Deployment and Imaging Group

Please find below the most frequently asked GSS 3.0 OS/Platform Support questions:

Q: When is Mac OS going to be supported?
A: We support this today as a management only option. We are currently discussing whether to add native mac imaging to GSS 3.0.
 
Q: Windows 10 support? At release (Summer 2015) or Release plus ~9 months (Spring 2016).
A: We are already working on Windows 10 support. Our plan is to add this as soon as possible after GA. This will be dependent on what changes are required but we already know that Ghost seems to work with Windows 10 which is a good start.
 
Q: Will GSS 3.0 work with SQL 2008\2012
A: Yes.
 
Q: Is Windows 2003 Server still supported?
A: We did not test Windows Server 2003 as it's about to go out of support.
 
Q: In the Boot Disk Creator and the PXE config there were greyed-out checkboxes for DOS.  Are you still going to support DOS boot disks for faster PXE transfer vs. WinPE?
A: Unfortunately we no longer support DOS and this will be removed at GA.
 
Q: ­Can this product be installed on Windows 7 64 bit? Or does it need to be on Server 2012 r2?
 
A: ­Right now we have only certified on server operating systems but we're looking to spend the cycles to certify on desktop operating systems. We know from a resource perspective there wont be any problems but we anticipate there will be some technical issues. The Ghost Standard Tools can be installed on a desktop.
 
Q: ­We currently use GSS 2.5 installed on laptops to image on local Lans without the need to have traffic across WAN on different subnets and enables onsite management.  We use windows 7.  So this new solution only runs on server operating system?
A: ­Right now we have only certified it on server OSs but we do have customers using our technology on desktops. We're working on it.
 
Q: Does GSS 3.0 support GPT partitions for EFI images?    
A: We still have a couple of gaps we’re working on as quickly as we can.