How to silently create an Autopilot Hardware Hash in WinPE and upload the Hash unattended using Symantec ITMS

In this Blogarticle we are combining information from Michael Meier, David Segura, Niklas Rast and Michael Niehaus. If you ever want to know if it´s possible to silently create an Autopilot Hardware Hash in WinPE and upload the generated Hash unattended in your Intune Tenant than continue to read the Blogpost. I´m focusing on using … Weiterlesen How to silently create an Autopilot Hardware Hash in WinPE and upload the Hash unattended using Symantec ITMS →

Newly Microsoft signed iPXE Files for ITMS and GSS are available

There are new Microsoft signed iPXE Files available for Symantec ITMS 8.7.1 and Ghost Solution Suite. The updated binaries do not require disabling of DMA protections and Virtualization in the BIOS. This was necessary for some OEM manufacturers like Dell, HP and Lenovo in the past to get PXE or iPXE to work. They are … Weiterlesen Newly Microsoft signed iPXE Files for ITMS and GSS are available →

Endpoint Management Office Hours – covering the ITMS 8.7 release

Please join the Symantec Endpoint Management (EPM) team for its next Office Hours call on Wednesday, March 8, at 11:00 US Eastern time. The call will highlight the new features being added in the IT Management Suite 8.7 release. There will also be time at the end of the call for a Q&A session with … Weiterlesen Endpoint Management Office Hours – covering the ITMS 8.7 release →

Jobs or Tasks get queued when TLS and SSL Hardening used on SMP and Task Servers

We found that if SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0 as well as TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols are disabled for hardening reasons, running Jobs / Tasks are getting queued and do not start immediately when scheduling them using quick run or schedule. Most of the hardening scripts for SSL and TLS disable SSL 2.0, SSL … Weiterlesen Jobs or Tasks get queued when TLS and SSL Hardening used on SMP and Task Servers →

What´s new in ITMS 8.6 RU3

Another great Symantec ITMS release on August 10th 2022 In this release a Technical Preview of MDM for Windows 10 and 11 is included. The plan is to extend the MDM capabilities in ITMS to cover Windows 10 and 11 as part of the first release of ITMS in 2023. The Windows MDM capabilities are … Weiterlesen What´s new in ITMS 8.6 RU3 →

What´s New in ITMS 8.6 RU2

Altiris 8.6 RU2 released on January 26, 2022 The following new features are introduced Initial Release of modern device management for macOS: please take a look at my Blogarticle "Is Symantec entering the Mobile Device Management / Mobile Application Management space again?" - most of this is still valid. I hope that the MDM management capabilities … Weiterlesen What´s New in ITMS 8.6 RU2 →

Cloud based Software Deployment

In May 2021, I wrote an Article regarding OSDeployment through the Cloud using OSDCloud from David Segura. While this works great we got some requests to extend this for some commonly used Applications like Adobe Acrobat Reader, VLC Player, 7 Zip, Google Chrome, M365 Apps, Microsoft Teams, TeamViewer, Notepad++, Mozilla Firefox and many more... For … Weiterlesen Cloud based Software Deployment →

What´s New in ITMS 8.6 RU1 – a quick overview

In this blogpost I want to give a short overview of the new features with some screenshots. In the next weeks I will do blogposts with more details about some of the new features introduced in 8.6 RU1, especially for the new feature to run jobs and tasks in WinPE environments using Cloud Enabled Management … Weiterlesen What´s New in ITMS 8.6 RU1 – a quick overview →

OS Deployment with OSDCloud and Symantec Client Management Suite

When looking at modern Client Management Solutions nearly everything is cloud-driven. So the question is, is it necessary to replace your traditional Management Solution with a modern Management Solution? The answer to this question depends on multiple factors and there is no simple answer like "yes" or "no". In this blogpost we are looking on … Weiterlesen OS Deployment with OSDCloud and Symantec Client Management Suite →

Feature Request: OS Deployment through the Internet Gateway (CEM) using USB Thumb Drive

During the last month, we are receiving multiple requests to allow the installation of an Operating System using a USB Thumb Drive over the Cloud. So I asked myself why not using Symantec Deployment Solution to accomplish this task? Short answer: Currently this is not implemented in the product. Long answer: Symantec / Broadcom doesn´t … Weiterlesen Feature Request: OS Deployment through the Internet Gateway (CEM) using USB Thumb Drive →