Client Management Solutions
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Manage your PC fleet and your costs with greater ease
Client Management Solutions
Plan
Create pre-boot and OS images
Create BIOS Configuration
Create and Import HP-Verified or Custom Driver Packs
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Deploy
Secure and validate custom images
Patch HP-delivered BIOS, Drivers, and Software
Deploy device and identity security policies
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Support
System Image (new and deployed)
Deployed Software, Drivers, and BIOS
Security Policies
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Download and Install Manageability Tools
HP Manageability Integration Kit (HP MIK) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
The HP Manageability Integration Kit will help speed up image creation and management of HP BIOS, security, hardware, software when managing devices through Microsoft SCCM.
Deploy the HP Manageability Integration Kit to begin enjoying these key benefits:- Speed Up the Basics of IT Management – Reduce the number of steps to create, deploy, and manage images, BIOS, and system security so you can focus on business.
- Protect Data – Secure BIOS settings, set authentication and credentials requirements, enable Microsoft Device Guard, manage TPM firmware updates.
- Manage Software – Starting with HP Client Security, IT Admins can remotely manage features supported by the software.
- Simplifying operations – Unlock additional value from platform-specific features and manage those features from within Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
HP Image Assistant (HPIA)
The HP Image Assistant is a free tool that provides assistance to IT Admins to improve the quality and security of their PC Windows image by diagnosing the image, identifying problems, recommending solutions, and analyzing your PC’s readiness for migration to and from Windows 7 or Windows 10.
New features and benefits: (New version 2.0)
- Download executables and scripts to help automate OS conversion
- Download WinPE driver packs
- Set or update BIOS password
- Update BIOS boot settings (Secure Boot vs Legacy Boot) needed for new OS
- Download Driver Packs, firmware and recommend software for new OS
- Convert TPM firmware between version 1.2 and 2.0
Existing features and benefits:
- Capture PC configurations such as hardware, software, drivers, and updates to be evaluated
- Compare Target Image against Reference Image
- Dashboard view summarizing areas where Target Image and Reference Image differ
- Display all drivers and Windows updates for both Target Image and Reference Image
- Display all security related software installed on both Target Image and Reference Image
- Provide recommendations for fixing missing updates, drivers, software, security settings, and BIOS
HP BIOS Configuration Utility (BCU)
The HP BIOS Configuration Utility is a free utility which provides the ability to manage BIOS settings on HP supported desktop, workstation, and notebook computers.
Features and benefits:
- Read available BIOS settings and their values from a supported computer
- Set configurable BIOS settings on a supported computer
- Set or reset Setup Password on a supported computer
- Replicate BIOS settings across multiple client computers
- Get BIOS settings without having to know/write WMI queries and methods
HP SoftPaq Download Manager (HP SDM)
HP SoftPaq Download Manager provides a simple, powerful way to download software updates for the HP client PC models in your environment.
Features and Benefits:
- Find pertinent information quickly
- Lists the updates available based on your search criteria on a single screen
- Easily find the updates that are most important to you and your users
- Avoid the cumbersome task of downloading updates individually
- Download the updates where you want
- One click to start the download process
- No need to remember or manually track previously downloaded updates
- Simple, easy-to-use interface
HP Systems Software Manager (HP SSM)
Features and benefits:
- Streamline mass deployment of HP System Software updates
- Simplify the complexity of HP System Software management
- Optimize PC performance
- Provide a stable and consistent PC environment key feature
- Automatically detect of hardware and out-of date BIOS and HP System Software
- Automatically install latest HP System Software to multiple PCs simultaneously
- Updates can take place remotely and in silent, unattended mode
- Summary report is created for tracking and management purposes
SSM-compliant BIOS flashing updates for other HP clients are available at the HP driver download Web site.
Utilize Microsoft System Center
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager enables customers to reduce the day-to-day operational costs of managing Windows, as well as enable their business to move more quickly by integrating these core disciplines into a single solution. This solution delivers enterprise-class software distribution and asset management through comprehensive inventory analysis, operating system and software distribution, software usage tracking, and reporting.
HP Manageability Integration Kit (HP MIK) is the world's first and only management toolkit certified for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.*
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HP Manageability Integration Kit (HP MIK)
The HP Manageability Integration Kit will help speed up image creation and management of HP BIOS, security, hardware, software when managing devices through Microsoft SCCM.
