Functionality Overview

1 Devices

Everything you do with computers: import, change, reinstall, clone, delete and control them.

Import Computers – Prestage Computer, Import Computer and Import Multiple Computers.
SoftwareCentral HTA – the application that prestages computers during OS deployment.
Computer Templates – predefined settings for imports and reinstalls.
Edit Computers – change variables and software groups.
Device Status – Client Manager, Client Log and the Device Manager.
Reinstall Computers – one computer or many, now or scheduled.
Clone Computers – copy the software of one computer to others.
Manage Software – deploy and troubleshoot software.
Delegate Computers – what each security role can see.
Delete Computers – from ConfigMgr and, if you want, Active Directory.
Remote Control – take over a remote computer.
Computer Groups – groups of computers you can use when you manage multiple computers.
Computer Naming Schemas – name computers automatically when they are imported or reinstalled.
Prestage Computer – the application that imports new, unknown computers.
Manage Intune Endpoints – the devices that are managed by Intune.
Windows Autopilot Devices – view and manage your Windows Autopilot devices.
Collection Management – manage ConfigMgr collections and their members.

Create applications, keep them up to date and decide who can use them.

Applications – the overview.
Applications and Collections in SoftwareCentral – how SoftwareCentral finds an application.
Create Applications – Application Wizard, Create Application and Create Multiple Applications.
Application Templates
Convert Package to Application
Replace Application
Software Groups
Application Delegation (Package Security Groups)
Edit Applications
Application Groups – group applications and deploy them to users and devices.
Intune Applications and Intune Application Templates – create and manage Intune applications.
Package Management, Package Wizard and Package Templates – create, edit and delete packages.
Distribution – distribute packages, applications and software groups to distribution points.
Mend Packages and Applications – give them the collection structure SoftwareCentral expects.
Assign Packages to Security Groups – decide who can see which packages.
Robopack – find, download and import applications from the Robopack library.
Download Packages – download packages from the package subscription service.

Plan, roll out and follow software and operating system deployments.

Deployment Manager – deploy software and operating systems with deployment plans, and follow them in the Deployment Monitor.
Deployment Templates – ease the creation of phased deployments.
Phased Deployments – roll software out in phases to ConfigMgr devices or Intune users and groups.
Scheduling – schedule software and operating system deployments.
Edit Schedule – see and change all scheduled deployments.
End User Scheduler – automated deployments for large projects.

User Device Affinity – who the primary user of a device is.
Manage Software – deploy to a user or a device.
Clone User – copy the assigned software of one user to another.
Shopping in SoftwareCentral – the self-service portal and shop.
Shop guide – ordering software as an end user.
New shop administration – set up and run the new shop.
Manage Orders, Approval Flow and Approver Management – follow and approve orders.
Shop Statistics – the most ordered items and the orders per day.
Software Administration, Product Categories, Software Variables and Custom Shop Items – decide what is offered in the shop.
Custom Actions – run your own script when an item in the shop is ordered or approved.

Patch Management Configuration – the patch management module and how it is set up.
Patch Management Settings, Deployment Packages and Patch Management Template.
Search Folders – select Windows updates that meet criteria you set.
Manage Update Service, Approve Update Service and Update Service Status – run and follow update services.
Windows 10 Servicing and Servicing Plans – the dashboard of your Windows 10 devices and their servicing plans.

Dashboard and Intune Dashboard – graphical overviews of your environment.
Software Status – the deployment status of packages and applications.
Log – every operation in SoftwareCentral is logged.
Health Check – check the connections between SoftwareCentral and the ConfigMgr servers and domain controllers.

License Counter – set the number of licenses of a package or a group of packages and follow how many are used.
License Overview – every package with its license type and how many licenses are left.
Validate Licenses – synchronise the license counters with the install count from ConfigMgr.
License Reports and License Report Viewer – build, save and export license reports.
License Harvesting – uninstall software that is not used.

SCCM Queries – create, edit and delete WQL queries.
SCCM Reports – find and use SCCM reports.
All Reports – read SCCM reports that are not part of the security roles.
SCCM Reporting Setup and SCCM Reporting Delegation – set up reporting and decide which role sees which report.

Settings – the menu groups and where each setting is described.
Security Roles – decide what each role can see and do.
Service Manager – manage the SoftwareCentral service that runs the background jobs.
Mail Template Editor – design the mails SoftwareCentral sends.
Machine Variable Names, Advertisement Flags, Program Flags and Distribution Settings – defaults for new packages and applications.
Password Manager – the service accounts that run scripts, for example in tools.
Web Services – the web services of SoftwareCentral.
Maintenance – remove old deployment jobs automatically.