Glenn Bristol
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Icon Legend
Icon GuideIn the leftmost column of Computer Management, certain icons may appear to indicate the current status of that specific endpoint. Here is a key for the meanings of the icons that appear i...
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What do I need to know about Microsoft reimaging rights?
Microsoft is particular about copying software onto multiple devices from an image, also known as “reimaging.” To stay compliant with Microsoft, get the latest media, the highest end SKUs (such as ...
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Deploying an image to Disk 1
By default, SmartDeploy targets Disk 0 when it deploys your image. This setting is part of your image WIM metadata. If you need to deploy your image to Disk 1, you can use the VBS script that is at...
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Deploy Drivers and Firmware Updates
From the Computer Management view in the SmartDeploy console, you can update device drivers on a target device, including BIOS (UEFI) updates, without reimaging the target system. In order to updat...
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Does SmartDeploy support Wake-on-LAN?
Yes. If the network adapter supports it, the SmartDeploy client will enable it for the adapter. Then for any console message that is scheduled, a magic packet will be sent to the client IP address ...
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Prompted for Image Location During Unattended Deployment
You might be prompted for the location of your image during an unattended deployment.This means that SmartDeploy cannot find the image that is specified in the Answer File for one of the following ...
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Add Files to an existing Image (.wim) File
You can add files for your image WIM file without having to recapture the image by using the SmartWIM command-line tool in the Tools workspace of the SmartDeploy Console to mount and browse the fil...
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Capture and Deploy the User State
This article is about the process of backing up and restoring user data from the Computer Management view in the SmartDeploy Console. Through this process, it is possible to back up user data from ...
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What does User Data Migration actually migrate?
SmartDeploy utilizes Microsoft's User State Migration Tool (USMT) to collect and migrate user files and settings during deployment if configured in your Answer File, or when done using the Computer...
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Known issue: Sysprep fatal error due to April 25, 2022 Preview and May 10, 2022 Windows Updates
Issue descriptionSmartDeploy's engineering team is aware of an issue causing Sysprep failures for certain deployments of certain Windows 10 images. From our testing, this issue is not specific to S...