Rapid Desktop Replacement
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@BRRABill said:
We have 15 here, and buy about .3 every year.
No imaging for me!
You are 14 machines past the point where imaging would make things easier
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@MattSpeller said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
How rude! I believe imaging would take me longer - obviously.
Break even for imaging is around the 20-30 units deployed mark. It's not a big deal once you've got it up and running.
Why so high? I find that it saves most of the deployment time of the very first one. Since there is zero overhead to basic image deployments, what causes there to be a need for a "break even" point.
It's like "how many cars do you need before Ferraris are faster than a Prius?" The answer is any... all Ferraris are faster than any Prius. Quantity isn't a factor.
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@scottalanmiller said:
You are 14 machines past the point where imaging would make things easier
I'll put it on my todo list. (Seriously!)
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@scottalanmiller said:
Saves time on the first deployment.
BS
Getting an imaging system setup and running nicely is not a 2 hour job. It needs thought, research and planning like any other project.
It's totally worth doing and I'd encourage anyone to do it though.
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@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Saves time on the first deployment.
BS
Getting an imaging system setup and running nicely is not a 2 hour job. It needs thought, research and planning like any other project.
It's totally worth doing and I'd encourage anyone to do it though.
But you don't need ANY Of that. You can image from a standard VL download DVD. No one suggested an image deployment system, just moving to VL imaging rights so that you can deploy from a stock image rather than a full OEM install and remove the software.
I can do it with zero setup. Zero, literally. And I do. Having a deployment system is for large, central offices. Using standard image installs that VL allows takes so little effort that you can't possibly do it more easily without it.
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You can figure out when you are justified in moving from super basic DVD images run locally on each machine instead of an imaging server. There is a crossover point. But what we are talking about, using a central image rather then doing a full install is literally easier at your first machine. What @Carnival-Boy is doing I can't figure out how it could be more efficient at any scale, even a single machine. I could see it being cheaper, but as imaging rights for a full company are only about $120, it doesn't take much IT time saving to justify.
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@scottalanmiller I should have quoted more of your post, it seemed to imply setting up the whole shooting match. I agree VL is an easy way to save some time.
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@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller I should have quoted more of your post, it seemed to imply setting up the whole shooting match. I agree VL is an easy way to save some time.
I've not talked about imaging SYSTEMS at all in the thread. Only that using an image based deployment is faster and easier than using OEM install media where you have to them remove the bloatware after the install.
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You could use retail media (for installing, not imaging) for that matter newer ones support the Slic actiation in the BIOS from OEM. Win7 will have the Key on the Case.
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@Jason said:
You could use retail media (for installing, not imaging) for that matter newer ones support the Slic actiation in the BIOS from OEM. Win7 will have the Key on the Case.
To use it for installing you need imaging rights. Otherwise you have to use the OEM media.
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@scottalanmiller said:
To use it for installing you need imaging rights. Otherwise you have to use the OEM media.
That is not what imaging rights are.. You can install. You can't make images from it. Imaging means to make an image to apply or clone to multiple devices.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Licensing/learn-more/brief-reimaging-rights.aspx
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@Jason said:
@scottalanmiller said:
To use it for installing you need imaging rights. Otherwise you have to use the OEM media.
That is not what imaging rights are.. You can install. You can't make images from it. Imaging means to make an image to apply or clone to multiple devices.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Licensing/learn-more/brief-reimaging-rights.aspx
Yes, I understand that. But my understanding what that FPP media could only be used if the licensing was there from this as well.
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This line from the brief is one of the ones that I have always understood to apply to FPP copies as well:
"Summary: Reimaging is the copying of software onto multiple devices from one consistent image. "
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The FPP disk would be the "one consistent image" in that circumstance.
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FPP could be used for all devices with an FPP license, of course. But can you use FPP media for an OEM machine without VL reimaging rights?
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That would imply if you bought a new computer with windows 8.1 Pro OEM that has downgrade rights to Win7 Pro. You cannot actually downgrade this unless you buy a volume license to image it. Since the manufacturer isn't going to provide you with the OEM install disk for windows 7 on your computer.
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@Jason said:
That would imply if you bought a new computer with windows 8.1 Pro OEM that has downgrade rights to Win7 Pro. You cannot actually downgrade this unless you buy a volume license to image it. Since the manufacturer isn't going to provide you with the OEM install disk for windows 7 on your computer.
That was my understanding of it, yes. But that makes sense.
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@scottalanmiller said:
FPP could be used for all devices with an FPP license, of course. But can you use FPP media for an OEM machine without VL reimaging rights?
Correct. See OEM downgrade steps process for example: http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/Pages/downgrade_rights.aspx#fbid=_RodMIe4Mhw
