Greetings from ManageEngine Desktop Central

We are happy to announce the availability of latest hotfix to Desktop Central 6. Here's the complete list of enhancements & bug fixes of this hotfix:

Enhancements & Bug Fixes

Enhancements

1. Install / uninstall silent switches of popular software now comes pre-filled
2. Option to enable or disable specific USB Devices has been included.
3. Reports have been enhanced with an option to trim the column values and by including additional columns.
4. Inventory Management, Software Deployment, Patch Management, and Remote Control modules have been internationalized completely.
5. Option to exclude specific patches from being scanned has been included.
6. Reports view enhanced to include navigation links at the bottom of the table.
7. Custom Reports enhanced to include additional columns in the criteria
8. Performance enhancements done for getting the software and hardware inventory details from the managed computers.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in exporting the reports to PDF format has been fixed.
2. Case Sensitivity disabled in Domain Filter of SoM.
3. Case Sensitivity check removed in Custom Group in Define Target section of Configurations.
4. Servlet Exception is fixed in SoM.
5. Office update Installation issues have been fixed.
6. Number Format Exception in Inventory Computer Details page has been fixed
7. Issues related to memory management have been fixed.
8. Issue in displaying the left panel showing the list of reports when clicking the Custom Report has been fixed.

You can download the hotfix and install as per the instructions provided there.

To download complete product, which includes these enhancements, visit our website.

Software Installation Silent Switches Comes Pre-Filled

Silent switches for installing or uninstalling some of the popular software now comes pre-filled when you add a software package. You would just need to all your installable in a shared location and select the application. The installation and uninstallation arguments will get automatically added.

USB Device Management Included

Desktop Central's Secure USB feature allows you to selectively limit the scope of USB device usage, either restricting, blocking or allowing full use, depending on the individual user. This helps you to secure your network against data theft. The restriction can be set both at the computer and user level, providing you a complete control.

Exclude Selective Patches

The Patch Management module has been enhanced to exclude selected patches from being scanned. You can either exclude all patches of an application or any specific patch from being scanned. When you exclude a patch, it will not be shown as a missing patch for any of the managed computers and will also be excluded from the vulnerability calculation, thus showing a perfect health status of your computers.

I18N: More Languages Supported

Desktop Central has now been localized for all the languages. It has been completely tested to support all languages in the following modules: Inventory Management, Software Deployment, Patch Management, and Remote Control.

What's Cooking?

The features in our roadmap that are currently under development include:

• Enhanced distributed architecture: Computers in remote locations will contact a master agent in that location, which will communicate with the Desktop Central Server to process the requests. Details>>
• Enhanced User Access Control: Admin users of Desktop Central will be able to delegate more fine-grained access to Technicians to access specific features/modules of the product.     Details>>

Drive the Development

Please tell us about your immediate needs on Windows Desktop Management. We shall prioritize our development activities based on your comments/feedback.