Deploying from remote system via USB to connect via office

[Crazin]

I am looking to see if it's possible to have my satellite office enter a USB we supply with SmartDeploy and have my office control the install and updates. Is this possible? I did not find anything via the "User Manual"... Of course we have deployed via USB but it's been hands on, and via the network. We need to do this with a new PC install that we can control the update remotely.

[Jeff Harris]

You can send them a USB drive with SmartDeploy boot media on it, but it's going to either follow the answer file as an unattended deployment, or require action from a user at the remote site. 

You  could in theory perform deployments remotey, while using USB if you have VPN and KVM access to the systems. 

[Crazin]

OK, thanks for the info Jeff. 

I have one further question, so how would it differ via VPN? I would not be able to access the system until updated into our network... Maybe I am missing something here that's obvious  

[Jeff Harris]

SmartDeploy has the ability to do console initiated deployments. If you install the SmartDeploy Client on a computer, and it can reach the SmartDeploy console system, you could "push" a deployment form the console to the remote computer.

The caveat here, is remote/VPN network connections may not office the best performance and could lead to problems in the imaging process.