What s New in AppSense Management Suite Version 7.0?

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1 What s New in AMS V7.0 What s New in AppSense Management Site Version 7.0? AppSense Management Site Version 7.0 is the latest version of the AppSense prodct range and comprises three prodct components, pls the new Management Center modle. This docment provides an overview of the new featres of each of the AppSense Management Site Version 7.0 components and provides an explanation of the associated benefits with each new featre. Featres are separated by prodct component: Application Manager Environment Manager Performance Manager Management Center INCLUDES: What s New in Application Manager Version 7.0? What s New in Environment Manager Version 7.0? What s New in Performance Manager Version 7.0? The New AppSense Management Center in Version 7.0 If yo wold like more information on the latest release, or wold like to evalate the software free of charge for 21 days, please visit s at Please note this docment assmes prior knowledge of AppSense Management Site Version 6.2 capabilities. For more information, please visit

2 What s New in Application Manager Version 7.0? AppSense Application Manager stops all nathorized exectables. Only applications installed by the administrator can be rn by sers, this incldes no exectable or VB scripts or applications that can be downloaded via a browser. Application Manager is also sed to monitor and manage Microsoft application licenses. New Featre Description Benefit Configration Profiler Allows administrators to prodce reports on Application Manager rles. Generic reports of the fll configration can be prodced for aditing prposes. Filtered reports on particlar applications, sers or devices can be created to assist with debgging of large or complex configrations. Increased efficiency in configration maintenance Hidden Message Boxes End ser message boxes are now only displayed for interactive processes, giving improved spport for server environments and SYSTEM process enforcement. Enhanced sability Persistent Self-Athorized Blocking Self-Athorizing Users are now able to persist their decision to block an nknown application. Enhanced sability What s New in Environment Manager Version 7.0? AppSense Environment Manager simplifies the creation of complex login environments and enables the se of hybrid profiles, lockdown of application fnctions at the Windows API level and self heals critical files, registry settings and processes. Version 7.0 sees the inclsion of several sability featres as well as a more open architectre, allowing for integration and cstomization of prodct featres. New Featre Description Benefit Removable Storage Control The ability to control access to Removable Storage Devices, sch as USB pens or ipods, to provide no, fll or read-only access on a per device or device grop basis. Any EM rle can be applied to the removable storage control action, enabling targeted control of devices in different scenarios. Minimize data theft throgh external devices whilst maintaining prodctivity throgh selective device athorization Granlar control enables fine tning of device lockdown Prevent the introdction of Trojans, worms and virses via external devices Self Healing of Modified Files The ability to self heal a file back to its original format shold a ser inadvertently or maliciosly alter the content of that file. For example, the ability to ensre a hosts file or INI file is never changed from the version spplied by the administrator. Increased protection from malware Configration more effectively maintained Redction in spport costs cased by damaged or inadvertently altered critical files Control of corporate docments sch as Microsoft Office templates Protection against Macro Virses If yo wold like more information on the latest release, or wold like to evalate the software free of charge for 21 days, please visit s at

3 What s New in Environment Manager Version 7.0? (Cntd.) New Featre Description Benefit Office Lockdown Wizard A new wizard within the Lockdown component that enables administrators to comprehensively lockdown Microsoft Office application toolbars and mens. Increased secrity throgh minimizing potentially disrptive fnctionality Decrease risk of data theft throgh disabling of certain featres Increased prodctivity throgh streamlined application se Ease of application configration across mltiple sers (simple GUI) Partial Import/Export of Configrations The ability to export individal sections of a configration, for example a node containing the setp or lockdown of a particlar application, enabling administrators to bild a library of configration snippets. These partial configrations can then be imported into the same, or a different, configration at a later date. Significant decrease in configration maintenance Ability to share or swap configration templates with other Environment Manager sers Cstom Rles The ability to set the reslt of a rle via a cstom script (VBScript or Java Script). This enables the administrator to create (or copy) a script in the EM console which is evalated at rntime to determine if the actions to which it is attached shold rn. This provides the ability to cater for crrently navailable rles inclding registry vale existence or time/date. Increased flexibility in configration parameters Enables implementation of a wide range of configration rles Cstom Actions The ability to rn a script as part of the logon/logoff or startp/ shtdown process. This enables the administrator to create (or copy) a script into the EM console which wold be exected as part of logon/logoff or startp/shtdown process. This provides the ability to cater for crrently non-existent actions inclding MAPI settings, Windows XP Firewall control or for scripting other AppSense prodcts sch as Application Manager. Increased flexibility in configration parameters Enables implementation of a wide range of configration rles Improve efficiency of logon/off scripts Configre Windows Firewall for added protection Configre Windows Update service to ensre compters remain p-to-date Configre Shadow Copies enabling backp and control of corporate content Drag & Drop Spport Drag and Drop or Ct/Copy/Paste capability allows yo to move sbnodes and actions between nodes and also files from within Windows Explorer into a list dialog within the EM console, for example Cstom Rles and Cstom Action dialogs. Ease of se improvements Easier/qicker configration maintenance Find & Replace The ability to atomatically find specific configration parameters, sch as server names or IP addresses, and change them easily withot having to perform a manal search throgh the whole configration. Ease of se improvements Easier/qicker configration maintenance Improved trobleshooting Simplifies reqired Disaster Recovery changes Reglar Expressions for Blocking Text in Edit Controls The ability to prevent certain words, phrases or combinations of characters from being entered into selected edit controls, based on generic reglar expression parameters. Increased control over web site and file system access Refactoring of the UI Console The layot of the EM console has been enhanced and simplified to ease the administration of certain actions and rles. For example, libraries inclding the Rles Library and Message Library, are now accessible at all times from the right-hand pane of the console. Ease of se improvements Easier/qicker configration maintenance Improved trobleshooting Lockdown Wizard Simplification The Lockdown Wizard has been simplified to remove any complexity and redce potential confsion when locking down components of applications. Ease of se improvements Easier/qicker configration maintenance Improved trobleshooting If yo wold like more information on the latest release, or wold like to evalate the software free of charge for 21 days, please visit s at

