vPro

Desktop Policy 3.5 detects and displays machines with vPro capable chipsets. Once detected, Desktop Policy 3.5 can issue a command to remotely enable or disable vPro on that machine. With a vPro enabled machine you can:

• Power up either now or on a schedule
• Automatically shut down Windows on a schedule
• Force a power down immediately
• View and change the vPro password
• Remote Control using KVM

KVM

KVM stands for "keyboard, video and mouse" remote control of a vPro machine, even if the machine's operating system is not yet installed or malfunctioning. A KVM session is started when performing the following commands:

• Boot to BIOS
• Boot from ISO
• vPro Remote Control

Starting a KVM session requires either:

• A randomly generated consent code that is displayed on the remote machine's monitor. You will need a local user to read the code to you. Or,
• The machine must be activated while associated with a vPro Proxy which has been configured with a certificate. Instructions are provided for creating a certificate for use on a vPro Proxy.

KVMView

KVMView Remote Control Connection is an application used to manage the KVM connection between the VSA user's machine and the target vPro machine. Installing KLC plugins is a prerequisite. Your browser may display a prompt asking you to confirm starting KVMView. You can typically set an option to skip this prompt the next time the KVM session is started.

vPro Proxy

A vPro Proxy is an agent machine that relays a connection to other vPro machines. Once a vPro Proxy is configured you can:

• Create a vPro Proxy on an agent machine, Windows XP or later.
• Assign the vPro Proxy machine to other agent vPro machines.
• Remove the vPro Proxy.

A vPro Proxy is required in the following cases:

• The target vPro machines are behind a firewall and you want to remote power up/force power down. The vPro Proxy is on the same LAN and requires no additional configuration.
• The target vPro machines are behind a firewall and you want to connect to them via KVM. The vPro Proxy is on the same LAN and has a public IP address and port configured. Only one KVM session can run at a time, per vPro Proxy.
• You want to enable (activate) target vPro machines via KVM without entering a consent code each time a KVM session is started. The vPro Proxy shares the same DNS server as the target machines and the vPro Proxy has a certificate appropriately configured. The certificate is only used when the vPro machine is enabled (activated). After that, KVM sessions start without entering a consent code.

Wake On LAN and vPro

For Wake On LAN, the vPro method of waking up machines is used by default. If vPro is not enabled or the machine is not vPro capable, then the non-vPro Wake On LAN method is used to wake up machines. Wake-on-LAN alerts do not apply to the vPro method of waking up machines.

Replace All Mapped Drives

A new Replace All Drive Mappings checkbox removes any mapped drives that already exist on a machine and adds the ones defined by the assigned Mapped Drive policy. If not checked, an assigned Mapped Drives policy adds its mapped drives to the ones that already exist on the machine.

Replace All Printers

A new Replace All Printers checkbox removes any printers that already exist on a machine and adds the ones defined by the assigned Printers policy. If not checked, an assigned Printers policy adds its printers to the ones that already exist on the machine.

Optical Drives

Enables and disables optical drives on managed machines.

USB Drives

Enables and disables USB drives on managed machines.

Windows Defender

Enables and disables Windows Defender on managed machines.

Action Center

Enables and disables the Microsoft Action Center on managed machines. The Action Center is called the Windows Security Center on Vista and earlier Windows machines.

Desktop Standards

The user interface for settings Desktop Packages has been redesigned to enhance ease of use. Previously created desktop packages now display in a middle panel. The dialog has been simplified but the available options have not changed.

Chrome Browser Settings

Migration of Chrome browser settings are now supported with this release.