Acronis Snap Deploy 3.0 Workstation

All private and public sector organizations (businesses, schools, federal/state/local governments, etc.) face increasing challenges when configuring and deploying new PCs and workstations in a distributed environment. Having a deployment solution that enables them to use a standard configuration for a new machine will significantly decrease support expenses.

Acronis Snap Deploy 3 for PCs is a comprehensive deployment solution that enables IT organizations to deploy or restore laptops and desktops quickly and easily. Note that this version of the product does not support server operating systems.

Using Acronis' award-winning disk imaging technology, Acronis Snap Deploy creates an exact disk image of the standard configuration, including the operating system, configuration files and all applications. It then deploys that image to multiple systems simultaneously, making it ideal for rapid bare-metal installations.

IT support has the option to deploy new machines using both the multicast and unicast protocols, providing maximum flexibility and reducing implementation.

• Deploy to different hardware with Acronis Universal Deploy — Ensure that your new systems will boot by allowing you to add drivers and create templates for specific hardware.
• Fully automated deployment — New deployment options include Wake-on-LAN, deployment scheduling and a centralized management console to manage deployment tasks.
• Advanced media builder — Facilitate deployment by providing more options for creating bootable media. Create ISOs, Microsoft Remote Installation Service (RIS) packages, and place multiple configurations on one CD.
  64-bit Windows support — Deploy both new and older systems using one solution.
• Standalone image deployment — Helps administrators to deploy systems even if network is not accessible.
• Customizable deployment options — Maximize the performance of new machines by allowing partitions to be resized. Ensure that machines are properly deployed by providing options to reboot or shutdown after the master image is applied.
• Enhanced PXE server — More easily create a PXE by specifying default configurations and timeout parameters for reboot.
• Fully compatible with Acronis Snap Deploy 2.0 and other Acronis products — Acronis Snap Deploy 3 for PCs is capable to deploy images created with ASD 2.0 and Acronis True Image Echo

Installation:

• DHCP server
• FDD, CD-R/RW drive or another drive (USB hard drive, zip drive, flash drive, etc.)

For target computers:

• FDD, CD-ROM drive, any other drive (USB hard drive, zip drive, flash drive, etc.)
• PXE support in BIOS (if you want to boot Acronis Snap Deploy components from Acronis PXE Server)

Supported operating systems

• Acronis OS deploy server
• Windows NT 4.0 Server / 2000 Server / 2000 Advanced Server / 2003 Server /2008 Server
• Windows NT/ 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7 SP1

Acronis Snap Deploy management console

• Windows NT 4.0 Server / 2000 Server / 2000 Advanced Server / 2003 Server / 2008 Server
• Windows NT/ 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7 SP1
• Windows 98/Me

Operating systems for deployment

• Vista/ Windows XP/ 2000/ NT/ 98 /Me /7
• Acronis License Server
• Windows 2000 Professional SP4
• Windows XP Professional SP2, SP3
• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
• Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate)
• Windows Vista x64 Edition (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate)
• Windows Server 2008 (all editions)
• Windows 7 SP1