4 What s New in Performance Manager Version 7.0? AppSense Performance Manager proactively monitors and controls software processes and threads which se excessive CPU, memory or network bandwidth resorces, dynamically managing these resorces to optimize the end ser experience and increase the capacity of every server. AppSense Performance Manager ensres that the overse of resorce by one application or ser does not adversely affect the qality of service delivered to another. Frther tning can be made sch that the allocations of system resorce are directly linked to the importance of the application, ser or grop via simple intitive configration rles. New Featre Description Benefit Statistical Analysis and Reporting Allowing the statistics generated from within AppSense Performance Manager to be stored and reported on from a central SQL database. The standard reports allow administrators to trend the resorce tilization on a machine and drill down from high level data to nderstand the levels of CPU and memory that have been consmed by individal sers or applications. Trending of system resorce tilization on a machine. Allows administrators to highlight key applications and sers on a machine. Affords an nderstanding of what resorces applications and sers are receiving to aid configration of AppSense Performance Manager. Physical Memory Limits The ability to set both minimm and maximm limits to the amont of physical memory granted to an application. Ensring critical applications are not impacted by the over-consmption of memory reqested by another application, maintaining QoS. Application Memory Limits The ability to set a maximm limit to the amont of virtal memory an application can se. Ensring critical applications are not impacted by the over-consmption of memory reqested by another application, maintaining QoS. Watchdog Integration The ability to watch the AppSense Performance Manager service for nexpected changes in state. Any nexpected change of the service will trigger an aditing event and make correctional changes to the service. Ensres that the AppSense Performance Manager service is always rnning and protecting where compting resorces are allocated. Spport for 16 Bit Applications The ability to define AppSense Performance Manager rles on 16 Bit applications rn within a NTVDM, this will be configred in the Application Grops. Can now spport 16 bit (non-dos) applications. Allowing different resorcing rles to be allocated to different NTVDMs based on the 16-bit processes they contain. If yo wold like more information on the latest release, or wold like to evalate the software free of charge for 21 days, please visit s at

5 The new AppSense Management Center in Version 7.0 BRAND NEW! New to the Version 7.0 release, the AppSense Management Center provides a system for managing and deploying AppSense software to compters on the corporate network and incldes mechanisms for centralized alert & event monitoring, and policy configration. Designed sing proven Microsoft Web Services, the Management Center offers greatly improved scalability in large deployments. All data transfer and commnication can be managed across HTTPS or HTTP, providing secre web-based commnications where necessary. Tight integration with Microsoft Active Directory allows athentication of all managed devices before commnications are established. New Featre Improved Scalability Secre Web-Based Commnications Active Directory Athentication Centralized SQL Database Client Commnciations Agent (CCA) Centralized Aditing & Reporting Atomatic Client Registration Improved Roles Based Access Watchdog Agent New Management Console Description Bilt from new sing proven Microsoft Web Services, the Management Center offers greatly improved scalability in large deployments. Bilt on WinHTTP, BITS and IIS 6 technologies, all data transfers and commnications can be managed across HTTPS or HTTP protocols. Tight integration with Microsoft Active Directory allows athentication of all managed devices before commnications are established. Spports all genres of Microsoft SQL Server from SQL Server 2000 SP4 onwards, as well as MSDE and SQL Express. The CCA resides on each managed device, handling all commnications, package installations and adit data collection/transfer. All Adit events are collected and ploaded to the Management Server, for centralized collation and reporting. New Directory Grops allow membership rles to be configred in advance, so new clients registering with the Management Server are atomatically placed in the correct Deployment grop. User can be granted read-only or fll access to the varios views within the Management Center Console. Access is atomatically prohibited for any ser not athorized to view deployment, aditing or configration data. The Watchdog agent resides on each managed device. Shold any of the AppSense agents stop nexpectedly or become nstable, the Watchdog will adit the detected error, and make corrective actions to restart the agent. A new.net management console offers an enhanced and simplified ser experience. If yo wold like more information on the latest release, or wold like to evalate the software free of charge for 21 days, please visit s at

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