Convert a PC into a thin client without wiping it.

Why the reimage route costs more than it looks

Replacing the endpoint OS is rarely just the reimage. It brings hardware qualification, peripheral and driver retesting, a second management platform, new runbooks, service-desk retraining and a rollback plan — and it usually needs the device on a bench.

What repurposing with XPC actually involves

Log in to the XPC Cloud Portal, deploy the MSI, enable XPC Mode for the device group. The machine keeps its name, its domain membership, its agents and its patch history, and appears in your existing inventory exactly as it always has.

Good candidates

Any PC that still boots reliably and runs a session client is a candidate: end-of-lease desktops, machines too slow for modern local workloads, back-office and shop-floor devices, and hardware inherited through an acquisition.

• Devices due for refresh purely because local performance has degraded.
• Shared or shift-work desks where nobody owns the machine.
• Sites where a hardware refresh cannot be scheduled soon.

The sustainability argument

Deferring a refresh is the most straightforward carbon reduction available to an IT team, because the largest share of a device's footprint is in its manufacture. Extending service life is measurable and easy to explain to a board.