Initial installation

Initial installation is the method to build a device automatically, including the operating system installation, configurations, software installations and the deployment of software patches.

The table below explains the phasing of an initial installation and the needed preparation steps.

If you want to perform computer preinstallations using other imaging tools, instead of Miradore, check How to add a Miradore Client into a snapshot/image.

	Automated build phase	Preparations and management required by system administrators
	Device preparations and starting initial installation	How to set up the initial installation startup methods? If you use a shared network adapter for installing devices, please read Installing devices without recording the MAC address of a shared network adapter.
	Operating system installation	How to set up the support for automated operating system installation? How to add support for new asset models and drivers? How to define default operating system settings? See location and organisation specific settings.
	BitLocker drive encryption	Miradore Management Suite automatically enables BitLocker drive encryption for managed Windows computers during initial installation according to the settings that have been defined at "System settings > Main > Installations management > Enable Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption". For more information about the requirements and use, please read: BitLocker drive encryption System settings for installations management
	Miradore Client installation	No actions needed. Managed by Miradore.
	Package installations	How to attach packages to configuration items? Offline Domain Join connector enables to join computers to a Microsoft Active Directory domain without the computers contacting a domain controller during the domain join operation. This means that also computers without access to corporate network can be joined to a domain. For instructions, see Perfoming offline domain join with a system package.
	Software patching	Software patching during initial installation
	Backup for system recovery	About system recovery
	Endpoint backup	Endpoint backup feature How to enable Endpoint backup feature How to configure Endpoint backup How to administrate Endpoint backup jobs

Good to know

During an initial installation of a Windows computer, Miradore copies the contents of the Setup\_System\Miradore\rootCerts.pem file from installation point to the device's operating system certificate store and also creates a copy of that file to the Client's installation directory. Miradore Client can then use the certificate for HTTPS connections with Miradore Server.