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    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.
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  • BigFix 11 Lifecycle Documentation

    Welcome to the BigFix Lifecycle documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix Lifecycle.

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  • 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.

    • Self Service Application
    • Software Distribution for BigFix Console

      BigFix Software Distribution is a part of the Lifecycle Management suite, provides a consolidated, comprehensive solution to quickly deploy software throughout a network from a single, centralized location. This solution delivers cost-effective operational control and visibility to your software delivery and installation process.

    • Software Distribution for BigFix UI

      Software Distribution for BigFix UI enables administrators to create, manage, and deploy software packages to endpoints directly from the BigFix UI — without using the legacy BigFix Console or WebUI.

  • 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.

  • 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 2.x lets IT administrators centrally manage and enforce application allowlisting on Windows endpoints using Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC). Built on BigFix, it delivers kernel-level execution control, deny-by-default policy enforcement, TPM-backed code signing, and compliance-ready audit reporting across the enterprise.

  • 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.

  • Workflow Builder

    Workflow Builder is an application within the BigFix UI that lets you automate multi-step device tasks in a drag-and-drop visual editor, without writing a complete Fixlet or Task.

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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.

Self Service Application

Software Distribution for BigFix Console

Software Distribution for BigFix UI

  • Self Service Application
  • Software Distribution for BigFix Console
    BigFix Software Distribution is a part of the Lifecycle Management suite, provides a consolidated, comprehensive solution to quickly deploy software throughout a network from a single, centralized location. This solution delivers cost-effective operational control and visibility to your software delivery and installation process.
  • Software Distribution for BigFix UI
    Software Distribution for BigFix UI enables administrators to create, manage, and deploy software packages to endpoints directly from the BigFix UI — without using the legacy BigFix Console or WebUI.
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