Apple Remote Desktop 3 - Manual (Page 34)

34 Technology Overview
Apple Remote Desktop 3
Observe and control multiple screens of remote Mac or VNC-enabled computers
simultaneously
• View up to 50 screens in a single window
• Adjust the number of screens visible on each page
• Adjust color depth to one of four modes: black and white, grayscale, thousands
of colors, millions of colors
• Rotate through the list of observed computers manually or automatically
• View at-a-glance information about network computers using system status indicators
Screen sharing and text communication
• Share a Mac screen with other Mac OS X systems
• Send text message to a group of Mac OS X systems
• Conduct one-to-one real-time, computer-to-computer text chat
Easy Setup
• Discover the computers you need to manage using network scanners; create as many
scanners as you need and configure each to search particular areas of your network
• Create computer lists to organize the system however you wish; by model, location, or
department, for example
• Review or reuse tasks using list of previously executed tasks
• Allow non-administrator users to run Apple Remote Desktop 3 with some or all
features enabled
• Use a computer other than the administrator computer as a Task Server to
automatically collect reporting data
• Use groups to organize computers by location, model, or department
• Define a set of rules to add computers to Smart Computer Lists automatically
• Associate computers with one of seven user-defined labels
• Use customized Computer List views to show only information of interest,
including 14 additional attributes that may be chosen for display
• Authenticate clients using organization’s directory services group names
• Encrypt all communications between Apple Remote Desktop 3 and client computers
with 128-bit AES encryption, or disable encryption for data-intensive tasks
Automation
• Create powerful system administration workflows by combining Apple Remote
Desktop actions
• Create end-to-end solutions by combining actions with other applications’ actions
• Save Automator workflows as plug-ins
• Includes over 30 actions