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When you first launch LDA, you specify your connection details for your CM Site Server. This is required because LDA leverages the CM PowerShell module to automate the tasks in the CM environment.
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You can install LDA on your workstation where you also have the CM console version 2010 or higher installed. There are also a few Custom Collections that you can select to have LDA create for you so you can create collections of your ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, or ThinkStation devices.
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You can compare the few simple clicks required in LDA with the many steps outlined in our System Update Suite and MEM: Part 1 Creating the Apps and System Update Suite and MEM: Part 2 Configuring and Deploying Apps articles.
Dock Manager (requires Dock Manager on the clients). Lenovo Odometer Data (requires Commercial Vantage on the clients). Lenovo Warranty (requires Commercial Vantage on the clients). Lenovo Updates History (requires System Update, Thin Installer or Commercial Vantage on the clients). The custom WMI classes that can be added to your Hardware Inventory include: You can even select to have a Configuration Item created for the application in case you would like to add that to one of your Baselines. LDA completely automates the creation of the Application Package for the applications you select. The applications that are covered by LDA include: And by running LDA on a regular basis, it will let you know when any of the Lenovo tools have been updated. With just a few clicks, you can direct LDA to accomplish in minutes what would normally take hours. This solution automates the tedious tasks of creating Application packages, Configuration Items, and Inventory Extensions for our various utilities used to patch and manage Lenovo PC's. Lenovo Deployment Assistant (LDA) is a new offering targeted at Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (CM) administrators.