Thanks to all for the replies on this. I have added the other two products to our investigation list.
>>> Dennis Hoefer <dhoe...@ufcoop.com> 5/27/2011 5:55 AM >>> We've used it for 3 years. At the time I believe they were really the only game in town with this type of product, but as normally happens, success brings competition so you now have other options, including Viewfinity and ScriptLogic. Our experience has been generally favorable and pretty much delivers what it promises. Only complaint would be that it can be difficult at times to nail down precisely where all the elevation needs are, and how to handle those within the context of the software, so we sometimes find ourselves opening things up a bit more than desired to achieve the desired results, but suspect that may be true with competitive products too. Other minor issue is that being group policy based, there isn't a good way to quickly deal with one off issues that pop up, have to create new rule, possibly wait for server replication and force policy update on the client, gets the job done, but never quick enough for the user who simply needs something like an ActiveX control to install. In spite of our favorable experience and no major complaints, we're about to embark on a trial of Viewfinity's product. Demo and literature makes it appear to do everything that PowerBroker does and more, with a friendlier UI. We're about 45 days from our maintenance renewal on PowerBroker so checking some options before renewal. Bottom line, IMHO, if you're looking for something in this category, PowerBroker deserves a good look. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PowerBroker application Has anyone used this product, from BeyondTrust? Looks like it would be useful to minimize permission levels on Win 7 boxes. We're looking at using Applocker, and this seems to be a good fit to go along with that, to automatically raise perm levels for apps in Applocker, so normal users can install "whitelisted" applications. Any personal experiences would be most appreciated. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
