BigFix OS Deployment for Windows released

(imported topic written by JackCoates91)

Dear BigFix administrators,

BigFix R&D is pleased to announce general availability of BigFix OS Deployment for Windows. We are very excited to offer a Windows 7 migration product, providing:

• Hardware Independent Imaging—deploy an image from one computer to many different types of computers

• Support for either static IP addressing or DHCP services

• Support for standard Microsoft image format and toolkit

• Quick conformance with corporate standards when migrating endpoints

• Integrated user data and client configuration retention during system migrations

• Minimal network impact with options to spread tasks across known time frames

Here are the critical links:

USER’S GUIDE: http://support.bigfix.com/product/documents/OSD/OSD_Users_Guide.pdf

WIN7 MIGRATION GUIDE: http://support.bigfix.com/product/documents/OSD/OSD_Windows_7_Migration_Guide.pdf

RELEASE NOTES: http://support.bigfix.com/product/documents/OSD/OSD_Release_Notes.pdf

KB ARTICLE (SERVICE ACCOUNTS): http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=1265

KB ARTICLE (MASTER IMAGES): http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=1266

If you would like to evaluate this new capability, please contact your sales representative for additional information.

Thanks!

(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

What tool is this using for the OSD? Is this BigFix developed, IBM TPMfOSD or another product?

Thanks

(imported comment written by JackCoates91)

Hi martinc,

this is using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.

Jack