Desktop Central August Newsletter

Endpoint Central | August 17, 2010 | 2 min read
ManageEngine Desktop Central

Newsletter – August 2010   

Greetings from ManageEngine Desktop Central

We are happy to announce the availability of latest hotfix to Desktop Central 7 – Build 70119. Here’s the complete list of enhancements & bug fixes from the previous hotfix:

Enhancements & Bug Fixes

Enhancements

  1. Ability to authenticate Desktop Central users via Active Directory has been included.
  2. Support for deploying software across multiple domains has been included.

Bug Fixes

  1. When adding the license details of a software, license or invoice files added in PDF format could not be downloaded later. This issue has been fixed.
  2. Issue in calculating the configuration target status in some specific cases has been fixed.
  3. Issues in Power Management Configuration have 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.

Active Directory Authentication Included

Users logging into Desktop Central Client can now be authenticated via Windows Active Directory. The users will internally mapped to their domain user accounts, which makes them to use their domain logon name and password to login to Desktop Central. This helps you to secure the Desktop Central’s management inteface by making use of the Active Directory’s stringent password policy.

Deploying Software Across Multiple Domains Supported

Administrators will now be able to deploy software to computers across domains in a single deployment. Administrator can maintain the software in a common network share in any one domain, which will be accessed with proper credentials from computers from other domains/workgroup.

What’s Cooking?

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

  • Approval Mechanism for Automatic Uninstallation of Prohibited Software Details>>
  • Automating Software Deployment Details>>

Add Requirements to Product Roadmap

You can add your new feature requirements on Desktop Management to our roadmap. We will prioritize and include them in our subsequent updates. Visit our Roadmap and add your requirements.

 
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