Deploy the HP Manageability Integration Kit to begin enjoying these key benefits:- Speed Up the Basics of IT Management – Reduce the number of steps to create, deploy, and manage images, BIOS, and system security so you can focus on business.
- Protect Data – Secure BIOS settings, set authentication and credentials requirements, enable Microsoft Device Guard, manage TPM firmware updates.
- Manage Software – Starting with HP Client Security, IT Admins can remotely manage features supported by the software.
- Simplifying operations – Unlock additional value from platform-specific features and manage those features from within Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
HP Client Integration Kit (HP CIK)
HP Client Integration Kit (HP CIK) is a plug-in for Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager that improves the customer experience in deploying Microsoft Windows-based Client OS images to HP-managed clients. This is achieved through the following custom features:
- Importing WinPE and HP platform driver packs
- Integration of the BIOS Configuration utility, which allows the customer to configure BIOS settings during deployment
- Basic OS task sequences highlighting HP’s custom steps
The HP CIK is installed on the same server as System Center Configuration Manager, and can be accessed through the System Center console on the server.
HP Client Catalog for Microsoft System Center Products
HP Driver Packs
HP Driver Packs contain the necessary Microsoft Windows drivers required to support the HP hardware platform(s) as listed in the release notes for each of the driver packs. The package contains drivers supporting both the integrated and add-in devices in an .INF-based installation format. This INF installation method can be used standalone or with bare-metal operating system deployment tools that require .INF-based drivers.
Visit HP Driver Pack to download the Microsoft Windows driversNote: Some hardware devices have additional software tools to help enhance the experience of using the device. For example, a graphics control center application. These software tools cannot be installed via INF method and must be manually installed after the drivers to get the best overall experience.
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Deployment and migration
Deployment and migration
Expedite getting HP systems up and running with remote deployment and migration software. Decrease the time for device set up to minutes without ever touching a piece of equipment with solutions that perform the following tasks:
- Capture and transfer personal settings and data between old and new systems
- Wipe data from systems to prepare for recycling
- Audit environment for industry/regulatory compliance
- Deploy custom images
- Configure application deployment across your environment by user, role, or other organizational unit
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Remote assistance
Remote assistance
Dramatically reduce the number of expensive, desk-side IT visits with remote assistance software that virtually eliminates the need to physically touch machines for tasks such as:
- Copying files and data capture by complete system control from the administrator console
- Change-Management-Empfehlungen
- Viewing and changing BIOS settings
- Filtering malicious network traffic
- Booting an image from the servert
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Energy conservation and power management
Energy conservation and power management
Looking to save on power costs or expand your environmental strategy? Increase automation while reducing overall costs and energy footprint with these efficiency features:
- Schedule full client environment power downs during off-hours
- Easily identify older, energy consuming assets for upgrades and environment planning
- Viewing and changing BIOS settings
- Monitor power consumption by endpoint
- Create detailed power profiles for various roles within your organization
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Mobile user and device management
Mobile user and device management
Gain increased flexibility and control of your mobile devices with these customizable management tools:
- Report in-depth perspectives to help quickly identify and group mobile devices for customized management
- Control application delivery and maintenance times while reducing bandwidth consumption
- Manage devices outside your network as easily as the ones inside
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Device configuration and management
Device configuration and management
Take advantage of HP’s Client Management Interface that enables consistent configurability across all business desktops, notebooks, workstations and retail point of sale solutions with just a few clicks. Common configuration tasks include:
- Setting device boot configuration
- Changing the availability of device resources
- Collating custom asset information
- Managing device security features
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Early warning and failure alerting
Early warning and failure alerting
Prevent downtime and keep users more productive with advanced alerting capabilities that capture, notify and report key hardware conditions such as thermal thresholds, battery degradation, memory alerts or imminent HP SMART drive failures the moment they occur.
- Thermal thresholds
- Battery degradation
- Memory alerts
- Imminent HP SMART drive failures
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Driver and update acquisition and delivery
Driver and update acquisition and delivery
Find the latest, relevant drivers and updates released from HP for your specific devices in a single local interface. Pushing the latest drivers and updates to your PCs is even easier than finding them.
- Quickly download and place the latest drivers in packages for remote delivery.
- Easily deploy the packages in phases.
- Conveniently stage packages to each machine to prepare for installation while simultaneously deploying to a select group for testing.
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*As of December, 05, 2017, see https://partnercenter.microsoft.com/en-us/pcv/solution-providers/hp-inc_4299709950/1221645_1?k=hp