Corporate-Ready Whitepaper

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HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper

L60467-001, February 2019

HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper

1 HP Windows® 10 Factory Images

HP offers Windows 10 preinstalled on the systems shipped from the factory on HP commercial desktop and

mobile computers. The Windows 10 image shipped from the factory has gone through thousands of hours of

testing to ensure the highest quality and best reliability for our customers.

HP has provided what is called the HP Premier Image for many years and this is the standard image shipped

on the systems. Recently HP added the HP Corporate-Ready Image to support customers wanting a “clean”

image. This image is readily suited to new Modern Provisioning technologies. Differences in the two image

types are provided below.

HP Premier Image

The HP Premier Image shipped from the factory includes the Windows OS, device drivers, Microsoft Office

trial

, required HP documentation, hardware enabling software, and several HP applications. The HP value add

applications provide security, manageability, and collaboration features.

HP Corporate-Ready Image

The HP Corporate-Ready option was developed in 2016 for customers that want to receive a minimal, “plain

vanilla” Windows 10 image from the factory. The Corporate-Ready image consists of the Windows OS, device

drivers, Microsoft Office trial, required HP documentation, and a minimal set of HP hardware enabling apps. It

is a subset of the regular HP Premier images, removing most of the HP value add software. The HP Premier

and Corporate-Ready images have the same high quality and reliability since they have identical Windows 10

OS and device drivers.

The HP Corporate-Ready offering was previously known as HP Enterprise-Ready. To avoid confusion with

Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Edition operating system, HP is referring to the offering as HP Corporate-

Ready on new products. Note, HP cannot sell Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Edition on client systems. The

Enterprise Edition is only available to customers with a Microsoft volume license.

Customers can order the Corporate-Ready option from their HP account representative or on select platforms

offered on hp.com.

The Corporate-Ready image complements modern provisioning solutions like AutoPilot

. By default, with

modern provisioning, software applications are updated from the Microsoft Store and device drivers and OS

updates are updated from Windows Update. The Corporate-Ready image is a good choice for modern

provisioning solutions, but these provisioning products and services are not included with the Corporate-

Ready image and may require a separately purchased license is required.

Microsoft® Office trial has limited features, functionality and duration. The full version is available from Microsoft.

Autopilot prerequisites include Azure AD Premium P1 or P2 and Microsoft Intune or other MDM service to manage your

devices. Some HP security features must be provisioned separately using the HP Manageability Integration Kit. Contact your

HP account representative or authorized HP reseller for more information.

Summary of content (7 pages)

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HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper 1 HP Windows® 10 Factory Images HP offers Windows 10 preinstalled on the systems shipped from the factory on HP commercial desktop and mobile computers. The Windows 10 image shipped from the factory has gone through thousands of hours of testing to ensure the highest quality and best reliability for our customers. HP has provided what is called the HP Premier Image for many years and this is the standard image shipped on the systems.
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HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper 2 Applications by HP Premier and HP CorporateReady HP installs several value-add applications on our standard HP Premier image. These applications provide a wide range of features from security to support assistance. The HP Corporate-Ready image removes most of these applications allowing customers to control what applications they want to add back or change.
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HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper 3 Windows 10 Editions with Corporate-Ready The Corporate-Ready option is available with most of the Windows 10 editions. • Windows 10 Home • Windows 10 Pro • Windows 10 Pro for Workstations • Windows 10 Pro for Education NOTE: Not all products offer all OS editions. Corporate-Ready is applied to the current version of the OS shipping from the factory.
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HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper 5.1 Traditional Windows Image Provisioning Traditionally, corporate customers that want a customized Windows 10 image for their end-users create a custom image that has the OS and all their applications and settings. New end-user systems are then reimaged with the custom image. Creation of the customized images requires technical expertise and several weeks of effort. A customer can use their IT department to create a custom Windows 10 image.
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HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper 6 Microsoft Office HP includes Microsoft Office trial with HP Premier and HP Corporate-Ready with most commercial systems. The Microsoft Office trial allows the customer to use Office features for a limited time. Features, limitations, and duration of the trial are controlled by Microsoft. The customer can purchase a Microsoft Office license from Microsoft for full functionality.
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HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper 8 Appendix – Systems offering Corporate-Ready 8.1 Desktop systems Table 2 Desktop systems offering Enterprise-Ready or Corporate-Ready option. Desktop Systems HP Elite Slice 1.
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HP Corporate-Ready Whitepaper 8.