ManageEngine Desktop Central :: Admin Guide

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Security groups are used both to grant access to resources and as e-mail distribution
lists.
User
The people using the workstations in the network are called users. Each user in the
network has a unique user name and corresponding password for secured access.
Computer
The PCs in the network which are accessed by users are known as computer or
workstation. Each computer has unique name.
IP Address
The expansion of IP Address is Internet Protocol Address. An unique IP Address is
provided for each workstation, switches, printers, and other devices present in the
network for identification and routing of information.
Group Policy Object (GPO)
A Group Policy Object (GPO) is a collection of settings that define what a system will look
like and how it will behave for a defined group of users.
Client Side Extension (CSE)
Desktop Central installs an Windows-compliant agent or a Client Side Extension (CSE) in
the machines that are being managed. This is used to get the status of the applied
configurations from the targets.
Define Target
Define Target is the process of identifying the users or computers for which the
configuration have to be applied. The targets can be all users/computers belonging to a
Site, Domain, OUs, Groups, or can be a specific user/computer. You also have an option
to exclude some desktops based on the machine type, OS type, etc.
Scope of Management
Scope of Management (SOM) is used to define the computers that have to be managed
using this software. Initially the administrator can define a small set of computers for
testing the software and later extend it to the whole domain. This provides more
flexibility in managing your desktops using this software.
Inactive Users
In a Windows Domain there may be cases where the user accounts have been created
for some machines but they remain inactive for some reasons. For example, users like
Guest, IUSER_WIN2KMASTER, IWAM_WIN2KMASTER, etc., will never login. These user
accounts are referred to as Inactive Users. In order to get the accurate configuration
status of the active users, it is recommended that the Admin User add the inactive user
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