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Finding the right combination of features and value in desktop management
solutions can present challenges for IT. Point solutions offer strong
functionality, but no integration. Meanwhile, suites designed for
large enterprise environments come with a high price tag and extraneous
functionality, as well as the hidden costs of implementation and
fully trained IT support staff.
Scalables WinINSTALL combines the standard desktop management functions
administrators use the most-asset management, software deployment,
and patch management-while
automating three of the most labor-intensive IT management tasks:
PC Refresh, OS Migration, and PC Recovery.
The WinINSTALL share-based architecture enables simple implementation
of a stable software deployment framework. WinINSTALL can support
small organizations with only a few machines as well as enterprise
environments with tens of thousands of machines. With WinINSTALL,
you do not have to sacrifice ease of use for scalability. Enterprise-wide
functionality can be achieved in days and weeks rather than months
and years.
Key features of WinINSTALL Desktop Availability Suite include:
Client Reset Templates
WinINSTALL's unique client reset technology allows IT administrators
to build workflow templates around common desktop management tasks.
Alternative to Imaging
Whether restoring a PC, deploying new hardware, or migrating operating
systems, WinINSTALL eliminates the headaches triggered by creating,
updating, and tracking images-without sacrificing speed.
Zero-Touch Deployment
WinINSTALL automates the deployment of operating systems and applications,
as well as the configuration and personality restoration of PCs.
With its eight deployment options, WinINSTALL offers more flexibility
than any other product available today and is the most widely used
MSI packager in the world.
Asset Management
WinINSTALL's inventory and license-tracking capabilities help you
plan your IT spending and migration while keeping unauthorized applications
(like spyware) off your desktops. DOS-Free PXE Using PXE technology,
WinINSTALL can remotely boot a PC on the network, even when it does
not possess an operating system or DOS boot resources. WinINSTALL
can also completely automate PC restoration, PC refresh, and OS
migration.
Personality Migration
WinINSTALL automatically backs up and restores all the settings,
preferences, and options that are typically configured by users
or IT-from configurations for Outlook folders, PST files, and rules
to dial-up networking, mapped drives, short cuts, bookmarks, and
printer settings.
Configuration Management
WinINSTALL provides an extended array of settings to improve the
management of Windows desktops in three areas: security, application
rights, and desktop configuration.
WinINSTALL Solution Suites
WinINSTALL Desktop Availability Suite takes the everyday PC management
tasks found in the Desktop Management Suite and adds important functionality
such as bare-metal OS installation, DOS-free PXE support, and PC
personality backup and restore. Use this chart to help determine
which solution is right for your organization.
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