Unmanaged SEP clients are incredibly light. Because they don't constantly poll a SEPM for policy changes (every 5 minutes), they consume less CPU and network bandwidth than managed clients. This makes the repack an excellent choice for:
Older networks that have decommissioned their SEP Management Server but still have valid licenses for the clients. To keep desktops protected without spinning up a full Windows Server VM for SEPM, administrators repack the client into an unmanaged configuration. Unmanaged SEP clients are incredibly light
Before diving into the download process, it is vital to understand the distinction between the different client types. Confusing these is the number one cause of deployment failures. Set parameters:
Navigate to the Tools folder in your extracted directory. Locate SetupStateManagementTool.exe. Unmanaged SEP clients are incredibly light
Run it to generate a custom setup.state file:
SetupStateManagementTool.exe /configure /outputstate:"C:\Repack\setup.state"
Set parameters: