XCLN: Updated Version of the IExpress Deployment Kit Available

The IExpress Deployment Kit (IDK) is a group of utilities and Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that can be used to generate user-specific profiles, as well as roll out hotfixes or patches, by bundling all the appropriate files into one custom package. This custom package can be run as a stand-alone executable file or added to a logon script.

Administrators who are deploying Outlook need to dynamically generate profiles and update Outlook with the various patches and hotfixes that are available. By using the utilities and articles included in the IDK, administrators can accomplish both of these tasks in one step during installation.

The IDK contains all the files and articles necessary to guide you through the following tasks:

• Create an IExpress package.
• Cleanly generate profiles with user-specific settings. A sample setup information (.inf) file is included to assist you in this process.
• Apply the patches available for Outlook.
• Add your package to the Outlook Deployment Kit (ODK) for easy deployment.

The IDK also contains:

• A fix for the "Out of Memory or System Resources" error message that you may receive when you are creating new journal items after installing Outlook with the ODK.
• Profile Designer (Designer.exe), a graphical utility that helps you generate the custom package necessary for a user-specific profile.

For additional information about the IDK, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to Obtain the IDK

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Release Date: July 20, 1999

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