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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">The release of </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging 3.0</i></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> in November 2012, added new, exciting capabilities to Endpoint Manager, including seamless bare metal provisioning through integration with </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment</i></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">. The full set of features in </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging 3.0</i></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> is available </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910/entry/new_os_deployment_and_bare_metal_imaging_3_01?lang=en"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">here</font></a><font size="2" face="sans-serif">. Along with providing extensive new capabilities, this release also served to deprecate a number of older OS deployment sites, which will be retired approximately 6 months from the date of this announcement.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">The following sites will no longer be supported as of September 30, 2013.</font><br>
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<tr valign="top"><td width="288"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Site Name</b></font></td><td width="288"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>End of Support Date</b></font></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td width="288"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>BigFix OS Deployment</i></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> (Version 1.5)</font></td><td width="288"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">September 30, 2013</font></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td width="288"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>OS Deployment</i></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> (Version 2.0)</font></td><td width="288"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">September 30, 2013</font></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td width="288"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Client Manager for TPMfOSD</i></font></td><td width="288"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">September 30, 2013</font></td></tr>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Customers using older OS deployment sites are encouraged to upgrade to the </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging </i></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">site at their earliest convenience.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">IBM Endpoint Manager Product Team</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">User Forum: <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/category.jspa?categoryID=506">http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/category.jspa?categoryID=506</a></font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Related Blog Post: <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910/entry/pre_announce_os_deployment_deprecated_sites14?lang=en">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910/entry/pre_announce_os_deployment_deprecated_sites14?lang=en</a></font></body></html>