Features
Note: See Imaging Toolkit compatibility matrix for supported management solutions and Windows versions.
Build Console
- Single interface for creation and maintenance of Windows deployments
- Import Wizard - add hardware inventory, drivers, Windows media, Novell Client, System Center Client, and ZENworks Agent
- Project Wizard - create new projects
- Project verification - check project for compatibility and settings errors
- Deployment Wizard - creation of deployment process and WIM and ZMG images
- Integration Wizard - install and update ENGL components in System Center and ZENworks imaging environment
Driver management
- Import hardware using Zdrivers inventory scanner (32/64-bit)
- Search for latest Windows OEM drivers (using ENGL Driver Management web service)
- Driver download
- Manual driver import
- Extraction of drivers for analysis
- Analysis of drivers to determine best installation method (INF or custom setup)
- Driver customisation (installation method, source and command line) System Center and ZENworks 'driver' add-on image creation
Secure imaging
- PXE imaging front-end (WinPE/Linux)
- DVD/USB imaging front-end (Linux)
- Secure LDAP contextless login (Active Directory / eDirectory)
- Imaging menus (may be secured individually by LDAP user identity/group membership)
- Automated driver add-on image selection and restoration (hardware detection)
- Script language (LDAP queries, ZENworks Image-safe Data extensions, file access)
- Custom forms (create wizard pages with inputboxes, checkboxes, radiobuttons and more)
Automated Windows deployment
- Universal base image (1 x base image per operating system)
- Native support for AMD64, Multi-processor and Dual-Core processors
- Mass Storage Controller drivers automatically added to boot media and base image
- Sysprep-wrapper automates base image creation and ENGL build process
- Automated Windows hotfix installation (automates download of updates and their dependencies)
- Diagnostic 'trace window' mode OEM driver installation
- Fully automated build process (XML configuration file and phase/task restart ability OnError detection (display a message and / or run a script when a fatal build error occurs)
- Join computer to Active Directory (automatic search for existing computer objects for rejoins)
- Application installation (logic rules allow pre-installation of ZENworks bundles based on workstation/owner) Lockdown of mouse and keyboard (including Ctrl+Alt+Delete)
- Custom phase scripts (VBScript/JScript/PowerShell) and registry files
- ActiveX Control (Windows scripting enhancement library for PowerShell/VBScript/JScript)