch down the line. My question is
this: is there any way to integtate a seperate dedicated MDT "deployment
server" with an SMS 2003 site server for Zero-Touch or does MDT and SMS (with
OSD Feature Pack) need to reside on the same physical server in order to Zero
Touch to work properly?
"Brian_McKnight" <BrianMcKnight@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I need to being planning for an eventual Vista deployment and would like to
begin re-engineering the deployment infrastucture that we have using MDT
(which I can use to maintain our current XP environment as well). Ideally, I
would want to have a dedicated deployment server with MDT installed seperate
from our existing SMS 2003 site server so I can begin experimenting with Lite
Touch with the option to convert to Zero Touch down the line. My question is
this: is there any way to integtate a seperate dedicated MDT "deployment
server" with an SMS 2003 site server for Zero-Touch or does MDT and SMS (with
OSD Feature Pack) need to reside on the same physical server in order to Zero
Touch to work properly?
Physical topology for MDT Zero Touch 
Linear Mode
