# Endpoint Management | Enterprise | ManageEngine Endpoint Central Overcome silos. Consolidate teams, tools, and processes across your end-user computing (EUC) and server infrastructure ![enterprise-end-user-screenshot.svg](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-banner.png) ## Manage every endpoint Rated 5/5 for multi-OS support in The Forrester Wave™: Unified Endpoint Management, Q4 2023 and in top-tier analyst evaluations ### Windows ![windows](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-24.svg) - Drop-ship devices with Windows Autopilot. - Manage legacy and modern Windows environments, including Windows 11, IoT devices, and servers. - Assess readiness for Windows 11 deployment and ensure a smooth transition by migrating user and workload data and ensuring day zero support for the new OS. - Configure native Windows security features, like Microsoft Defender, Windows Firewall, and Exploit Guard, to bolster endpoint security. - Extend advanced endpoint security from the same platform. [Learn more](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-management.html?utm_source=enterprise-management&utm_medium=website&utm_content=windows) ### macOS ![macOS](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-25.svg) - Drop-ship devices with Apple Business/School Manager. - Integrate with Apple's declarative management protocol to maintain devices in the desired state. - Configure native macOS security capabilities, including FileVault, XProtect, Gatekeeper, application firewalls, firmware security, and bootstrap tokens. - Extend advanced endpoint security from the same platform. [Learn more](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/mac-management.html?utm_source=enterprise-management&utm_medium=website&utm_content=macos) ### Linux ![linux](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-26.svg) - Gain visibility and control over all Linux distros, even those running on ARM architecture. - For the 15+ widely adopted distros, extend advanced support, including device and app management, first- and third-party patching, configuration and inventory management, remote control, and compliance. ![box-icon-v15-77](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-83.svg) ![box-icon-v15-78](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-84.svg) ![box-icon-v15-79](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-85.svg) ![box-icon-v15-80](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-86.svg) ![box-icon-v15-81](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-87.svg) ![box-icon-v15-82](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-88.svg) ![box-icon-v15-77](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-89.svg) ![box-icon-v15-78](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-90.svg) ![box-icon-v15-79](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-91.svg) ![box-icon-v15-80](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-92.svg) ![box-icon-v15-81](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-93.svg) [Learn more](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/linux-management.html?utm_source=enterprise-management&utm_medium=website&utm_content=linux) ### Android ![android-enterprise](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-android-ent.png) ![samsung-knox](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-samsung-knox.svg) #### What does this mean for you? - Enterprise-grade management and security - Certified experts to help set up our platform to maximize value - Proof that your peers across the globe are managing hundreds of thousands of Android devices with our platform [Learn more](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/mobile-device-management-android.html?utm_source=enterprise-management&utm_medium=website&utm_content=android) ### iOS & iPadOS ![ios](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-28.svg) - Use over five onboarding methods, including Apple Business Manager and Apple Configurator, that cater to various COPE, BYOD, and COBO use cases. - Integrate with Apple's declarative management protocol to maintain devices in the desired state. - Implement shared device management through customized sign-ins, SSO, automation, reporting, and secure sign-outs. - Gain comprehensive kiosk capabilities (like single- and multi-app modes), customize home screens, lock down specific settings, configure VPNs, and do even more. [Learn more](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/mobile-device-management-ios.html?utm_source=enterprise-management&utm_medium=website&utm_content=ios-and-ipados) ### ChromeOS ![chrome](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-29.svg) #### We're 1 of 6 Approved Google enterprise mobility management partners #### What does this mean for you? - Drop-shipping using Android zero-touch enrollment - Complete ChromeOS management from provisioning to decommissioning - Shared device management through customized sign-ins, SSO, automation, reporting, and secure sign-outs - Comprehensive kiosk capabilities like single- and multi-app modes, customizable home screens, lockdowns of specific settings, and VPN configuration ### BYODs ![byod](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-30.svg) - Containerize and secure the corporate workspace by creating a separate work profile on personal devices without violating users' privacy. - Improve BYOD adoption and security by offering conditional access for Exchange email accounts and Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Zoho Workplace apps to balance security and the user experience. - Implement app-only management to secure corporate data within or moving between any productivity suites like Microsoft 365, Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Workspace, and Zoho One without having the devices under management. - Respect employee privacy by communicating and collecting consent for the management software's control over the devices. [Learn more](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/bring-your-own-device-byod.html?utm_source=enterprise-management&utm_medium=website&utm_content=byod) ### Servers ![aws](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/logo/aws-logo.svg) ![azure](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/logo/azure-logo.svg) ![gcp](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/logo/gcp-logo.svg) ![ocp](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/logo/ocp-logo.svg) - Go beyond the limitations of cloud-native tools. Reduce the TCO by adopting a single platform to manage your physical and virtual servers across data centers and multi-cloud environments. - From device provisioning to device retirement, save countless hours by automating OS deployments and updates, software distribution, patching, tasks, and remote control across Windows, Unix, and Linux servers. - Employ nuanced server patching to balance the availability and security of server infrastructure. Implement automation, ring-based deployments across test beds and production environments, and multi-team approvals tailored to your organization's structure. Retain superseded patches and offer a self-service portal for server admins to control patching and reboot cadences. - Leverage the built-in vulnerability detection and Tenable integration to align with security teams and remediate vulnerabilities faster. [Learn more](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/server-management.html?utm_source=enterprise-management&utm_medium=website&utm_content=servers) ### Speciality devices ![ATM](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-77.svg) ![AR/VR](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-78.svg) ![TvOS](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-79.svg) ![Rugged