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The Complete PC Refresh Solution:
Microsoft Autopilot, Intune, OneDrive, & PCmover Enterprise
Any organization that purchases new PCs for its employees each year will know there is a critical step
your IT Team must perform as part of a PC refresh: migrating applications, settings, data and data files,
user profiles, and more from the old PC to the new PC.
Completing the PC deployment process
The process of deploying new PCs includes several steps. After procurement and the decisions about
hardware and software are made, the use of third-party software is highly beneficial. For example,
Microsoft now offers tools like Autopilot, Intune, and OneDrive for Business to ease the PC-deployment
process in several ways. And as the developers of the premier endpoint migration software on the
market, we’re often asked how Laplink’s PCmover Enterprise can add value to the process.
To put it simply, while Microsoft offers some very valuable tools for several distinct parts of the PC
migration process, even when employing all of Microsoft’s current offerings combined, not all essential
PC migration processes are covered.
Stages of PC deployment
Deploment of
corporate images
Microsoft
Autopilot
Transfer of
personality of the old
PC to the new PC (data, applications,
& settings)
PCmover
ODFB
Post deployment
PC management
Microsoft Intune
Laplink Everywhere
Recycle old PC
Laplink
SafeErase
Protect the productivity of existing
employees
For example, deployment of new PCs focuses solely
on the readiness of new PCs for new employees,
such as installing a Windows operating system,
Microsoft Office, and security tools. However, it
leaves the migration of any existing applications,
settings, user profiles an existing employee might
need to a self-service, manual migration experience.
Lost data: The dark side of PC migrations
Additionally, Microsoft’s promotion of
OneDrive as the right tool for PC migrations leaves
customers with a false sense of security that
OneDrive is all employees need to access all their
files and data from anywhere. However, OneDrive
doesn’t account for any data that might be stored
locally on an individual’s PC.
If important files aren’t stored properly in OneDrive,
the consequences could be disastrous.
Save IT time and resources with automation
Furthermore, neither Autopilot nor OneDrive or
Intune provide sufficient automation for the transfer
of applications, settings, data, or user profiles. While
OneDrive and many other cloud storage options are
great for data backup, they’re not the right tool to
automatically scan old PCs for all data and selectively
move it to a new PC. In fact, we would argue that
none of these tools move all the elements that
enterprises need to make a new PC fully “ready for
business,” to quote Microsoft’s claim.
Smart enterprises add PCmover Enterprise
to their migration checklist
![Transfer between PCs Transfer between PCs](https://enterprise.laplink.com/hubfs/Transfer%20between%20PCs.png)
Transfer
between PCs
Transfer all of your files, settings, and applications to a new PC using a network or a Laplink USB cable.
![File based Transfer File based Transfer](https://enterprise.laplink.com/hubfs/File%20based%20Transfer.png)
File based
Transfer
Transfer all of your files,
settings, and applications to a
new PC by creating a transfer
file stored on external media.
![Image and drive assistant Image and drive assistant](https://enterprise.laplink.com/hubfs/Image%20and%20drive%20assistant.png)
Image and
drive assistant
Transfer all of your files,
settings, and applications from
an old PC’s physical hard drive
or image.
![Profile migrator Profile migrator](https://enterprise.laplink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Profile%20migrator.png?width=134&height=70&name=Profile%20migrator.png)
Profile
migrator
Transfer applications, files, and
settings between user profiles
on the same PC.
For the most complete PC migration, we recommend adding Laplink’s PCmover Enterprise to the roster.
PCmover Enterprise complements a Microsoft-centric environment and does not compete with
Microsoft products. Laplink’s PCmover Enterprise migrates all those things and more — automatically.
With PCmover Enterprise, your organization can reduce the time it takes to manually perform PC refresh
projects as well as the number of IT team members it takes to perform migrations, all while saving
budget, even if you’re already using imaging tools, Windows Autopilot, Microsoft Intune, or Microsoft
OneDrive.
Laplink also offers additional software products that might be more cost efficient. For example, Laplink
Everywhere is a comprehensive alternative to Microsoft Intune, and additional features such as Laplink
SafeErase are built to securely erase old PCs before they are provided for further use.
OTHER SOLUTIONS
PCmover Enterprise adds these important
features to your deployment process.
Features | PCmover Enterprise |
Microsoft ODFB |
Microsoft AutoPilot w/ ODFB & ESR |
Microsoft ODFB W/ESR |
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1. ESR (Enterprise State Roaming): Selected Windows settings only. Requires an AAD-registered device.
2. Manually specified locations/extensions
3. XML coding required
- PCmover Enterprise is hardware and operating system-independent
- Transfer from any OEM to any OEM (for example, from HP to Dell, from Lenovo to HP, etc.)
- Works above the OS layer and therefore can move from and to any version of Windows, as long as
the target version is equal to or greater than the version on the source PC, while PC images must be
updated to support new versions of Windows. - Selectively choose applications, settings, and data (by policy or GUI)
- Automates the entire transfer process
- Can migrate an AD user profile to a Azure AD user profile
- Uses policies to create rules for workflow and automation
- Supports remote migrations
- Supports direct, indirect, cable, wireless, and cloud-based transfers
The complete PC migration solution:
Microsoft Autopilot, Intune, OneDrive,
& Laplink PCmover Enterprise
In comparison with OneDrive for Business
(ODFB), PCmover offers a complete set of
features that — even when combined with other
Microsoft tools — provide a complete migration
experience. OneDrive is great for user back-up
but is sub-optimal for finding all the data,
transferring the data to flexible rules, and
eliminating the need for hunting down lost data.
Need a proven large scale migration solution?
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Organizations worldwide trust PCmover Enterprise to handle the largest most complex migration scenarios.
With no custom scripting or XML development needed, plus world-class technical support, complicated zero-touch migrations have never been more easily executed, onsite or remotely.
Over 40 Years of Experience
With roots reaching back to the days of MS DOS, we've seen every transfer scenario imaginable. From small issues to the biggest IT nightmares, PCmover can help.
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