StageReady vs ImmyBot
Different jobs, one workflow.
StageReady handles day-zero provisioning: from an empty device to an enrolled, ready-to-manage endpoint. ImmyBot focuses on ongoing application deployment and device management after provisioning. Many MSPs use both as complementary parts of their workflow.
| Dimension | StageReady | ImmyBot |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Day-zero provisioning | Ongoing management |
| Starting point | Bare metal: a blank disk | A device already running Windows |
| On the device | No agent; no credentials on the USB | A persistent agent deploys software and configuration |
| Autopilot registration | Automatic, during provisioning | After Windows is running |
| Relationship to the tenant | Enrolls the device into the customer tenant | Maintains already-enrolled devices |
| Patching & software maintenance | Not its job | A core strength |
| Where the device ends up | Handed over registered in the client's Autopilot | Managed alongside Microsoft Intune, not instead of it |
ImmyBot is a well-established, well-liked platform. This isn't better-vs-worse. It's day-zero vs day-two.
Using both
Provision with StageReady, manage with ImmyBot
A device flows from one to the other: StageReady takes it from a blank disk to enrolled in the client's tenant, then your management tool maintains it from there.
Day zero
StageReady provisions & enrolls
Day two
ImmyBot manages & maintains
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