Windows 10 Deployment Methods If your company runs Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), and you’re trying to figure out the best way to deploy Windows 10, you have choices. Specifically, there four key options you might want to choose between: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) standalone MDT and SCCM SCCM Standalone MDT integrated with SCCM Making the right selection to meet the needs of your organizations is not always clear so in this blog post, we’ll briefly explain each option, and outline some of the trade-offs between them. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Standalone The MDT is a free toolkit for automating deployment of Windows 10 to computers. It works with other versions too, but Windows 10 is the big deployment topic these days. Basically, MDT configures unattended setup files for Windows, and it packages other needed content and files. This gives you an image file you can distribute and use to … Read More
How to Start Securing ConfigMgr in the Enterprise
As an IT professional, you already know that a security breach can be devastating. It can also be expensive, $4 million on average according to a 2015 survey sponsored by IBM. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) can play a huge part in preventing attacks and implementing an enterprise-wide security solution. ConfigMgr helps companies make sure all endpoints are current with the latest security fixes, configured correctly, behaving normally, and only running authorized applications. However, like almost everything else in IT these days, ConfigMgr itself is a target for hackers who can use it to distribute malware, take control of computers with access to private data, and engage in all manner of nefarious activity. According to a recent Adaptiva survey of more than 150 IT professionals, 70 percent expressed concern about potential security vulnerabilities in their Microsoft ConfigMgr environments. Securing the perimeter of your company’s network is usually the … Read More
How to See and Control SCCM Content Deliveries in Real Time
SCCM is an amazing solution that has changed the face of systems management. Third party vendors have made Microsoft’s technology even better with improved content delivery, P2P infrastructure, networking developments, and other enhancements. One SCCM enhancement comes from Adaptiva Content Visibility and Control. Can you see where your content is while it is being transferred over the WAN? Can you pause, reprioritize it, or speed it up? Can you see where all global content resides at rest on disk in operation locations around the world? Without those capabilities, you’re flying blind and you may be at risk when dealing with zero-day security patches, requests from high profile users, mission-critical fixes, etc. See all Content in Transit With the latest release of Adaptiva OneSite, version 5.5, admins now have complete transparency into all WAN transfers worldwide through LiveFlow™. I’ve included some screenshots to give you a better feel for the technology. … Read More
3 Reasons to use Adaptiva OneSite for Windows 10 Deployment
Adaptiva OneSite is a software solution that can improve SCCM delivery of software, updates, and Windows (OSD) between your SCCM site and other locations, even ones without distribution points. Adaptiva OneSite doesn’t require a huge infrastructure. It can run a thousand locations with just a single SCCM server and no distribution points. PXE servers, or SMPs. The content delivery is fast and, more important, it does not impact other traffic on the WAN. The peer-to-peer storage of content doesn’t affect free space on clients because it operates in unused clusters so the users retain all their disk space. With these capabilities, Adaptiva OneSite can upgrade thousands of systems to Windows 10 in a fraction of the time. Companies that wants to upgrade their unsupported Windows XP to Windows 7 or 8, or upgrade from any of those versions to Windows 10 soon, you can use Adaptiva OneSite to facilitate the process. In this post, we will … Read More