ScenseGuru InstallScripts Explorer – Beta
Have you ever looked at the InstallScripts folder and asked yourself if everything in there is actually still in use by the Scense system? The ‘ScenseGuru InstallScripts Explorer’ will help you out.
How to setup an additional Scense server
At some point you might find yourself stuck with the task of creating an additional Scense server. After taking a look at the Scense Setup you have learned that there’s no option to do this automatically without setting up a new database as well. So here’s your guide to creating an additional Scense server manually…
Scense News app for Windows Phone 8 is live
The Scense News app for Windows Phone 8 can be downloaded from the Windows Phone Store. Just like the Windows 8 app that was release in December, this unofficial Scense News reader pulls information from twitter, the ScenseGuru blog and the official Scense blog. Enjoy.
New! the ScenseGuru Download page
As of now the ScenseGuru blog has a genuine download section reserved for actual content from actual Scense administrators. We invite all creative Scense professionals out there to share some of your custom built tools. Today we made a start with a couple of very useful action templates (thanks Michael) and we hope to be…
Scense News app for Windows 8 is live
The Scense News app for Windows 8 can be downloaded from the Windows Store. This unofficial Scense News reader pulls information from twitter, the official Scense blog and the ScenseGuru blog. Enjoy.
How to configure Location Services (Part 3)
In part 1 and 2 we have shown how to configure the Scense 8 location services. We’ve seen how using pattern matching will significantly enhance accuracy. As with any location system there are limits to what can be achieved. Checking the IP-subnet will not give you much accuracy, but it will work without the need…
How to configure Location Services (Part 2)
In part 1, we defined the location levels and we built the location tree. After that we tried to tell the Scense runtime system how it can determine the location for a certain computer and we saw that that’s not an easy task. In part 2 we try to achieve more accuracy on locating computers…
How to configure Location Services (Part 1)
Scense 8 offers Location Services. How does it work? What is possible and what isn’t? A first glance at the location configuration ‘tools’ in Scense Explorer does not immediately make things clear. There’s the ‘location levels manager’ and the ‘pattern matching manager’ and with a bit of clicking around we can find the ‘location root’,…
Best practice Scense 8 upgrade
Upgrading to Scense 8 might seem scary after you’ve seen the upgrade notice. It tells you that Scense 8 is not compatible with any of the previous versions and your workstations will be forced into local cache. The fact that the Scense setup offers an in-place upgrade promises at least some compatibility…
Scense 8 has been released
Today Scense 8 was released. New features include scopes & criteria, printer objects, location awareness etc. Scense 8 adds support for SQL server 2012, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. For more info check the official announcement.
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