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Transform for using Active Directory to install Visual Studio .NET 2003

Many customers, such as universities, need to deploy Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET 2003 (English) to remote labs, but settings in setup block deployment. This white paper describes the procedures for using the Group Policy feature of Active Directory to deploy the Visual Studio .NET 2003 setup package across a network. Group Policy is the backbone behind the Change and Configuration Management features of IntelliMirrorâ technology in software distribution for Active Directory. IntelliMirror uses Active Directory services and Group Policy to provide policy-based management of users' desktops. It installs required software before user logs onto the network through centrally defined policies based on the users' business roles, group memberships, and location. For additional Active Directory product information and documentation, see the Active Directory Home Page

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Before you can install Visual Studio .NET 2003 on a client computer, the client computer must have all the system components that Visual Studio .NET 2003 requires. The network administrator must verify that all client computers have the required system components.

Note: Microsoft recommends that you deploy the components in the order that they are listed. For example, because the Microsoft .NET Framework requires that you install Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 first, Windows Installer 2.0 is listed before the .NET Framework.

Tip: If you plan to develop Microsoft ASP.NET Web applications or Web services, install Microsoft Internet Information Services before you install other components.

Prerequisites for deploying on Windows 2003 Server

• Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Web Extensions Client
• Microsoft Visual J# .NET version 1.1 Redistributable Package (see deployment details).

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
• Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Web Extensions Client
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 (For deploying via Group Policy see Internet Explorer setup MSI wrapper Admin Guide).
• Microsoft Data Access Components 2.7 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 (see deployment details).
• Microsoft Visual J# .NET version 1.1 Redistributable Package (see deployment details).

• Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Web Extensions Client
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 (For deploying via Group Policy see Internet Explorer setup MSI wrapper Admin Guide).
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 (see deployment details).
• Microsoft Visual J# .NET Redistributable Package 1.1 (see deployment details).

Each system component that Visual Studio .NET 2003 requires is located on the Visual Studio .NET Prerequisites CD-ROM or in the WCU folder of the Visual Studio .NET DVD-ROM. Following is a list of some of the folder locations for these components:

• The Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 package is located in the IE60SP1 folder.
• The Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 package is located in the dotNetFramework folder.

: For Visual Studio .NET 2003 to run correctly, you must deploy the version of the .NET Framework that is located in the dotNetFramework folder of the prerequisites CD-ROM.

Important: Make sure you have the latest service pack and critical updates for the version of Windows that you are running. To find recent security updates, visit Windows Update.

1. Click the Download link to start the download.
2. Do one of the following:

• To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
• To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.