Windows 10 OSD

Windows 10 OSDAdaptiva OneSite is the fastestand most automatic way toperform Windows 10 operatingsystem deployment (OSD) acrossthe enterprise in a MicrosoftSystem Center ConfigurationManager (ConfigMgr)environment.

Windows 10 OSDThe OSD ChallengeEven with the power of ConfigMgr, migrating thousands or hundredsof thousands of systems to Windows 10 presents serious challenges: Traditional solutions are slow, costly, and labor-intensive, suchas those requiring a massive server infrastructure (PXE, SMP, DP)and armies of high-paid contractors.Large OS files can compromise the WAN, so bandwidththrottling and off-hours scheduling are often used to slowdelivery to a safe crawl.Network configuration tasks can paralyze deployment assystem administrators wait months or years for global setup of IPhelpers and DHCP scope options.A Game-Changing OSDBreakthroughAdaptiva’s disruptive networking and peer-to-peer technologies powera surge of speed and automation advances that render traditionalWindows deployment methods all but obsolete. With OneSite,companies can: Slash Windows 10 OSD costs by deploying Windows 10 withoutthe addition of new serversSafely speed WAN delivery with the only solution that requiresno throttling and no scheduling for after-hoursDeploy Windows 10 instantly with a solution that requires nonew network configurations, permissions, or settingsDo more, faster, with existing staff by deploying the mostpowerful automation technology ever developed for highvolume, zero-touch OSDGOLDOneSite’s groundbreaking Windows 10 deployment technologywon the coveted Gold 2016 New Product Award from the AmericanBusiness Association (Stevies), adding to a long line of awards forinnovation. The solution is trusted by many of the world’s largestenterprises to accelerate and automate high-volume, zero-touchWindows 10 OSD.BUSINESS WORLDRapid OSD hasbecome a crucial partof our OSD solution.Jason SnookFlexera

Windows 10 OSDIntelligenceOneSite utilizes untapped resources in ways you never imaginedpossible. It radically reduces Windows 10 deployment costs andensures deployment success by intelligently reducing infrastructurecomplexity.Serverless Windows 10 OSDOneSite dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of Windows 10OSD with ConfigMgr by replacing servers with intelligence. Everythingthat requires a server with native ConfigMgr—distribution points, PXEpoints, state migration points—is handled by the enterprise-classpeer-to-peer client network. OneSite creates almost-limitless storageusing Zero Footprint Caching, which takes no disk space from endusers. All Windows OSD content is orchestrated by a self-forming, selfmanaging Virtual SAN that administrators never need to think about.Peer-to-peer PXEPXE points can speed OS deployments but typically require costlyservers to implement. With OneSite, any Windows system can becomea PXE server, responding to client requests and serving images fromthe Virtual SAN at each operating location.Unlike competing peer-to-peer solutions, OneSite requires noseparate PXE server, no PXE web service, and no PXE client agentto install and license on clients on every single subnet. The result ismuch faster installation and fewer components to troubleshoot. IfOneSite is running, PXE is automatically available everywhere with asimple checkbox selection. One machine on each network segmentis automatically elected to serve PXE. Administrators can controlwhich machines are candidates, including and excluding collections asdesired.Adaptiva leverages the full power of the PXE specification to deliverimages from multiple peer systems simultaneously. For example, iften systems are being re-imaged at once, each one can get its OSfiles from a different source peer computer. This OSD Load Balancerensures that no single system is overloaded during OSD, and boostsperformance dramatically. OneSite also allows performanceenhancing customizations, such as changing the TFTP block size tomaximize PXE performance in your environment.Adaptiva takes these advances one step further, by delivering theworld’s only programmable PXE engine for ConfigMgr. You can applyspecial logic and actions to your Windows 10 rollout in OneSite’sWe can trigger offan OS deploymentany site and weknow we’ve got theoperating system on afew machines at eachsite, and machines canjust be built without adistribution point or aPXE server on site.James PitcherSkanska

Windows 10 OSDpowerful visual Workflow Designer without programming. Easilyconduct customized pre-imaging and pre-upgrade checks, insert buildlogic during the process, or have security and compliance processingdone on the system post-migration. The workflows can optionallyintegrate with PowerShell as well, if desired.Virtual State Migration PointsA user can easily store gigabytes of settings and data, also known asstate, on their computer. When the system is migrated to Windows10, they expect it all to be there in the new OS. This means thatadministrators must save and restore state as part of the Windows 10migration. Sending large amounts of state data over the WAN twice,once to save and once to restore, is impractically slow and bandwidthintensive. Traditionally, this need has been addressed in ConfigMgr withserver infrastructure, by installing local servers at every office to use asstate migration points (SMPs).Adaptiva offers a new option by creating a virtual state migrationpoint (V-SMP) in the Virtual SAN already located at each office. TheV-SMP offers all the functionality of a dedicated server without takingstorage from end users or impacting their performance. OneSite alsohas built-in redundancy, maintaining multiple copies of the savedstate data during each migration. V-SMP integrates directly into SCCMtask sequences, making it easy and safe for administrators to migrateWindows 10 systems without the need to deploy and maintain a serverinfrastructure.AutomationAdaptiva is changing the face of enterprise systems management byautomating nearly every step in the Windows OSD process. OneSitedramatically improves the per-person productivity of IT professionals,and takes away the biggest Windows 10 OSD headaches.Task Sequence AutoPushOneSite saves tremendous bandwidth by transferring files only onceto each office—instead of once for each system that needs them—with a feature called WANOnce. To ensure the best possible OSDperformance, Windows 10 images and ancillary files must be deliveredand stored locally on the LAN at each office prior to migration. Theprocess of moving content to a site ahead of migration time is calledpre-staging, pre-caching, or content push.I don’t have to doanything to updateand sync OSD contentworldwide. OneSitepretty much takescare of all of it for me.Microsoft Technical SolutionsExecutiveGlobal Enterprise TechnologyProvider

