Hey Everybody,
Just a quick update on the latest XML release for VMware vCenter Protect Essentials Plus as you will notice some new items have been released. As many of you know, vCenter Protect Essentials Plus 8.0 offers a new feature called ITScripts. This integration with Microsoft Powershell delivers powerful scripting capabilities through vCenter Protect Essentials Plus. In the XML release yesterday we did release three new script into the VMware Script Catalog.
A little about XML Announcements for those who may not be familiar. vCenter Protect Essentials Plus has regular data releases to update patch data. Typically you will …
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It is patch week once again, but before the patch announcements and Patch Tuesday webinar start to fill your week I wanted to let you know what a couple hundred of our customers have already found out. VMware vCenter Protect Essentials Plus 8.0 (formerly Shavlik NetChk Protect) is now available. For those of you who have not seen the new features of the latest release they are focused on making day to day IT Management easier.
Check out the ITScripts feature and integration with RDP which provide some handy and quick solutions for any …
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VMware vCenter Protect Essentials Plus 8.0 (formerly Shavlik NetChk Protect) has been released to Early Access. This means you can now download and install the production version directly from the download link (click here). We have had a very exciting beta and the feedback at the VMworld US and Europe shows was very positive. General Availability through our download site and additional supporting documentation and materials will be coming next week.
Feature Highlights:
Credentials Manager
ITScripts
Power Status Scan
Multi Admin support
And many more…
Also, next week we will be hosting a webinar introducing VMware vCenter Protect Essentials Plus. This webinar covers …
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Recently we held a poll regarding the use of scripting in managing your IT environment. Nearly 90% of respondents are using scripting today and the majority are writing and maintaining their own scripts as well as downloading and reusing existing scripts. So it comes as no surprise that the ITScripts feature in our upcoming 8.0 release is the most popular reason for users joining the beta. Beta testers currently have access to seven scripts which include:
Scripts to disable pesky update pop-ups for vendors like Apple and Adobe.
Scripts to better support our own tech support needs like collecting console and target …
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The next release of NetChk Protect is nearly feature complete. We have some great new features coming your way in this release. In my last post I discussed a few of the new features that we will be releasing such as the credentials management, RDP integration, and scripting. This release is very much about IT Management. NetChk Protect will become less of a once a month tool and more of an every day life saver. As we lead up to Beta I will be letting out a few teasers for you to get an idea of …
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Hello Shavlik Community!
Last night I had the chance to take a condensed PowerShell class. I have been playing around with PowerShell for a while now as we have used it for a few supporting tools for NetChk Protect. I also have a bit of programming experience from High School and College, and from what I had played with PowerShell it seemed pretty easy and straightforward. A three hour introduction class showed me that I had only scratched the surface of PowerShell’s potential. If you’re looking for ways to simplify your IT management, here are a couple of the new things …
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Hello Shavlik Community!
I was just playing around with some new features in NetChk Protect and noticed today’s XML Release had gone live. I even scanned and deployed the Skype update to my machine so IT does not come down on me for having an old version of this software on my machine. Sticklers, those guys, you would think we take IT Security seriously or something! Well, I flipped back through the last few XML updates on the RSS feed in NetChk Protect while my patch downloaded and installed and noticed just how much has come out in just the last …
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As of last week NetChk Protect now supports Google Chrome rounding off our support for browsers. This is one area that should be of major concerns for IT Professionals. What browsers are in use in their network? IE is on every Windows machine of course. Many of those who do not like IE favor FireFox and depending on where you look FireFox is neck and neck or even beating out IE for % of users. Chrome seems to be in third and growing considerably. I have three browsers loaded on my machine, but I have personally made the switch to Chrome …
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