Intel EMA for HCL BigFix

Overview

Intel® Endpoint Management Assistant (Intel® EMA) helps empower IT with business-enabled tools to monitor, restore, upgrade, and help protect devices using Intel® EMA and Intel® Active Management Technology, part of the Intel vPro® platform.​​
The integration helps organizations extend the power and reach of HCL BigFix with Intel vPro for a comprehensive remote management solution.

Benefits

With Intel® EMA Integration with HCL BigFix you can:

• Discover Intel® AMT equipped devices in your environment and their associated firmware versions
• Benefit from best known methods for deployment of Intel® EMA Agent using HCL BigFix
• Monitor Agent adoption and status
• Enable Right-click deep-linking from HCL BigFix console to Intel® EMA console

Use Cases

• Discover AMT: Intel® EMA will manage any system, especially benefitting systems with Intel Active Management Technology
• Provision: Check provisioning status and AMT firmware versions (requiring Skylake Gen 6; and above)
• Deploy EMA agents: Use the automated option, deploy your way using the included Fixlet templates
• Manage Endpoints: Cloud-based, beyond firewall manageability

Additional Resources

Download Intel® Endpoint Management Assistant (Intel® EMA) integration file from partner site here
Additional quick start guide documentation from Intel® available here

Support

Intel Business Support Portal

Requirements

Intel® EMA v1.5.or greater, Microsoft® Windows Server platform with MSSQL.
[Please see Intel EMA download page for details]
Automated stand-up of Intel EMA sever available on Microsoft Azure

HCL BigFix Platform version 9.5+

More information on Intel® EMA Integration Kit for BigFix here