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# Operating System Deployment

Adaptiva OneSite Anywhere provides administrators the ability to enhance their Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) Operating System Deployment (OSD) process with additional tools and capabilities. These include:

* **OneSiteDownloader.exe**: a tool to install packages using the OneSite Alternate Content Provider during WinPE.
* **Peer-to-Peer PXE (P2P PXE)**: the ability to enable clients to act as a PXE responder.
* **Virtual State Migration Points (vSMP)**: custom Task Sequence steps to configure clients to functions as State Migration Points.

You can use OneSite Anywhere as an Alternate Content Provider (ACP) during the ConfigMgr OSD process. Perform the following tasks to optimize your OSD process:

1. [Prepare your custom boot image](/anywhere/osd-overview/osd-boot-images.md) with the OneSite Downloader.
2. [Modify your OSD task sequence](/anywhere/osd-overview/osd-task-sequence.md) to invoke the OneSiteDownloader during WinPE and to install the Adaptiva Client.
3. Pre-stage content using a [content push policy](/anywhere/osd-overview/osd-content-push.md), referenced in an OSD task sequence, to remote offices so it can be used during a task sequence. This includes OS and boot image files, drivers, and packages.

## Bare metal and user state migration

OneSite Anywhere includes additional features to allow for bare metal deployments, and user state migration between machines during a task sequence.

* Configure [P2P PXE](/anywhere/osd-overview/osd-p2p-pxe.md) to allow Adaptiva clients to function as a PXE responder without configuring a ConfigMgr Distribution Point for PXE, setting up IP helpers, or DHCP scope options.
* Configure [vSMP](/anywhere/osd-overview/osd-vsmp.md) to allow Adaptiva clients to function as State Migration Points during a user state capture and restore during a task sequence.


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