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SoftService Installer Features v3.2

Automated Tool for
- Installation and configuration of operating systems
- Mass rollouts
- Operating system migration
- HW-Inventory
- Application Installation

Supported Operating systems

- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2008 inkl. SP2
- Windows Vista inkl. SP1, SP2
- Windows Vista
- Windows 2003 Server incl. SP1, SP2, R3
- Windows XP Tablet Edition incl. SP1, SP2
- Windows XP Professional incl. SP1, SP2
- Windows 2000 Server incl. SP1 - SP4
- Windows 2000 Professional incl. SP1 - SP4
- Windows NT 4.0 Server
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
- All Microsoft Language versions supported
- Suse Linux prof. 9.2, 9.3, 10.0, 10.1
- SLES 8.3SP3, 9.0, 10.0, 10.0 SP1 32 und 64 Bit
- openSuse 10.2, 10.3
- Red Hat Fedora Core 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5
- VMWare ESX Server 2.1, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2
- CentOS 5, 5.1 
- All operating systems can be hosted in VM/VS/VP

SSI Implementation
- Productive within an hour
- Installable in VMWare or Microsoft Virtual Server
- Multiple language interface
- Remote SSI Server Administration Web console (as purchasable addon)

Installation and Configuration Features
- Installation via Diskette, USB, CD-ROM, PXE and DVD
- Hard drive formatting and partitioning per individual client. Multiple hard drives supported
- Comprehensive wizard-guided client configuration
- Dynamically organized configurations also on group levels
- Installation of multiboot systems using SSI Enhance- ment language
- Installation of ServicePacks / Hotfixes / MDACs /Java VM /Certificates
- Integration of applications in installations
- Multi homed support (multi network cards)
- Automatied graphical integration in active directory
- Extended unattended installation using Unattended plus
- Automated integration of new clients in hardware con- figuration database
- Automatic creation of answer files
- Imaging per 3rd party imaging tool possible
- Service-Partition (Data cached locally for quicker re-installations)
- Scheduler for time-controlled PC installations
- Proactive hardware recognition and automatic installation adaption
- Preset monitor settings such as screen resolution and refresh rate
- Synchronisation with internet time server (NTP)
- Set user language, keyboard layout, system language
- Select which operating system to install
- Selective installations of Windows software
- Execution of individual scripts and data after the installation
- Integrate individual PXE images for example BIOS updates
- Supports user defined installation processes
- Supports individual command chains

Extended Features
- Search within configurations for Mac adresses, computername or using fulltext
- Remote reboot and shut down of PCs including TCP/IP availability test
- Driver syncronisation on multiple SSI servers using driver export.
- Integration of remote control tools in SSI console
- Wake on LAN (WoL)
- Installation reporting
- Alert and Notification Framework
- 128bit Encryption of configuration data
- Installer Cache Server

Hardware Driver Import
- Graphical import wizard for all drivers incl. SCSI
- Automatic driver compatibility tests
- Unlimited import of Windows NT4 graphic and network drivers
- Unlimited import of Windows 2000/XP/2003 hardware drivers
- Operating system sources
- ServicePack Import
- Hot fix Import
- Programm Update Import

Integration of Software Deployment Tools
- software deployment tools are supported
- Easily extendable with the Installer Enhancement language (*.sba)