admin tool roundup?

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Hey there,

I'm looking for some recommendations for Windows administration tools,
particularly those that integrate Remote Desktop management as well as
other tools.

I've looked at Smartcode, iShadow and Pointdev. I was wondering if anyone
had any other recommendations. All of these tools have features the others
don't, and i'm looking for something a little more comprehensive.

My needs are:

I have to manage dozens of servers via remote desktop, and i'd like a
single, integrated tool to do this.

It should do the following:

Manage the RDP connections, including allowing configuration of RDP
encryption, and preferrably SSL encryption as well.

Allow management of IIS, and Computer Management functions, including AD,
DCOM/COM+, DNS, Services, etc..

Allow remote reboots of servers.

Work with single sign-on preferred.

Remote registry

Share management

Any suggestions?
 
Re: admin tool roundup?

Hello,

euh... using a customized mmc ?


--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Erik Funkenbusch" <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote in message
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> Hey there,
>
> I'm looking for some recommendations for Windows administration tools,
> particularly those that integrate Remote Desktop management as well as
> other tools.
>
> I've looked at Smartcode, iShadow and Pointdev. I was wondering if anyone
> had any other recommendations. All of these tools have features the
> others
> don't, and i'm looking for something a little more comprehensive.
>
> My needs are:
>
> I have to manage dozens of servers via remote desktop, and i'd like a
> single, integrated tool to do this.
>
> It should do the following:
>
> Manage the RDP connections, including allowing configuration of RDP
> encryption, and preferrably SSL encryption as well.
>
> Allow management of IIS, and Computer Management functions, including AD,
> DCOM/COM+, DNS, Services, etc..
>
> Allow remote reboots of servers.
>
> Work with single sign-on preferred.
>
> Remote registry
>
> Share management
>
> Any suggestions?
 
Re: admin tool roundup?

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> euh... using a customized mmc ?
>
>
> --
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAU
> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>
>

Yeah, Windows has all one needs.

--
NetAdmin <São Paulo, BR>
"Das ist nicht mein biere... arschloch."
 
Re: admin tool roundup?

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:47:32 +0200, Mathieu CHATEAU wrote:

> Hello,
>
> euh... using a customized mmc ?

No, these apps are typically stand-alone applications.
 
Re: admin tool roundup?

You can build a custom MMC with all MSC inside..what's the point ?

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Erik Funkenbusch" <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:47:32 +0200, Mathieu CHATEAU wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> euh... using a customized mmc ?
>
> No, these apps are typically stand-alone applications.
 
Re: admin tool roundup?

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:38:56 +0200, Mathieu CHATEAU wrote:

> You can build a custom MMC with all MSC inside..what's the point ?

Maybe i'm misunderstanding, but mmc can't really easily maange an entire
domain of clients. You have to manually connect to each computer, and it
doesn't offer a terminal services management interface.

What I want is a tree on the left side with all the servers in my domain, i
want to right click on one of them and choose management tasks, including
connect to terminal services.

Yes, I can do all that stuff with a bunch of different tools seperately,
but I want to do it all in one tool.
 
Re: admin tool roundup?

an mmc is available for rdp

I understand your goal, but i am not aware of any free solution for
this,except again making mmc.




--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Erik Funkenbusch" <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:38:56 +0200, Mathieu CHATEAU wrote:
>
>> You can build a custom MMC with all MSC inside..what's the point ?
>
> Maybe i'm misunderstanding, but mmc can't really easily maange an entire
> domain of clients. You have to manually connect to each computer, and it
> doesn't offer a terminal services management interface.
>
> What I want is a tree on the left side with all the servers in my domain,
> i
> want to right click on one of them and choose management tasks, including
> connect to terminal services.
>
> Yes, I can do all that stuff with a bunch of different tools seperately,
> but I want to do it all in one tool.
 
Re: admin tool roundup?

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:11 +0200, Mathieu CHATEAU wrote:

> an mmc is available for rdp
>
> I understand your goal, but i am not aware of any free solution for
> this,except again making mmc.

I didn't ask for free. I'm more than willing to pay, I just waant some
recommendations for products that I can try out and see if they meet my
needs.

Whee is the rdp MMC? is it just on server versions?
 
Re: admin tool roundup?

years ago it was a downloadable version. I tink it's in the windows 2003
adminpak.msi

this may help:

Remote Control Add-on for Active Directory Users & Computers
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...E7-7594-4ABB-8239-7A7ECA6A6CB1&displaylang=en


--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Erik Funkenbusch" <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:11 +0200, Mathieu CHATEAU wrote:
>
>> an mmc is available for rdp
>>
>> I understand your goal, but i am not aware of any free solution for
>> this,except again making mmc.
>
> I didn't ask for free. I'm more than willing to pay, I just waant some
> recommendations for products that I can try out and see if they meet my
> needs.
>
> Whee is the rdp MMC? is it just on server versions?
 
Re: admin tool roundup?

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:28:00 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch
<erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:11 +0200, Mathieu CHATEAU wrote:
>
>> an mmc is available for rdp
>>
>> I understand your goal, but i am not aware of any free solution for
>> this,except again making mmc.
>
>I didn't ask for free. I'm more than willing to pay, I just waant some
>recommendations for products that I can try out and see if they meet my
>needs.
>
>Whee is the rdp MMC? is it just on server versions?


Hyena (http://www.systemtools.com/hyena/index.html) may be worth
looking at. I used it in a previous life when I was an admin (several
years ago) and it worked great for us then.

Mike
 
RE: admin tool roundup?

Hi,

lets have a look to DamweWare NT Utilities.

www.dameware.com

This tool should fit to your needs.

Have a nice day.

akf-admin

"Erik Funkenbusch" wrote:

> Hey there,
>
> I'm looking for some recommendations for Windows administration tools,
> particularly those that integrate Remote Desktop management as well as
> other tools.
>
> I've looked at Smartcode, iShadow and Pointdev. I was wondering if anyone
> had any other recommendations. All of these tools have features the others
> don't, and i'm looking for something a little more comprehensive.
>
> My needs are:
>
> I have to manage dozens of servers via remote desktop, and i'd like a
> single, integrated tool to do this.
>
> It should do the following:
>
> Manage the RDP connections, including allowing configuration of RDP
> encryption, and preferrably SSL encryption as well.
>
> Allow management of IIS, and Computer Management functions, including AD,
> DCOM/COM+, DNS, Services, etc..
>
> Allow remote reboots of servers.
>
> Work with single sign-on preferred.
>
> Remote registry
>
> Share management
>
> Any suggestions?
>
 
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