Installation Methods for HP Insights Windows Application

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Introduction 

The HP Insights Windows Application or Windows Agent is essential to manage your device fleet in HP Workforce Experience Platform (WXP). The Windows Agent ensures seamless integration with endpoint devices and provides you (IT administrators) key insights about your fleet management. 

Depending on your organization’s setup, you can choose between manual or automatic enrollment:

  • Manual Enrollment: Requires downloading the HP Insights Windows Application (also referred to as the Agent) to the local computer and install it using the setup.exe Installer. 

    • The setup.exe method is ideal for manually installing the HP Insights Windows Agent on individual devices. 

    • This method is ideal for small-scale deployments, testing, or enrolling a few devices without the need for centralized control. 

  • Automatic Enrollment:   Requires downloading the agent to a location accessible by all computers on the network and installing it using the MSI Installer, which is ideal for managing large-scale deployments. This method helps to ensure consistency and reduces installation time for large IT infrastructures.

    • The MSI Installer is designed for enterprise environments where organizations need to distribute the Windows Agent for HP Insights efficiently while conserving network bandwidth. 

    • The MSI package can be deployed using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM), Group Policy, or other enterprise deployment tools. 

This guide provides step-by-step instructions to download and install the HP Insights Windows Agent to ensure successful enrollment and optimal performance.

Target Audience

  • Primary audience:

    • IT administrators and support personnel who set up and manage the platform (All roles).

    • HP Partners who use the platform to manage their customers.

    • Internal and external developers who integrate with the platform.

  • Secondary audience: Decision-makers, such as Product Managers, Sales team, and C-suite executives.

Prerequisites

For a comprehensive list, refer to the article - Prerequisites for installing HP Insights Windows Application.

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