Enterprise Device Driver Management For Operating System Deployment
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsBrett Flegg, Ravi Kiran Chintalapudi
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Abstract
Enterprise driver management and image installation are described. In an implementation, a computer-implemented method is performed in which a determination is made as to whether drivers for a plurality of clients are available from an operating system to be installed on the plurality of clients. A report is then generated describing the availability of the drivers.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining whether drivers for a plurality of clients are available in an operating system to be installed on the plurality of clients;
- and
- generating a report describing the availability of the drivers.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining information from a plurality of clients in an enterprise system regarding drivers and devices of the respective clients;
- and
- forming an aggregation of the collected information to be submitted to a service over an Internet to determine whether updated drivers are available for the respective said devices of the plurality of clients.
One or more computer-readable media comprising executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computer to generate a report from information collected from a plurality of clients in an enterprise system regarding devices included in the respective clients, wherein the report describes availability of drivers for the respective devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.