Desktop Authority Management Suite

Desktop management that’s designed to simplify your workday.

Centralized, secure desktop management software for Windows environments.

Proactively provision and manage Windows systems with Desktop Authority Management Suite. Comprised of Desktop Authority and Privilege Manager, the full suite secures endpoint devices, including USB ports, and runs your applications in a least-privileged environment and your data is protected. Centrally manage firewall settings, power consumption, and easily target and customize user configurations without logon scripts. Maintain the balance between security and user productivity while saving IT resources.

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Features

Balance security with user productivity

Keep sensitive data within your organization and prevent vulnerabilities from being introduced by end users, without limiting capabilities or causing productivity issues for users.

User, device and admin control

Gather all privilege usage information into a central database and run domain-level analysis to easily determine if privilege policies need to be modified to meet compliance requirements.

Secure endpoints

Control both device usage (like external drives, printers, cameras and mobile devices), as well as port access (such as serial, infrared, USB and more), according to each user's unique authentication and access levels.

Support mobile users

Remotely manage issues behind the scenes using more than 30 different management tasks without disrupting user productivity.

Maintain privileges regardless of location

Keep your mobile users working, and your network secure. Validation Logic’s advanced targeting features ensure the correct elevation settings always apply when a user travels between offices.

Manage configurations across multiple environments

Gain precise configuration control across every delivery infrastructure — physical, virtual or published — all from a single solution.

Control internet browser behaviors

Bring virtually every aspect of Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox under your direct control with Desktop Authority’s Internet Browser management object.

Inactivity monitoring and power management

Centrally manage, configure and report on power management settings with granular control over all aspects of Windows power options, while securing inactive desktops.

Secure installation of trusted apps

Allow users to simultaneously install the latest version of Adobe Reader or apply the latest Java update themselves with Privilege Manager. Simultaneously maintain endpoint security by preventing installation of viruses and unwanted apps.

Remote control of user desktops

Enable remote control or remote viewing of the desktop (that needs attention) for issues that require a support professional to interact with the user.

Reduced, simplified Group Policy management

Precisely target the deployment of 2,400-plus available Group Policies. Desktop Authority parses ADM/ADMX templates and allows deployment of Windows configuration settings using more than 40 criteria.

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Lock down USB ports

Control exactly which USB devices are allowed on the network with the USB/Port Security feature.

Reduce power consumption

Centrally configure power schemes and reduce power consumption on your network.

Import and configure GP templates

Seamlessly add support for products with ADMX file(s) using the Group Policy Template feature.

Target configurations with granularity

Get the right configurations to the right group of users, on or off the network.

Secure desktops when users are away

Automate security responses when users leave computers unattended with our inactivity feature.

Seamlessly deploy MSI packages

Silently deploy critical installation packages to endpoint devices with the MSI Packages feature.

Privilege elevation and blacklisting

Create a least-privileged environment. Elevate or deny permissions at the application level.

Find all admin accounts

Remove local admin rights while providing users with elevated execution privileges at the applications level.

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Specifications

Desktop Authority

Server requirements

Operating systems

Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise (32/64 bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Enterprise

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Enterprise
Windows Server 2016

Domain controllers

Windows Server 2008 domain
Windows Server 2008 R2 domain

Windows Server 2012 domain
Windows Server 2012 R2 domain
Windows Server 2016 domain

Database server

Microsoft SQL Server version 2008 or higher

Installed if necessary

Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework, Hotfix KB981119
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package

Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2014 R2 Express — Installed if an existing SQL Server instance is not selected
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 or higher

Browsers supported (Console)

Internet Explorer 11
Firefox 3.8 or higher

Chrome 44 or higher
Edge 25 or higher

Screen resolution

1024x768

Client requirements

Operating systems

Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016

Installed if necessary

Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1

Microsoft .NET 2.0 SP1

Browsers supported

Internet Explorer 11
Firefox 3.8 or higher

Chrome 44 or higher
Edge 25 or higher

Screen resolution

1024x768

User permissions

User permission

One admin-level account with read/write access to all NETLOGON share(s) and to be a member of the local Administrators group on all applicable workstations
One domain user-level account

Privilege Manager

Console requirements

Memory

.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 or later

Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (required to run Privilege Manager)

Operating systems

Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016

Reporting

Microsoft SQL Express 2008 or later version

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or later version

Network

Privilege Manager should be deployed as a part of the Active Directory infrastructure.

User permissions

Local administrator rights to start Privilege Manager Console

Write permissions to Group Policy Objects to be configured

Client requirements

Operating systems

Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016

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Resources

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Desktop Authority Management Suite

Proactively configure, manage, secure and support all of your desktops

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Mapping Your Requirements to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

To better understand how agencies can leverage the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to navigate the changing threat landscape, GovLoop partnered with Quest, a leader in helping build and manage modern, secure and more resilient IT architecture.

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Centralized, Secure Access to Desktop Environments

Your business stakeholders require greater flexibility in IT operations, but your administrators must still be able to maintain a secure and consistent user environment. Managing machines individually isn’t an option, given the growing number of devices that have access to your organization’s network and the data that reside there. In this webcast, we’ll show you how KACE Desktop Authority makes it possible to eliminate the hassle of deploying and securing individ

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Desktop Authority Management Suite

Centralized, secure desktop management software for Windows environments.

Features

Balance security with user productivity

User, device and admin control

Secure endpoints

Support mobile users

Maintain privileges regardless of location

Manage configurations across multiple environments

Control internet browser behaviors

Inactivity monitoring and power management

Secure installation of trusted apps

Remote control of user desktops

Reduced, simplified Group Policy management

Tour

Lock down USB ports

Reduce power consumption

Import and configure GP templates

Target configurations with granularity

Secure desktops when users are away

Seamlessly deploy MSI packages

Privilege elevation and blacklisting

Find all admin accounts

Specifications

Resources

Desktop Authority Management Suite

Mapping Your Requirements to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Centralized, Secure Access to Desktop Environments

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