[BESAdmin-Announcements] OS Deployment 2 Released!

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

IBM is pleased to announce phase 2 of Tivoli Endpoint Manager OS 
Deployment, formerly known as BigFix OS Deployment for Windows. Tivoli 
Endpoint Manager OS Deployment, which is part of the Lifecycle Management 
suite, provides a consolidated, comprehensive solution to quickly deploy 
new Windows workstation operating systems throughout a network from a 
single, centralized location.
New Features
* Health Checks Dashboard – A summary of the overall health of your 
deployment, including a list of tasks you might need to address within 
your deployment.
* Image Library – An integration of the Activate Image and Manage Image 
dashboards from version 1.5, with added functionality to pre-cache images 
and modify image information.
* Re-Image History Dashboard – A new dashboard that displays in-progress 
or completed re-image jobs.
* SMB shares are no longer required for OS re-imaging. 
* Images can now be stored in any share location and no longer require 
repositories. When uploaded, images can be pre-cached to any relay as part 
of deployment preparation.
* The simplified UI utilizes Take Action Dialogs instead of the dashboard 
UI for initiating tasks.
* OS Deployment now supports capture and deployment of Windows Vista.

Published site version: 
OS Deployment, version 2

Actions to Take:
Lifecycle Management customers on 8.x platforms will see the new site 
under BigFix Management > License Overview. This site should be subscribed 
to the TEM Server and any Windows workstations which need to be migrated 
or refreshed. After activating the site, the BigFix OS Deployment for 
Windows site will be marked "Deprecated" in the Console and may be 
de-activated when it is no longer needed.

Additional Resources:
The User's Guide may be downloaded from this URL: 
http://support.bigfix.com/product/documents/OSD/OSD_Users_Guide.pdf


Application Engineering Team
Tivoli Endpoint Manager

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