The Challenge of OS Migration
Upgrading to a new Windows operating system (OS) can be very expensive, complicated and time consuming. The process involves analyzing the environment, planning the rollout, preparation of images, capturing user data and settings, deploying images, final configuration, reloading applications, restoring user and application settings and validating the deployment. It is probably the biggest challenge faced by IT departments. Most organizations put off the migration until new applications require the new OS features to run, or support for their existing OS is phased out.

Some IT departments attempt to automate time consuming manual tasks. However, this is usually replicated many times in numerous different locations within an enterprise using a variety of non-consistent automation processes. This invariably leads to an upgrade project that runs over time, over budget and fails to meet expectations.

Unified Deployment
With core strengths in Microsoft Windows Management, 1E Professional Services leverage SMS/ConfigMgr technologies to deliver a comprehensive solution that makes OS deployment and migrations an ongoing IT operation, rather than a daunting, costly one-off project.

Uniting our expertise and skills in SMS/ConfigMgr with a comprehensive set of best-practice guidance and tools from Microsoft, and the Microsoft Deployment Solution Accelerator, coupled with the capabilities of 1E software tools, we help organizations to automate the entire deployment process. We will guide you through the different stages of the entire project, from planning, design and deployment, to configuration and maintenance. We will also train your staff to manage and maintain the solution themselves. The solution builds upon the foundation of either SMS or ConfigMgr with the extended capabilities of Microsoft Deployment, and provides a centralized, flexible framework in order to meet your requirements - whatever they may be.

1E’s Unified Deployment uses a single vendor toolkit for both server and desktop deployments, in conjunction with SMS/ConfigMgr & Microsoft Deployment. The following 1E tools can be utilized:

Nomad Enterprise consists of 2 components: Nomad Branch enables the deployment of an OS or software updates to remote server-less locations, even across low-bandwidth connections. The OS or update is only distributed once and can then be deployed to hundreds of client machines, therefore saving considerable time and resources. Nomad Enterprise has the ability to build machines remotely, avoiding costly and time-consuming site visits. PXE Lite enables bare-metal deployment without requiring dedicated hardware on the subnet.

Shopping is an automated, self-service application deployment software which allows the user to decide when to deploy an upgrade to minimize intrusion.

1E WakeUp is a Wake-On-LAN solution that can power up machines from any state in order to build machines at a time that is convenient for the business.