Desktop Authority
is the industry’s leading
desktop management tool for
Windows-based networks. It
significantly reduces the
total cost of desktop and
application ownership by
enabling enterprises to
proactively secure, manage,
inventory report, and
migrate desktops from a
central location.
By
integrating configuration,
inventory,
reporting, patch
management,
anti-spyware, device
lockdown, power
management and remote
management into a single
solution, IT professional
can efficiently and
effectively manage the
desktop environment from one
console, lowering the total
cost of desktop ownership.
Today's IT staff are
overwhelmed with the volume
of help desk requests,
maintaining consistent
desktop configurations and
the constant software
upgrades and fixes. Desktop
Authority is the solution to
ease this burden and deliver
a new level of
customer-driven
functionality to client-side
desktop administration.
Your busy IT staff now have
the power to proactively and
effectively manage any
desktop PC on you networked,
at any time and anywhere -
over a LAN, dial-up, VPN
connection, or even a PDA.
COMPLETE DESKTOP
CONFIGURATION
Desktop Authority gives
enterprises the power to
centrally configure, manage,
secure and protect desktops
from a single, easy to use
interface, and removes the
need to visit desktop
computers.
Desktop Authority provides
the administrator with a
complete set of desktop
configuration features for
windows clients from 95 to
Vista, including:
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Application
Installs and
Updates
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Remote Control
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Patch Management
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Anti-Spyware
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Lockdown USB and
other ports
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Power Management
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Connections to
File Servers
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Grami;ar
Control
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Desktop Authority’s
patented Validation
Logic technology
determines how each
desktop will be
configured, using
over 40 validation
types including the
class of computer
(e.g. desktop/
notebook), operating
system, group
membership, AD
sites, OUs, and
registry and file
properties. Custom
validation types can
be added, such as
Asset Tags and
hardware
configurations.
Software
Deployment:
Integrating with
Desktop Authority
MSI Studio, MSI
pack-ages can be
centrally created
and deployed to
desktops across the
enterprise with
ease. Using Desktop
Authority’s
deployment
infrastructure,
desktops
automatically
install applications
from the closest
deployment server.
A Full-Purpose
Reporting Solution
is included that
allows the creation,
customization, and
scheduling of
reports. Reporting
data includes
inventory
information, user
activity,
administrator
activity with the
Desktop Authority
manager.
Role-Based
Administration:
In larger
organizations there
are typically
multiple levels of
administration, with
junior ones assigned
to specific
geo-graphical
locations or
restricted
administration
tasks. Desktop
Authority’s
architecture allows
super-users to
restrict other
administrators to
only view, change,
and add or delete a
limited set of
configuration
objects. By defining
roles and applying
those roles to users
or groups at the
profile level,
super-users can
ensure that
administration of
Desktop Authority
follows enterprise
security boundaries.
Security Options:
Desktop Authority
enhances the
security of desktops
with a Patch
Management option,
which deploys
patches from
Microsoft and select
3rd-party vendors,
an Anti-Spyware
option which detects
and removes known
Spyware, and a
USB/Port Security
option that controls
read and write
access to USB,
storage and
communication
devices on the
desktop.
Total Remote
Management:
Ongoing management
requires
configuration
updates, control and
access from
anywhere. Desktop
Authority’s remote
management and
control works from
any java-enabled
browser to give
administrators the
power to manage:
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Services,
Processes and
Drivers
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File System and
the Registry
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Installed
Applications
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Open Files, DLLs
and Registry
Keys
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Tasks and Alerts
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Remote Reboots
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Remote Control
