Today we announced the introduction of hybrid VDI using Box and Dropbox deployment. There were two parts to this announcement and both sets of capabilities were customer driven. Let’s tackle these two capabilities separately. Hybrid VDI is essentially VDI-like layered, single-image management combined with local execution of the image on the endpoint. Hybrid VDI provides the […]
read more »The latest version, SmartDeploy 2.0.3040, is now available to download and install. It is packed with useful features to offer even more flexibility and efficiently in many scenarios including managing departments or teams that require specific software, keeping small applications up to date without having to update your entire image, and replacing a user’s machine […]
read more »SmartDeploy 2.0.3030 is now available and ready to download and install. It’s packed with improvements and some exciting new features. Some of these aren’t as apparent at first launch – like usability improvements, support for the latest Windows 10 update, and reporting. While others are brand new tools that make SmartDeploy even more useful in […]
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 »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 »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 »Just a few weeks ago we released our latest version, SmartDeploy 2.0.3000. It is packed with new features and improvements, some that you’ll notice right upon download. Others will be nearly invisible to you as we build the structure to support new features set for release later this year – stay tuned for more on […]
read more »Earlier this week, Microsoft pushed out Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. To ensure SmartDeploy customers running Windows 10 would still be able to utilize SmartDeploy without issue, we have released a new version. SmartDeploy 2.0.2097 is available for download. In addition to the support for Microsoft’s latest upgrade, you’ll find: New Platform Pack Library Search: […]
read more »With the newest release of SmartDeploy now available for download, we thought it might be fun to take a hypothetical look at its new features in action. Most notably, how the addition of User Data Migration, native multicast support, Wake on LAN, and scheduled deployments could be combined with a favorite-feature from our last release, […]
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