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ManageEngine OS Deployer

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OS Deploys made simple

Incentivized
Tobias Johansson
It Specialist / Tech Lead in Information Technology at Iver AB (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using OS Deployer to deploy devices for several of our customers for them to have a device that is as prepped as possible before handing of the the end users.

Pros

  • Driver installs for models as long as the packages for devices are uploaded
  • Agent installations for ManageEngine Endpont cental
  • Displaying status in the UI for ongoing deployments

Cons

  • Allow further time drift between central server and DPs
  • Do not remove images taken from remote Offices when a remote office is decommisoned.

Return on Investment

  • Easy OS deployment for our customers that want a On-premise solution

Usability

Alternatives Considered

KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SDA)

Other Software Used

Microsoft Intune

Awesome Product

Incentivized
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have a Lenevo laptop shop. This has corrected our issues using MS MDT and WDS. Our team really loves the product as well, since we are able to image HP thin clients for our Citrix environment.

Pros

  • SID name for Join Domain
  • Driver Repository is awesome.
  • BitLocker works well

Cons

  • ManageEngine OS Deployer some features really not needed with a hosted server
  • Forcing MFA should be a customer option.

Return on Investment

  • Keep our golden images updated with windows updates.
  • Much better than MDT for manging a golden image.

Usability

Other Software Used

React, KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA), SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM)

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Markus SacramentoView profile
Technical Consultant in Professional Services at Tele2 B2B (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

ManageEngine OS Deployer is currently in a testing fase, where we look into the possibility to deploy images for multiple customers in a easy controlled manner with a lower price than MEMCM (SCCM) or Intune using Autopilot of which customers needs MS Licensenses. What's currently lacking from ManageEngine OS Deployer is the ability to preform pre tasks before the actual imaging of a endpoint such as BIOS upgrade and settings witch reboot option and a more sofisticated solution (dashboard) of knowing if all Remote Offices are synced and up to date regarding files like images, applications and drivers.

Pros

  • Imaging endpoint is fast and easy and works well with the Instant task solution.
  • Driver installation. When all drivers exists on Remote Office it handles the needed driver installations with ease.
  • Allowing different templates based on customers make it easy to handle multiple customers and with different tasks for each customer the code prevents installation of task not for the customer in question.

Cons

  • An OS deployment needs to be able to handle Pre, While and Post actions. For example when using PXE to boot to WinPE I would like to be able to manage pre settings such as specific BIOS settings or make firmware upgrade and such.
  • In addition to above it would be great to trigger actions based on wmi queries such as Make and Model.
  • Scripting I was told is ongoing function to be released but I would like to instead of having the need to creat a script file such as a PS1 file and upload I would like the option to write the code directly in the UI for the specific template. This will make it easier to update.

Return on Investment

  • As ManageEngine OS Deployer is currently just in testing mode it yet haven't had a impact on our business but the possibility to manage different Remote Offices is a great deal and will make deployment easier.

Usability

Other Software Used

ManageEngine Endpoint Central

ManageEngine OS Deployer works great for us!

Incentivized
Chris Johnson
IT Director in Information Technology at CTCI Americas (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were building and deploying Windows 10 laptops one by one, loading them by hand. The process was taking approximately three to four hours per computer. In addition, normal human errors were occurring with the IT technicians making slight configuration differences from one to another. After implementing ManageEngine OS Deployer, our deployment process now takes around 15 minutes, and the computers are identical every time. We've saved significant money, increased production, and decreased the amount of errors in our rollouts.

Pros

  • Driver updates from model to model
  • Speed of imaging
  • Dependability of the server

Cons

  • Speed of installing patches

Most Important Features

  • Manufacturer agnostic
  • Speed of imaging
  • Offline imaging

Return on Investment

  • Increased IT staff productivity by 40%
  • Increased laptop deployment speed by 80%
  • Decreased number of configuration differences to zero!