Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Deployment Resource Kit

Building a Development Server

You can initially create your distribution point anywhere—even on your desktop. As odd as it sounds, however, I recommend that you use a high-powered laptop computer with ample disk space to create and test your initial distribution points. When building and testing a distribution, you seldom want to be tied to a physical location. You might want to demonstrate the distribution point in a meeting. You might want to take it with you to a training class so you can get feedback from the instructor. And building an initial distribution point on a laptop makes it easier to test the configuration on computers that aren’t connected to the corporate network. On more than one occasion, I’ve regretted not using a laptop for ...