Desktop Authority
is the answer if you are looking for
point-and-click remote administration of your networked PCs.
It could replace hand-written scripting with a point and click
application that combines logon scripting, security policies, Outlook settings,
Microsoft office setting, group and user profile
management into a single, intuitive, Windows GUI-based management console.
Network administrator
can configure nearly every
aspect of the user's desktop including printers, shortcuts, registry
settings, Windows Firewall, folder redirections and mail profiles, as well
as IE and MS Office settings.
Manage each client’s
hardware and software is easy by reporting against information stored
centrally in an SQL database.
Save energy costs is now
possible by establishing power settings and by shutting down inactive
machines.
Desktop Authority helps IP Pro simplify and standardize desktop management tasks
through an intuitive and feature-rich interface. You're essentially building an
intense array of batch and shell scripts, but instead of using WSH, Perl or
KiXtart, you just point, click and build. You don't have to master the scripting
language to do the job. Desktop Authority does all the heavy lifting.
Desktop Authority does its magic by taking over the login script. It then
loads its client and processes the complex array of scripts it has previously
built under your direction. Under the hood, Desktop Authority runs the KiXtart
scripting language. So if you're familiar with that language, you can further
customize your scripts.
Compare to to SMS (Microsoft
System Management), Desktop Authority provides a wealth of out-of-the-box
desktop configuration options, including network drive and printer mapping,
IE setting, Microsoft Office Setting, Outlook profile management, file
management, and many more. Nonetheless, Desktop Authority is roughly four to
five time less expensive than SMS in similar environment.
The technology gives network administrators
the power to proactively manage networked computers at any time and from any
location by combining logon scripting, group policies and interactive
desktop management. By
using remote management to view and take control of desktop PC anywhere in
the network, Desktop Authority makes support much easier and cost-effective
for the network administrator. It eliminates the need to visit each client
PC. Administrators can now effectively manage the desktop environment from one console,
this greatly lower the total
cost of desktop ownership.
