Configuration of one or more computer devices

A computer hardware system comprising:

• processor hardware;
• a repository that physically stores instructions associated with an application executed by the processor hardware;
• and
• an interconnect coupling the processor hardware and the repository, the interconnect causing the processor hardware to execute the application and perform operations of:
• retrieving device image information, the device image information synthesized from a set of computer configuration instructions specifying settings of a target computer device;
• and
• communicating the synthesized device image information to a backup restoration function on the target computer device;
• and
• invoking a backup restoration function on the target computer device to load the synthesized device image information onto the target computer device.

A computer-readable hardware storage medium having instructions stored thereon for processing data information, such that the instructions, when carried out by at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to perform operations of:

• invoking a backup restoration function on a target computer device;
• retrieving device image information, the device image information synthesized from a set of computer configuration instructions specifying settings of a target computer device;
• and
• communicating the synthesized device image information to the backup restoration function on the target computer device.