What is AutoMate Enterprise?

What is AutoMate Enterprise Server?

AutoMate Enterprise Server (AES) is a separately available server software package when coupled AutoMate client software, is a complete software solution for achieving total Network Automation. It is designed to save IT Professionals time and money in controlling small to large groups of PC’s on a network. And to eliminate running from machine to machine performing rudimentary system administration tasks.

The AutoMate Enterprise system is comprised of 2 key components:

AutoMate Professional

This runs on the client machines and is used as both the sending and receiving device when configured to connect to an AutoMate Enterprise Server. (For an in depth description of AutoMate please see the AutoMate help file)

AutoMate Enterprise Server

This system service runs on a Windows NT Server and handles request brokering and security rights between AutoMate installations.

IT Professionals can use AutoMate Professional to easily create AutoMate tasks (sometimes called macros) and deploy them through the AutoMate Enterprise Server which acts as the connector and the traffic cop enforcing a rights system for allowing/disallowing users from performing certain tasks. The key benefit that AutoMate Enterprise allows is a secure controlled way for a network administrator to deploy AutoMate tasks to large groups of machines simultaneously.

Deploy to groups of machines simultaneously

Forget remote control. AutoMate Enterprise Server allows you to deploy tasks to many machines simultaneously.

One of the aims of AutoMate Enterprise Server is to allow the IT Professional to just as quickly package a task and deploy it out to other machines on the network. Basically any administrative task that can be performed in AutoMate can now be sent and executed network wide (or selectively) with just a few mouse clicks. Since AutoMate’s native protocol is TCP\IP (the language of the Internet) the stations on an AutoMate Enterprise Network can be either across the office or across the world.

Central Rights Management

Another aim of AutoMate Enterprise Server was to address concerns of central management of large installations of AutoMate. Utilizing AutoMate Enterprise Server, the IT Professional now has the ability to control many aspects of AutoMate’s operation on each installed client – such as whether the user will see the trademark blue AutoMate icon and/or be able to create and or deploy tasks to other AutoMate users. Rights are assigned / removed from a user via the AutoMate Enterprise Server Security Manager utility.