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Use Cases

While IT needs vary from company to company, the use cases below depict universal business and technology challenges.

1. Elevate Privileges / Least Privileges Admin Rights on Desktops

  • Business Need
  • quoteI need to allow standard users to run applications that require admin privileges, but I don't want to grant administrator rights to end-users.
  • Viewfinity Capability
  • Viewfinity Elevate Privileges functionality allows IT Administrators to manage and assign administrative privilege permissions to specific applications per desktop or group of users without granting full administrative rights to the desktop/users. Other than applications identified and flagged for elevated privileges, the desktop operates within the least privileges mode.
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2. White List Only

  • Business Need
  • quoteIs it possible to setup and manage white listed only applications versus having to maintain a list and block all unapproved software?
  • Viewfinity Capability
  • Viewfinity can be configured to support a "white list only" model so that when an end user logs in, his/her desktop is configured to only present and run the applications that are required for them to work. Other standard desktop applications are not available – no games, IM, iTunes, etc. are visible.
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3. Migrating to a Locked Down Windows 7 environment – how do I allow ActiveX controls to be     installed?

  • Business Need
  • quoteI'm locking down all desktops as part of my Windows 7 migration. I want users to be able to install ActiveX controls w/o having to give them administrator rights – how can I do this?
  • Viewfinity Capability
  • Viewfinity Elevate Privileges functionality allows IT Administrators to manage and assign administrative privilege permissions to specific ActiveX controls per desktop or group of users without granting full administrative rights to the desktop/users. Other than the ActiveX controls that are identified and flagged for elevated privileges, the desktop operates within the least privileges mode.
  • ROI Considerations
  • Saves on support calls to IT by decreasing the number of request for ActiveX installs
  • Ensures business-critical applications are meeting corporate configuration standards
  • Improves end-user productivity

4. Stolen Laptops: Protecting Corporate Applications

  • Business Need
  • quoteI need to be able to protect a stolen laptop so that sensitive corporate applications cannot be used by malicious and unauthorized users.
  • Viewfinity Capability
  • Viewfinity Block Application has the ability to automatically prevent application usage if a laptop is reported stolen. The ability to completely block an application is possible because of our desktop virtualization and encapsulation architecture. Block works even when the laptop is outside the corporate network (note, any policy can be applied as long the PC is connected to the Internet).
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