UK-based non-profit, Turning Point, relies on technology to save patient lives. With more than 3,500 users across 300 sites nationwide, the 15 person support team is dependent upon computers functioning properly at all times and if a tool is unreliable, it can be the difference between life and death for a patient. Because many of […]
read more »Let’s continue our unified endpoint management (UEM) discussion from these earlier posts, in which you may have found me being critical of UEM solutions or even understating their capabilities, so here’s one of our experiences that has influenced our decision to not explore UEM solutions. We are a Microsoft partner and one of the wonderful […]
read more »You may have seen my earlier post about unified endpoint management or UEM solutions and how cool it would be if we had just one product that does it all. The truth is, even if a workable UEM solution were created, it might not be for everyone. How would you know if that central UEM […]
read more »A hot trend in enterprise device management these days is around unified endpoint management or UEM: The concept that IT teams should be able to manage EVERY endpoint (desktops, phones, tablets, etc.) from a single, all-encompassing management tool or console. It sounds awesome: “What? I can just have one tool and do everything with it?” […]
read more »With so many players in the Windows computer imaging space, finding the right tool can be downright daunting – not to mention extremely time consuming. So much so that many companies are still using the old spooky software they started using 20 years ago. Yes, 20 years ago! Through the years, you may have asked […]
read more »When deploying an image to a new end user’s device, it’s important to have a plan for migrating their data to get them back to productivity as quick as possible. SmartDeploy now integrates with the Microsoft User State Migration Tool (USMT) to make imaging and migrating user data to a user’s new device very straightforward. […]
read more »Our engineering team has been hard at work and SmartDeploy 2.0.3010 is now available. Yes, it includes important maintenance updates like Windows 10 Update 1803 support, performance improvements, and minor bug fixes. But, there are a couple of new features that I’m very excited to share. First, you now have the ability to push driver […]
read more »A couple weeks ago, we sponsored a virtual tradeshow with IT Pro Today (formerly Windows IT Pro) where 1,000 techs signed up to attend the show all about “Preparing for Windows 7 End of Life.” Windows 7? Really? Since Windows 10 has been out for a couple years, I tend to find myself thinking that […]
read more »There are a ton of details to consider when building your Windows 10 reference VM and if they’re overlooked, you could find yourself spending many painful hours troubleshooting issues you could have easily avoided. Did you know you should never do an in-place upgrade on your reference VM? Or, that you can install Office365 on […]
read more »It’s no secret that there’s confusion around how to manage Windows 10 Updates: Are in-place upgrades acceptable in a business environment? How much testing should we do before pushing updates? Should we be using WSUS? How long can I postpone an update and what are the implications of waiting? The one thing we can all […]
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