Welcome
OS Deployment
BigFix OS Deployment, which is part of the BigFix Lifecycle Management suite, provides a consolidated, comprehensive solution to quickly deploy new workstations and servers throughout a network from a single, centralized location. This solution saves time and money, enforces a standardized and approved image, and reduces risks associated with non-compliant or insecure configurations.
Deprecated and Superseded functionalities
This topic lists the functionalities that are still present in OSD, but are deprecated.
Superseded and Deprecated Fixlets
Following is the list of superseded Fixlets.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 Lifecycle Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Lifecycle documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix Lifecycle.
BigFix Platform
BigFix Query
Lifecycle overview
BigFix Lifecycle is single-agent, single-console technology that provides near real-time visibility into the state of endpoints.
Lifecycle guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Lifecycle guides in PDF format:
Software Distribution
Use the BigFix Software Distribution applications to deploy software to endpoints across your network from a single location. Maintain control and visibility into software delivery and installation. Device owners can use the Self Service Application to manage software and other BigFix actions that are deployed to them as offers.
OS Deployment
BigFix OS Deployment, which is part of the BigFix Lifecycle Management suite, provides a consolidated, comprehensive solution to quickly deploy new workstations and servers throughout a network from a single, centralized location. This solution saves time and money, enforces a standardized and approved image, and reduces risks associated with non-compliant or insecure configurations.
- Product overview
- Configuring the OS Deployment Environment
  To start working with OS Deployment, run the configuration Fixlets and tasks listed in the Setup Node.
- Managing Windows Bundles and Deployment Media for Windows targets
  To perform OS Deployment of Windows operating systems, you prepare your deployment environment and resources using the Bundle and Media Manager Dashboard.
- Managing Drivers for Windows Deployments
  The Manage Images and Drivers node includes tasks to prepare and import drivers for deployment to Windows targets.
- Managing Linux OS Resources and Deployment Media
  You can import Linux OS Resources needed to create network boot media and to capture and deploy Linux images
- Managing Images
  The Manage Images and Drivers node includes tasks to capture, import and manage images for deployment to targets.
- Upload Mode
  By default, the OS images are permanently stored in the BigFix root server.
- Reimaging
  Reimaging is the process of saving the user state on a computer, installing a new image on it, and then restoring the user state.
- Installing Windows 10/11 or Windows Server using in-place upgrade
  To upgrade your existing Windows systems to Windows 10/11 or Windows Server you can use the in-place upgrade fixlets.
- Bare Metal deployments
  You can install and manage BigFix for OS Deployment servers and create profiles for bare metal deployments.
- Monitoring Deployment Activities
  You can track and monitor all deployment activities in your Endpoint Management network.
- Maintenance and troubleshooting
  You can monitor deployment activities, correct exceptions and adjust configuration settings specific to your environment through dashboards and tasks available for these purposes.
- Setting up OS Deployment in an air-gapped network
  You can choose to configure your OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging site in an air-gapped network.
- Deprecated and Superseded functionalities
  This topic lists the functionalities that are still present in OSD, but are deprecated.
  - Deprecated Component Combinations for MDT Bundle Creator
    The following tool combinations are deprecated. You cannot select these tool combinations when you install the MDT Bundle Creator from the Bundle and Media Manager Dashboard.
  - Proxy Agent
    Learn how to install or uninstall the superseded BigFix versions.
  - Superseded and Deprecated Fixlets
    Following is the list of superseded Fixlets.
  - Superseded and Deprecated Tasks
    Following is the list of superseded and deprecated Tasks.
  - Deprecated Analysis
- Create Ubuntu OS Resources manually
Remote Control
BigFix Remote Control application helps to communicate between different components, clients, and endpoints within BigFix environment.
Power Management
Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
Application Control
BigFix Application Control provides a robust framework for managing application usage within an organization. It allows administrators to define policies that dictate which applications can or can not be run on endpoints, thereby enhancing security and compliance.
Server Automation
Server Automation provides powerful automation. You can use it to sequence automation actions in steps across multiple endpoints.
Virtual Endpoint Manager
HCL BigFix Virtual Endpoint Manager (VEM) enhances BigFix with centralized, unified endpoint management for hybrid cloud and data center environments, spanning virtual machines and physical endpoints. VEM delivers real-time endpoint visibility, policy-driven automation for configuration and compliance remediation, and consistent security controls to streamline IT operations, reduce risk, and strengthen regulatory compliance.
Profile Management
Profile Management is a WebUI-based feature of BigFix Lifecycle. It provides Security Administrators the capability to define and deploy security policies to Windows 10 and macOS devices.
BigFix Remediate
BigFix MCM

Superseded and Deprecated Fixlets

Following is the list of superseded Fixlets.

Upgrade Upload Maintenance Service (Deprecated) - Fixlet 24

This Fixlet upgrades the Upload Maintenance Service to version 1.0.0.17.

Deploy Microsoft .NET Framework (Superseded) - Fixlet 41

Installs Microsoft .NET framework on the selected computer. It is a prerequisite to the installation of PowerShell.

Deploy PowerShell (Deprecated) - Fixlet 42

Installs PowerShell on the selected computer. It is needed to automate the sequence of creation steps.

Deploy WAIK (Superseded) – Fixlet 45

Use this Fixlet to download and install the Windows Automated Installation Kit (to use with MDT 2012 Update 1) on the selected computer.

Deploy Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit 8 and 8.1 (Superseded) - Fixlet 60

Use this Fixlet to download and install the Windows Automated Installation Kit (to use with MDT 2012 Update 1) on the selected computer.

WADK8 (to use with MDT 2012 Update 1)
WADK 8.1 (to use with MDT 2013)

Deploy MDT build 8456 (Superseded) - Fixlet 137

Run this Fixlet on the selected computer if you installed WADK 10 version 1809, version 1903, version 2004, version 21H2 (build 22000), version 22H2 (build 22621), version 24H2 (build 26100) in the previous step if you want to create an MDT Bundle. This is not needed if you want to create a Windows Bundle.

Note: MDT build 8443 and build 8450 are no longer available.