Chapter 1. General Information; Key Features - ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY Manual

General information

Chapter 1. General information

Acronis Snap Deploy is a comprehensive solution designed for simultaneous
remote deployment of a fully configured operating system with application
software to target PCs over a network from a previously created image file.
Acronis Snap Deploy also provides configuration management tools to
configure system settings, manage files, and execute applications on systems
throughout the network.
During deployment, the process deploy server multicasts an image archive
created from a master PC to networked target computers.
The master image contains everything the system needs to run — the
operating system and application software.
Usually, company departments, such as accounting, sales or technical support,
use a set of applications for daily work. With Acronis Snap Deploy, you can
create images of commonly used applications and use them as a standard to
deploy to target PCs. Because it uses disk-imaging technology that creates an
image of an entire hard disk drive, it is ideal for rapid bare-metal installations
and for disaster recovery operations on computers.
Save money
Businesses today face increasing challenges when it comes to configuring and
deploying new PCs in a distributed enterprise environment. IT staff are
constantly looking for new solutions that can quickly and efficiently deploy
new systems that comply with established policies and can be managed from
a central location under an environment where budgets are tight, but service
level improvements are expected. Having a deployment solution in place that
enables businesses to create a number of standardized configurations quickly
and efficiently can save money.
Fastest simultaneous deployment
OS installation and configuration, even on a single PC, is slow and tedious. But
it's nothing compared to doing it on dozens of brand new PCs. Acronis Snap
Deploy
deployment of new systems.

1.1. Key features

Remote simultaneous deployment of master image to target PCs,
including:
Managing deployment templates
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reduces maintenance
User accounts management
Network settings management
Domain settings management
Transferring files to all target computers after deployment
Executing applications on all target computers after deployment
costs by providing
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fast, simultaneous