ConfigWise

ConfigWise Key Features Include:

Customizable, Rich Reporting Dashboards

  • Obtain a single view of system and application information across the enterprise
  • View top “non-compliant” policies and systems at a glance and then drill down directly to policy items, including the expected and actual values causing the non-compliance
  • Create custom dashboards through a wizard-driven designer to define how the collected results are displayed, including trends and correlations, with drill-down capability to corresponding details by policy, machine or change
  • Web-based dashboards may be used to view reports without a Windows console as well as be integrated within other application consoles or stored in Sharepoint to share with others

Robust Policy Authoring and Lifecycle Management

  • Easily create and maintain ConfigWise reporting policies according to business needs
  • Quickly create and customize standard in-use configuration policies from existing configured systems with “golden master” policy generation
  • Leverage industry expertise and best practices with out-of-the-box templates, including Microsoft Security Compliance Manager and SCAP baselines
  • Manage ConfigWise policies throughout the lifecycle, including pre-deployment testing, version control and auditing of policies
  • Easily keep policies up to date by comparing against a “golden master” system

Central Data Collection and Repository

  • Maintain a central repository of system and application information from across your enterprise without the overhead of a complicated framework
  • Scheduled or on-demand collection based upon policies to obtain the desire level of information
  • Leverage existing infrastructure solutions, including optional integrated collection from System Center Configuration Manager and Operations Manager
  • Broad platform support for servers and workstations, using native ConfigWise collectors for Windows® (and Hyper-V), Linux, VMware and snmp network devices

Flexible Central Reporting and Analysis

  • Track and report on collection inventory, change history and compliance to reporting policies
  • Summarize information by collection, by machine, by policy or by policy item with advanced filtering capabilities to granularly scope reporting policy compliance results to your needs
  • Historical reporting and report on compliance trends over time