Goverlan Scope Actions is a powerful feature in Goverlan. You can perform enterprise wide desktop and user management tasks including asset reporting, object detection, software deployment and much more.
Yet Scope Actions are very easy to use. You create a Scope Action object by defining a set of target objects (either users, groups or computers) and a set of actions (a mixture of report, set and execute actions). You can then execute the Scope Action object at any time or schedule the scope action to run periodically.
Scope Actions offer an extensive set of report, set and execute actions. It includes all actions which can be performed using the Administration & Diagnostic feature plus much more. Additionally, WMI technology has been fully integrated into Scope Actions so that every WMI attribute and method can be configured in a Scope Action (see Working with WMI and Scope Actions).
Note: The Scope Actions feature can be disabled so that it is not accessible from within Goverlan. See How to disable Goverlan Features.
If you want to view and use Scope Actions defined in Goverlan v6.x, you need to import them into Goverlan v7. See Importing pre-Goverlan v7 Scope Actions.
Goverlan Scope Actions are a powerful tool to perform asset management or to detect network objects with a particular configuration. It can also be used for scope administration. The following actions are examples of what can be done using Goverlan Scope Actions:
Reporting on the installed applications on a set of machines.
Deploying the installation of a software package on a set of machines.
Reporting all user accounts with administrative privileges and a password age greater than 60 days.
Shutting down all machines every Friday at 11:45 PM, unless a user is currently logged-in.
Adding a new network printer to all users for a particular department.
Detecting all machines which are currently running a particular process.
Querying information, modifying settings or executing tasks using WMI objects.
As you learn more about Goverlan Scope Actions, you will realize that there are numerous ways to utilize this very versatile and powerful tool.
Note: The Scope Action feature can be disabled in the Goverlan Management Console if want to prevent Goverlan users from accessing it. This is done by configuring the following registry key on the machines where Goverlan has been installed: SOFTWARE\Policies\PJ Technologies\GoverLAN Universal Settings\GMC\DSA::REG_DWORD = {1|0}.
Set the DSA value to 1 to disable the Scope Action feature. If the DSA value is set to 0 or does not exist, the Scope Action feature is accessible. You can also distribute this setting using Active Directory Group Policy. See Distributing Settings Using a Group Policy Object.
Using Scope Actions
Learn how to create, manage, run and schedule your scope actions.
Tutorials
Tutorials and How Tos on Scope Actions
References
Miscellaneous articles about Scope actions.