Desktop Authority Image Center

Centrally provision your desktop and server operating systems

How many hours/days does it take to get new PC’s prepared for a new employee? What happens when 100 new PC’s arrive? Is your desktop management plan missing a key ingredient? Let us help…

Desktop Authority Image Center reduces the cost and time required to provision and re-deploy desktops and servers by offering simple, centralized control over the capture, customization and deployment of disk images.

 

Desktop Authority Image Center Key Benefits

• Capture, customize and deploy images enterprise-wide from one location
• Deploy images in unicast or multicast mode with bandwidth control 
• Avoid manual preparation of a computer for a new employee — patches, computer names, network settings, local user and group accounts, applications and more
• Remotely wake up selected computers to schedule deployment for daily, weekly, monthly or one-time operation
• Use one image on multiple PCs with different hardware, eliminating the need for hundreds of images

 

Desktop Authority Image Center Features and Benefits

Features	Benefits
Comprehensive OS Support	Image both desktop and server operating systems with a single solution..
Centralized Management	Reduce the time to capture, customize and deploy images by managing images enterprise-wide from one location.
Multiple Pre-Boot Methods	Create bootable media or utilize either Image Center’s PXE server or Microsoft’s RIS server to both capture and deploy images.
Image Editing	Mount images as if they were hard disks to make post-capture changes.
Controlled Deployment	Deploy images in unicast or multicast modes utilizing bandwidth control to avoid saturating your network’s bandwidth.
Universal Deploy	Deploy images to varying hardware by adding optional drivers and HALs, allowing a single image to be ready for any hardware.
Post-Deployment Customization	Address post-image issues such as computer name, network settings, domain membership and additional scripts automatically.
Manage Services and Tasks	Bundled with Security Explorer, centrally secure and manage desktop and server.

 

Version:	3.0a
Date:	16/01/2009