News

August 2009:

Desktop Authority, the leading desktop management platform for Windows-based networks, significantly reduces the total cost of desktop ownership, accelerates Windows migrations, and helps enterprises meet compliance and security requirements by giving them proactive, centralized management of all Windows desktops and applications.

Desktop Authority 8.0 represents the most significant release of new features in three years. With version 8.0, Desktop Authority gains the ability to manage computers that do not have a user logged-on, including patch management, software distribution, and other configuration changes. This capability delivers three big advantages:

Computer management operations can be scheduled, and not just executed during logon/logoff or similar events, as with previous versions
Windows Servers can now be managed, where a user rarely logs on but the administrator still wants to patch them and gather inventory information
The innovative new Wake-on-LAN feature permits overnight management in conjunction with scheduled events.

Desktop Authority 8.0 also introduces an optional web-based remote support console, new licensing options, and group policy-based agent deployment.

Desktop Authority 8.0 Beta 2 Includes:

Computer-Based Management: Launch applications, patch computers, install software and collect inventory from computers that do not have a currently logged on user.
Wake On LAN Deployment: Use the flexible Wake On LAN system to wake computers up across the network, without confronting the router configuration problems that normally plague Wake On LAN tools. Now wake computers up during non-business hours to patch them, install software, or run other maintenance tasks.
Scheduled Profile Elements: In addition to the new Startup and Shutdown timing elements, you can schedule profile elements for daily, weekly, monthly or one time execution. Even create a saved schedule so routine tasks run at set times.
Flexible End-User Notifications: Now, when you patch a computer, install software or make other changes, you can notify the end user, give them the option to defer the action and specify default actions if a user is not there when the task starts.
Manage Windows Servers: With computer based management profile elements, you can now patch, update, collect inventory information or take other actions to manage Windows servers.
Group Policy Based Agent Deployment: Desktop Authority now uses group policy to deploy the agent and any prerequisites. This enables the agent to be distributed to servers, unattended computers and computers where the user has not logged off and back on for a while. The new Desktop Authority Deployment Readiness Wizard walks users step by step through configuring the group policies necessary for deployment.
Integration with Remote Support Center: Now Desktop Authority users can use the Remote Support Center console as a web-based substitute for the remote management console built into Desktop Authority. The Remote Support Center download is now part of the DA 8 download page. RSC will operate as an evaluation for the beta. Users will be able to get an RSC license when Desktop Authority 8 is released.

Download der BETA-Version:
http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/desktopauthority/beta

August 2009:

Computer management operations can be scheduled, and not just executed during logon/logoff or similar events, as with previous versions
Windows Servers can now be managed, where a user rarely logs on but the administrator still wants to patch them and gather inventory information
The innovative new Wake-on-LAN feature permits overnight management in conjunction with scheduled events.

Desktop Authority 8.0 also introduces an optional web-based remote support console, new licensing options, and group policy-based agent deployment.

Desktop Authority 8.0 Beta 2 Includes:

Computer-Based Management: Launch applications, patch computers, install software and collect inventory from computers that do not have a currently logged on user.
Wake On LAN Deployment: Use the flexible Wake On LAN system to wake computers up across the network, without confronting the router configuration problems that normally plague Wake On LAN tools. Now wake computers up during non-business hours to patch them, install software, or run other maintenance tasks.
Scheduled Profile Elements: In addition to the new Startup and Shutdown timing elements, you can schedule profile elements for daily, weekly, monthly or one time execution. Even create a saved schedule so routine tasks run at set times.
Flexible End-User Notifications: Now, when you patch a computer, install software or make other changes, you can notify the end user, give them the option to defer the action and specify default actions if a user is not there when the task starts.
Manage Windows Servers: With computer based management profile elements, you can now patch, update, collect inventory information or take other actions to manage Windows servers.
Group Policy Based Agent Deployment: Desktop Authority now uses group policy to deploy the agent and any prerequisites. This enables the agent to be distributed to servers, unattended computers and computers where the user has not logged off and back on for a while. The new Desktop Authority Deployment Readiness Wizard walks users step by step through configuring the group policies necessary for deployment.
Integration with Remote Support Center: Now Desktop Authority users can use the Remote Support Center console as a web-based substitute for the remote management console built into Desktop Authority. The Remote Support Center download is now part of the DA 8 download page. RSC will operate as an evaluation for the beta. Users will be able to get an RSC license when Desktop Authority 8 is released.

Download der BETA-Version:
http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/desktopauthority/beta