Deployments
Constantly evolving technology introduces multiple updates for multiple applications deployed to any given number of machines in your IT environment. Keeping systems configured with the latest upgrades becomes a time-consuming and often expensive process. Most IT organizations are constantly searching for the most effective way to automate this task across their Windows, Mac, and Linux® environments.
BMC Client Management - Deploy gives you the reliable and comprehensive control you need to ensure successful software deployments in heterogeneous environments, as well as OS deployments for Windows environments, from a single, centralized console - without disruption to your end users.
The following table lists the main features of deployments:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Multi-casting and bandwidth management | Conserve network bandwidth by simultaneously sending data to multiple clients while minimizing interference |
| BMC Client Management agent deployment and updates | Auto-deploy and update the BMC Client Management agent to newly discovered machines |
| MyApps | Deploy pre-approved software directly from the desktop without submitting a request or waiting for a technician to install the software - self-service for the end-user and reduced impact to IT resources |
| Checkpoint restart | Ensure that portable devices, such as laptops, receive a complete installation regardless of the size of deployment or number of network disconnections |
| Wake-on-LAN | Successfully update workstations regardless of power state |
| Easy packaging | Deploy software and configuration changes for Microsoft, MacOS, UNIX®, and Linux systems, as well as custom applications |
| Remote install | Remotely install Windows OS, including formatting/partitioning hard drives. |
| Customized planning | Streamline software distribution planning efforts by grouping software with similar characteristics. |
| Hardware compatibility | Maintain a comprehensive list of hardware assets to ensure that the software being rolled out is supported. |
| Application kiosk | Access a web-based catalog of approved software for self-service installs following migration. |
| Report now | Provide reports on application update details. |
| Service anywhere | Access a machine without the use of a VPN to perform desktop management tasks, such as inventory, patch management, and software deployment. |
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