Cool new tool: Windows Vista Hardware Assessment
A few days ago, Microsoft released a very nice tool that finds and determine if computers on a network are ready to run Windows Vista. The good news is that this tool does not require deployement of agent software on computers being inventoried and accessed. The tool can scan computers on a network that are running an operating system that supports Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). This includes the following operating systems:
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP® Professional (SP2)
- Windows Server 2003™ or Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server
Read the documentation first because it also installs, if necessary, the SQL Server 2005 Express edition.
More information at: TechNet and you can download it at: Download Center.