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Smart Windows Deployment and Enhanced Imaging with ZENworks? Shaun Pond ZENworks Product Specialist Novell, Inc. Steve Thompson Consultant ENGL Session entry exam Do you understand the following? Imaging Proxy Base and Add-on images PXE ZISWIN ZENworks Image-safe Data (ZISD) Warp field theory Agenda Deployment challenges Windows Deployment Smart Windows Deployment Imaging Enhanced Imaging Futures ZENworks imaging overview Linux based imaging engine (img) Launch from PXE, CDROM/DVD, Floppy disk Ability to layer images (base + add-on) Scripted imaging Policy based imaging Maintain workstation identity (ZISD) SID/Workgroup maintenance Imaging challenges... Imaging Survey(CoolSolutions) 1,200 organisations responded... 74% want a branded Windows 2000/XP build 65% manually name the computer during the build 65% maintain 5 or more images 60% spend over 2 days a month maintaining images Imaging Survey(CoolSolutions) How do users communicate between sites in your organisation? 15% telepathy 8% smoke signals 6% carrier pigeon 5% wet string Other answers... Ferret express Trained rats “We dont allow communication ― it fosters creativity!” Hardware nightmare… The problem: Different vendors Different hardware Different drivers Some have PXE Some have CDROM Some have wireless Ongoing issue…! Usual reaction… Windows deployment... Windows Deployment Challenges OEM Driver integration Computer Naming Automation Customisation Standardisation Application installation Active Directory/NT Domain membership Windows Product Activation (WPA) Windows Deployment EvolutionZISWIN Reduced Deployment/Maintenance Costs Windows Deployment EvolutionZISWIN Features Manages machines identity Allows hands-off re-imaging Assign random name Randomise SID Restore Workgroup/SID ZISWIN switches and functionality - TIDWindows Deployment EvolutionZISWIN Sysprep Reduced Deployment/Maintenance Costs Windows Deployment EvolutionZISWIN Sysprep Windows Deployment EvolutionZISWIN