Windows 10 OSDWindows 10 OSD requires organizing a lot of content: the Windows10 image, drivers, applications, and all other files referenced inthe ConfigMgr task sequence. OneSite automatically analyzes thetask sequence and identifies all the content needed without anyadministrator effort. OSD content is easily treated as a single logicalunit, even if it is hundreds of files in stored different places.OneSite’s Task Sequence AutoPush effortlessly assembles and deliversall the content you need for bare metal installs, as well as Windows10 in-place upgrades. Plus, OneSite reports when all the content youneed is present an office so you know you are ready to start migrating.IntellistageAdaptiva automates the process of selecting the best target systemat an office to receive OSD content by considering factors such aschassis (laptop, desktop, workstation, server), OS (server, client),uptime, and resources (memory, CPU, HD) to determine the bestsuited peer for pre-staging. Alternative peer-to-peer technologiesforce administrators to spend countless hours manually pickingthe pre-stage target at each office, even if that means hundreds orthousands of offices. With OneSite, administrators have the option ofpicking the specific peer system at an office to cache OSD content, butmost prefer to let OneSite intelligently automate the selection process.Pre-staging Windows 10 OSD content on only one system wouldbe unreliable as the system could go offline for any reason at anytime. That’s why OneSite automatically makes additional copies ofthe content on other peer systems in the Virtual SAN at that office.By default, it will store three copies, but the number is configurableby administrators. Not only does OneSite create these additionalinstances of OSD content, but it maintains them. So if one of themgoes away, then another is created to ensure the count is maintained.It’s all automatic, and it’s something that other peer-to-peer OSDsolutions on the market don’t offer.LiveFlow Windows 10 OSD source content can easily be 25GB or more, soit can take a long time to pre-stage over the WAN as a backgrounddelivery that gives all business traffic the right of way. While you arepre-staging Windows 10 deployment content, many other ConfigMgrcontent deliveries may take place in the course of daily business. Thisis especially true in global enterprises with hundreds of locations.Unfortunately, ConfigMgr and other solutions don’t let you view detailsof all those Windows 10 OSD transfers and deliveries while they are inprogress.OneSite operatingsystem deploymentsare quicker and easierto deploy.Jay ParekhNetrix

Windows 10 OSDOneSite, however, lets administrators view and control global contentdeliveries in real time. In a simple dashboard view, administrators can: View OSD pre-staging transfers in progress, including source,target, data percent sent, time remaining, average speed, andcurrent speed.Control your OSD content transfers: pause, change priority,or cancel all transfers of a particular piece of content or into aspecific office, individually or as a group. Pausing is instant, andpaused content later resumes exactly where it left off.Override the delivery priority of OSD content in real time byelevating its priority, and letting OneSite automatically pauselower priority transfers already in progress. Paused transfersresume as soon as higher priority content is delivered. OneSitegives you 256 levels of prioritization for content deliveries,providing an unrivaled level of granularity and control.See which offices are OSD-ready, verifying that they have allneeded content pre-staged at a location, by specifying an officeand a task sequence.With OneSite, you can see all transfers between hundreds orthousands of offices worldwide, in real time, and control theminstantly. Visibility is a crucial capability that every company should puton their “must have” checklist for Windows 10 OSD technology.AutoSyncWindows 10 OSD task sequences will be updated over time withnew packages, applications, application updates, drivers, Windowsservice branch updates, etc. After the OSD content is pre-staged atoffices around the world, it will need to be updated regularly. Withthe new rapid release cycle of Windows 10, administrators would findit painfully time-consuming to track all the changes and manuallyschedule content deliveries to every relevant office each time there isan update.OneSite solves this problem. Whenever any of the files referencedin a task sequence change, it detects the change and automaticallyupdates the files at all offices that need them. No longer doadministrators have to schedule and track hundreds of jobs to keeptheir OSD content current!When a file is changed, OneSite makes the transfer extra-efficient.Instead of re-sending the file, it creates a differential file using aproprietary, state-of-the-art differential compression algorithm. Onlythe changed bits are sent, to speed delivery while protecting thenetwork.With OneSite, youcan see all transfersbetween hundreds orthousands of officesworldwide, in realtime, and controlthem instantly.