Intel® vPro™ technology use case reference designs are step-by-step instructions developed to be fundamental building blocks that can help IT professionals implement and create their own solutions while leveraging the benefits of Intel vPro technology. These step-by-step instructions provide the flexibility to innovate and take full advantage of Intel vPro technology capabilities. The list of use cases below will expand over time to include additional use cases, including use cases that apply to other manageability software consoles.
Feedback and recommendations >
Intel® vPro™ technology use case reference designs are developed by Intel engineers and are not supported by Intel.
| Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization: Dual OS on Type 2 Hypervisor | Use desktop virtualization to configure a dual OS environment on an Intel vPro technology-enabled client. | Reference design > |
| Microsoft |
Using Microsoft* System Center* Configuration Manager to Manage Clients Configured with Intel® SCS 8 |
Take advantage of the Intel® Setup and Configuration Software to configure Intel® vPro ™ technology based clients while still being able to make use of Microsoft* System Center Configuration Manager 2007's built in support for Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT). |
Reference design > |
| Automatic Remote Firmware Update | This reference design provides a step-by-step example of how to automatically detect and update firmware. | ||
| Automatic Remote Windows 7* Migration | Example of how to perform off-hours updates from Windows XP* to Windows 7 on remote systems regardless of system state. Formerly titled "Microsoft Windows 7 Migration Using Microsoft Configuration Manager 2007 SP2.” | Reference design > | |
| Automatic Overnight Patching with ConfigMgr* | Save energy and better secure your environment with the ability to update remote PC software anytime or anywhere regardless of power state. | ||
| Extra Configuration for Intel AMT | Use Microsoft Configuration Manager* to perform additional configuration of Intel AMT beyond initial setup and configuration to enable key features like KVM Remote Control. | Reference design > | |
| Windows PowerShell Module* for Intel vPro Technology | Manage your Intel vPro technology-based clients Out-of-Band using Windows PowerShell. | Reference design > | |
| Use VNC Viewer Plus* with ConfigMgr | Use RealVNC VNC Viewer Plus* to run KVM Remote Control on Intel vPro technology-based systems configured with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager*. | Reference design > | |
| Symantec/Altiris* | Automatic Overnight Patching with Altiris* | Intel vPro Technology provides the ability to securely and reliably wake, patch, and reboot or power down remote PCs. Formerly titled "Wake, Patch, and Shutdown with Symantec Altiris*." | |
| LANDesk | Automatic Overnight Patching with LANDesk | Save energy and better secure your environment with the ability to update remote PC software anytime or anywhere regardless of power state. Intel vPro Technology provides the ability to securely and reliably wake, patch, and reboot or power down remote PCs. | |
| Help Desk |
Remote Drive Mounting | Mount a managed client's hard drive over the network as if it were physically inside the console machine. | Reference design > |
| Use FCFH to ID a Help Desk Caller's PC | Fast Call for Help is an Intel AMT feature that works both inside and outside the corporate firewall. Once a Fast Call for Help is initiated by the caller, the technician can identify the PC. | Reference design > | |
| Use Intel® IPT as a VPN Login | Use Intel® Identity Protection Technology to reduce the risk of VPN password compromise. | Reference design > | |
| Remote Drive Erase | Remotely erase a managed client’s hard disk drive with Intel vPro technology. | Reference design > | |
| Enhanced Remote Repair with Microsoft Windows PE* | Find out how Windows PE*, RealVNC's VNC Server*, and Intel vPro technology can be used to overcome these limitations allowing you to fix more problems remotely and reduce desk side visits. | Reference design > | |
| Enhanced Remote Repair with WinRE* | This document outlines creating a Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)* .iso image for remote use with Intel vPro technology. It also covers the basics of remote boot and access to WinRE. | Reference design > | |
| Use MSDaRT* with Intel vPro Technology | Use Microsoft Diagnostic and Recovery Tools* with Intel vPro technology to troubleshoot and recover remote systems that cannot boot to Windows*. | Reference design > | |
| EZ Help Desk Console Extender | Improve the ability of help desk personnel without console access to remediate remote PCs by taking advantage of management features of Intel vPro technology. | ||
| EZ Help Desk Permissions Manager | This reference design defines a flexible framework for enabling permissions and simplifying management of permissions with Microsoft Configuration Manager 2007*. | Reference design > | |
| Out-of-Box Configuration for KVM Remote Control | Find out how to remotely configure a system “out of the box” in just a few short steps to allow the use of KVM Remote Control. | ||
| Enhanced Remote Repair with Drive Sharing | Allow your help desk staff to remotely access and repair NTFS partitions on clients with Intel vPro technology—even when the operating system is corrupted. | ||
| Enhanced Remote Repair: Virus Scan | Perform a remote virus scan on clients with Intel vPro technology even when the operating system is corrupted. | ||
| Enhanced Remote Repair: Kernel Dump Analysis | Perform a remote kernel memory dump analysis on clients with Intel vPro technology even when the operating system is corrupted. | ||
| Enhanced Remote Repair: Registry Edits | Perform a remote registry edit on clients with Intel vPro technology even when the operating system is corrupted. | ||
| Enhanced Remote Repair: Outlook* Web Access | Create a Thinstation ISO with Firefox* browser for Microsoft Outlook* web access. | Reference design > | |
| Faster Booting over IDER | Accelerate the Intel vPro technology IDER boot process. | ||
| Remote ISO Launcher (RIL) | Graphical interface for easily rebooting remotely managed Intel vPro technology based systems to remote ISO images. | ||
| Help Desk Console for Non-TLS Environments | Allow your help desk to use Intel AMT’s remote power on/off/reset commands, IDE Redirection, and KVM Remote Control with RealVNC VNC Viewer Plus*. | ||
| Update BIOS on Type 1 Hypervisor | Remotely update the BIOS on an Intel vPro technology enabled client running a type 1 hypervisor. | Reference design > | |
| Find Intel AMT Capable Machines | Find Intel AMT-capable machines in your environment, using Intel SCS 7 and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager*. | Reference design > | |
| Responsiveness Technologies | Intel® Smart Connect Technology | Designed to update programs by periodically waking your computer from sleep/standby mode for a short time. This function works with applications that automatically get their data from the Internet, such as Microsoft Outlook* and Microsoft Windows* Live Mail. This saves users time; when they wake their PC, new emails are already downloaded. It also ensures data is as fresh as possible; when in a location where there is no network, email is up to date from the last good network connection. | Reference design > |
| Security |
Intel® IPT with PKI | Provides an overview of Intel® Identity Protection Technology (Intel IPT) with Public Key Infrastructure and Protected Transaction Display and outlines the most basic steps to try Intel IPT with PKI and Protected Transaction Display with secure web access, email signing, and VPN logins. | Reference design > |
| Small Business | Local Setup and Configuration Using a USB Flash Drive | For small and medium businesses that prefer local setup and configuration, this can speed up the setup and configuration process. This use case will demonstrate a simplification of this process. |
