Windows Endpoint Migrations - Best Practices and Scenarios
Regardless of your specific needs, PCmover can help you. Below are a handful of example scenarios and best practices to demonstrate how we have helped our clients accomplish their goals. Please contact us for any questions or concerns about your specific project!
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Direct Connect & Transfer
Migration of user data, settings, and applications during hardware replacement.
CHALLENGE:Traditional migration tools take too long, require too many IT resources and are often incomplete.
SOLUTION:Customized PCmover Experience to leverage off the shelf Ethernet cable for direct transfer with minimal effort, saving time & eliminating risk.
- Custom Image is loaded at factory or lab
- The loaded PC is joined to the Active Directory Domain
- Customized PCmover experience deployed onto network share
- PCmover is launched on both devices connected by Ethernet cable and runs automatically
![Direct-Connect-and-Transfer-1](https://enterprise.laplink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Direct-Connect-and-Transfer-1.png?width=739&height=370&name=Direct-Connect-and-Transfer-1.png)
PC Refresh
Remote User-Driven Migration With AutoPilot & Intune
Replace hardware for remote user working from home.
CHALLENGE:Remote deployments and in-home migrations are exponentially more expensive while in-home visits by corporate IT is unrealistic and ineffective.
SOLUTION:Customized PCmover deployment leveraging AutoPilot and Intune
- Remote user receives new Windows PC
- User starts OOBE with AutoPilot
- Autopilot applies company config, joins AAD, registers with Intune which deploys PCmover to new PC and old PC
- User launches PCmover and connects both PCs with Laplink USB 3.0 cable to migrate personality
- Transfer finished – old PC can be securely erased for secondary use; new PC is ready!
![PC-Refresh-1](https://enterprise.laplink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PC-Refresh-1.png?width=739&height=370&name=PC-Refresh-1.png)
OS Refresh
On-Premise Zero Touch Experience (ZTE) With SCCM or MECM
Perform Windows OS refresh on existing hardware.
CHALLENGE:Existing tool (USMT) is hard to manage and principle resource has left organization.
SOLUTION:Completely automated PCmover experience combined with the power of SCCM (or MECM) provides peace of mind and scalability for the largest refresh projects.
- Create zero-touch policies with Policy Manager and copy PCmover Client + policies to file share
- Extract user personality & re-image – Launch PCmover with ZTE policy through task sequence to extract. Then task sequence re-images device and joins domain
- Import user personality – Launch PCmover with ZTE policy through task sequence
- Import complete – Ready to hand to user; data, settings, and applications transferred to the same device with a new OS
![OS-Refresh-1](https://enterprise.laplink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/OS-Refresh-1.png?width=739&height=370&name=OS-Refresh-1.png)
Single Device Profile Migration
Move all profiles to Azure Active Directory (AAD) to harmonize or ease existing AD structures.
CHALLENGE:Azure AD user will not have access to their previous applications, data and settings while IT will have to deal with complicated and time-consuming transfer of data and re-installation of applications.
SOLUTION:Leverage Profile Migrator functionality within PCmover Enterprise for a quick and comprehensive migration to AAD.
- Upgrade or update to latest Windows version
- Join device to AAD & log in with AAD account
- Launch PCmover configured for Profile Migration (Policy within Policy Manager)
![Single-Device-Profile-Migration-1](https://enterprise.laplink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Single-Device-Profile-Migration-1.png?width=729&height=365&name=Single-Device-Profile-Migration-1.png)