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FREE: ABC Deploy – Software deployment and Windows client maintenance

ABC Deploy is a free software deployment and Windows client maintenance tool. It can distribute all types of management tasks to computers as well as to end users. ABC-Deploy is now at version 6.2

Submitted by Flemming Varmer

ABC Deploy uses a policy driven approach to deliver software deployments and any other scriptable management task to PC’s and to end users. Multistep tasks are used to install or uninstall any type of software to your client computers, and also to setup user profiles for installed software. You can choose tasks to be executed under the credentials of the logged in user, or under the local system account.

V6.2 Enhanced features include:

Tasks

• Distribute Tasks to users and computers. A task can install (or uninstall) any type of software to your client systems, and also maintain user profiles for that software
• Task definition is made as simple as possible. In most cases installing software only requires you to name the task, and supply the path to a .Msi file
• Error handling and logging activity is fully automated
• Monitor client activity in real-time
• Tasks may contain multiple steps, and you can easily redeploy tasks,  or only a part of a task User profile setup applies automatically after deployments, if needed Support any deployment technology: .Msi, .Msp, .Msu, .Reg, .Vbs , .Bat . . .

Windows Active Directory integration

• Right Click on AD objects to assign software, to manage the local agent, or to perform other remote management tasks like Remote Control or WakeOnLan
• Assign tasks to Active Directory groups,  Organizational Units, to Computers
• Browse AD group membership, also nested groups. (groups in groups in . . . )

ABC Deploy – Assign tasks

 

Inventory

• All clients store inventory information for reporting and scheduling (example)

Package Library

• Preconfigured tasks for download
• Contain many of the software titles you need to upgrade regularly

Remote tools

• Ultra VNC with Active Directory authentication integrated Microsoft Remote Desktop
• Remote Registry
• Remote Admin Share (C$)
• Remote Computer Manager
• Wake On LAN

ABC Deploy – Remote Tools

Logging and monitoring

• Email notifications – on successes, on failures, and if deploys exceed your defined time threshold
• Live activity logging
• Detailed control of agent appearance to the end user

Versions

All the basic features needed to keep the production network updated and compliant is available in the free version. And the full package is also free for smaller networks (up to 30 active clients). You can compare the versions here.

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