Looking for more efficient ways to manage your Citrix and Terminal Server environments? Wishing you could be more productive and proactive? Solution4 may just be what you are looking for.

Login Consultants’ Solution4 is an automation framework for the management of centralized Windows environments, designed to automate the management of change intensive XenApp or Terminal Server environments. The framework can also be used to deploy infrastructure servers or automate the building and maintenance of master images with VDI or Provisioning Server.

Full Spectrum System & Application Automation
Since Solution4 manages all aspects of application integration, it is possible to completely eliminate manual configuration of a regular change. Every single aspect of application and Windows system integration can be managed and automated with Solution4.

Organized Customization
The open architecture of Solution4 version4 allows everyone, with reasonable PowerShell knowledge, to expand or customize the framework to the specific needs. Technically, the only limitation is the PowerShell architecture itself. However, this can be considered almost limitless since PowerShell integrates very well with .NET programming libraries. Unlike most management technologies, Solution4 is a innovation platform that can adjust to any situation or requirement.

Flexible Solution4 Manager
The Solution4 Manager is the main administrative application for Solution4 with easy customizable functionalities. The Solution4 Manager is essentially a real-time view on the Solution4 scripts stored in a central share. Although the Solution4 Framework is completely based on PowerShell scripts, the configuration is completely performed from the dynamic Solution4 Manager GUI. 

Future Proof PowerShell Fundament
100% of the framework core is based on Windows PowerShell. This is the newest scripting language for Windows. PowerShell has been specifically created as the successor of Visual Basic and Windows shell scripting. It is commonly regarded as an extremely powerful platform and is widely adopted by all vendors as the most important automation method. 

Transparent Maintenance Window Automation
Solution4 fully supports change management processes, as individual changes can be stored in a single a container which can be applied in multiple environments like test, acceptance and production, without manual reconfiguration. The ability to predefine specific environment parameters (e.g. database name, group name, passwords, OU location) simplifies the technical process and reduces the risk of manual input errors considerably. As a result, Solution4 components can be re-used in any environment, only the configuration parameters might need to be changed. 

True Enterprise Data Center Support
Solution4 allows you to implement a fully automated reboot window which automatically becomes the maintenance window as changes are applied during startup. The configuration of the reboot window makes it possible to alternate the reboot in phases, so the application(s) remain available, even in a 24x7 environment. The Solution4 maintenance window can be made transparent to end-users, as they can finish their work before the server is entering maintenance mode when scheduling smartly.

Light Weight Back-end
Solution4 version4 does not require any specific back-end infrastructure, except for a basic file share, where NTFS permission can be configured. The original source binaries may be stored in a shared location, allowing a very small footprint of the Solution4 files. This simplifies back-up considerably, and the total configuration of an environment can be easily compressed into a highly portable file format.

Designed to Integrate
Solution4 version4 is designed to integrate in any environment and with all popular Windows management technologies (e.g. SCCM, SCOM, Altiris, AppSense, RES Software). Solution4 extends their automation capabilities, and raises the change process support ability to an enterprise level.

Solution4 is Different

• Continuously improved through the Solution4 community
• Solution4 adapts to the customer
• Designed to complement well known management solutions
• Built for Innovation
• Focus on change and administration processes
• Covers all aspects of application integration and system automation in a portable format
• 100% Automation: Built to Empower IT Administrators 

For more detailed information please check the architecture overview PDF or download the S4v4 brochure.
For Solution4 references please check here. For introductory videos explaining the product in more detail please check here.

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