Favorite Imaging Solution?

mataimatai Member Posts: 232 ■■■□□□□□□□
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I'm trying to help out the desktop guys with some upcoming projects.

Can anybody recommend an imaging software/solution? We're looking form something to only support 5 or 6 different models and that would be quick and easy to setup.

Thanks!
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  • KoreKore Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I've used EaseUs for quite some time now and never really had an issue with it. I also have Acronis as a backup to try out but EaseUs works. BTW EaseUs is discounting their software for the shopping season. Give the free trial a shot.

    Other imaging software: Macrium, Paragon, Redobackup (Free but lacks some features- encryption, compression), clonezilla or AOMEI backupper. Check them out and pick the best one that suits your needs.
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  • gc8dc95gc8dc95 Member Posts: 206 ■■□□□□□□□□
    This depends on size, budget, and usage. We use SCCM and it works great.
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  • broli720broli720 Member Posts: 394 ■■■■□□□□□□
    The support folks at my job use MDT. It's fairly easy to setup, update, and manage.
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  • KrusaderKrusader Member Posts: 109
    I set up a fog server in my job using Ubuntu 12.04. It's pretty easy to set up

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  • PlantwizPlantwiz Mod Posts: 5,057 Mod
    Acronis is/was pretty straight-forward and a reasonable investment for most projects. Likely some freeware alternatives, but if you need support aconis has my vote.
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  • joemysteriojoemysterio Member Posts: 152
    I've had more success with Acronis than with WDS. The only two I've used so far in my short career thus far.
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  • HondabuffHondabuff Member Posts: 667 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Imaged over 4000 computers with WDS. I have used Ghost 11.5 and MDT. Build your image, Run Sysprep then PXE boot and capture your image on WDS. Then deploy. I started out with WDS running on Server 08 R2 on Virtual box on a desktop PC with a 1TB drive. Once I proved it to my director, they bought me 2 HP servers to build our deployment solution. If you need advice on setting it up just PM me. I have moved on from Desktop work but was the resident expert and still am in my company.
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  • tprice5tprice5 Member Posts: 770
    SCCM admin here, ConfigMgr really is amazing and it isn't that hard to setup. Windows-noob.com has some great tutorials to follow. With MDT integration, it makes it all very simple.
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