handhelds](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-80.svg) ![PoS](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-81.svg) ![IOT](https://www.manageengine.com/ems/images/icon/box-icon-v15-82.svg) - Confidently adopt AR and VR head-mounted wearables, IoT devices, POS devices, and backstore rugged devices to empower frontline workers with tools that scale with their operations. - Offer an exceptional experience for shoppers with self-service kiosks and digital signage. - Enjoy the advantages of our partnership with Google and leading OEMs, which offers deep customizations and bulk onboarding for over 30 OEM, OEMConfig, and AOSP devices. - Allow your help desk staff to remotely assist workers or troubleshoot devices kept in common areas, like ATMs, without user intervention. ## Top use cases ### Automate employee onboarding ![case-1](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-cases-1.svg) Leverage ManageEngine's extensive ecosystem for seamless employee onboarding. Our enterprise service management solution integrates with our endpoint management platform, streamlining workflows across other ManageEngine solutions. In the employee onboarding workflow, the endpoint management platform plays a pivotal role in onboarding devices and personalizing user workspaces with OSs, apps, content, policies, and risk-based access based on the user's context. The workflow also extends to employee department changes, role changes, and offboarding use cases. ### Reduce management overhead ![case-2](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-cases-2.svg) Balance simplicity and advanced control with co-management for over 100 attributes across OSs, apps, emails, browsers, data, VPNs, network connectivity, certificates, users, and more. Our platform uses modern management APIs that call on native OS functions and require less technical expertise. It also offers agent-based management that leverages automation workflows, over 200 configurations, and over 400 ready-made scripts, offering flexibility and control beyond native OS controls for OS-specific experts. ### Adopt persona-based employee enablement ![case-3](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-cases-3.svg) Discover digital personas through our UEM platform with identity provider (IdP) integrations. Measure app usage patterns across lines of business (LOBs) and diverse functions to establish persona-based app bundles to accelerate employee onboarding. EUC teams can work with leaders of LOBs to improve employee awareness and adoption of these new applications. Along with app rollouts, teams can make announcements via the employee communication portal and can share educational materials with employees via the self-service portal. ### Optimize procurement and changes ![case-4](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-cases-4.svg) Pair our deep IT asset inventory and experience analytics to adopt intelligent, performance-driven device life cycle management. Get insights into device ages, hardware failures, and battery health and let business intelligence solutions ingest them to forecast and plan procurement. Hardware and software changes are inventoried and ingested into the CMDB in real time. The relevant teams stay notified of the changes via a help desk integration. ### Save on licensing costs ![case-5](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-cases-5.svg) Implement effective license position programs to optimize your software expenditures. This involves real-time analysis of software usage patterns among employees to identify license shortfalls or overages, efficiently manage unused licenses, and proactively track contract renewals. Software requests via the employee self-service portal are logged, helping you make informed decisions about self-service portal enablement. Our ROI dashboards showcase self-service success by quantifying reduced incidents and cost savings. ### Improve help desk efficiency ![case-6](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-cases-6.svg) Integrate with widely adopted help desk solutions to remotely troubleshoot issues directly from the ITSM console without switching contexts. After evaluating the customer demands, top recurring issues, and most deployed fixes, we’ve made a library of UEM actions available in each ticket, incident, or request window to speed up response times. For systemic issues, repeatable playbooks can be built using ManageEngine's ITSM workflow orchestration and our UEM platform's extensive APIs. ### Empower your frontline workers ![case-7](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/enterprise/images/enterprise-endpoint-management-cases-7.svg) Empower your shift-based, frontline workforce with specialty and shared devices with personalized sign-ins, sign-outs, and kiosk modes. Support the adoption of BYOD programs, AR and VR wearables, and rugged handhelds to support employees' use cases or job roles. Use analytics for predictive insights, such as into battery failures, and automate timely replacements. Allow your help desk staff to remotely assist workers before any issues affect your bottom line. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### 1. Why is a unified enterprise endpoint management solution better than multiple tools? A unified endpoint management (UEM) solution centralises device management across operating systems, applications, and networks—eliminating the silos created by multiple tools. Instead of juggling separate solutions for patching, software deployment, and mobile management, enterprises can use ManageEngine Endpoint Central to manage everything from a single console. This unified approach reduces operational complexity, minimises security gaps, and ensures consistent policy enforcement across all endpoints while cutting down costs and administrative overhead. ### 2. Can enterprises integrate Endpoint Central with existing ITSM or help desk systems? Yes. Endpoint Central seamlessly integrates with leading IT service management (ITSM) and help desk solutions such as ServiceDesk Plus, ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, and others. This integration allows IT teams to perform device management tasks—like remote troubleshooting, patching, and software deployment—directly from their ITSM interface. It streamlines workflows, improves response times, and helps maintain accurate device inventory and service records without switching between tools. ### 3. How does an endpoint management solution automate the entire lifecycle of endpoints in an enterprise? An endpoint management solution like Endpoint Central automates every stage of the endpoint lifecycle—from onboarding and provisioning to patching, monitoring, and decommissioning. Devices are automatically enrolled, configured with security policies, and continuously updated with patches and applications. Over time, it monitors health, enforces compliance, and generates detailed reports. When endpoints reach end-of-life, they can be remotely wiped or retired securely—ensuring complete lifecycle automation and protection of enterprise data. ## Unified Endpoint Management and Security Solution ### Patch Management - [Patch Management Process](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/patch-management.html) - [Windows Patch Management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-patch-management.html) - [Mac Patch Management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/mac-patch-management.html) - [Linux Patch Management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/automate-linux-patch-management.html) - [Patch Deployment](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/patch-deployment.html) - [Deploying Non-Microsoft Patches](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/non-microsoft-patches.html) - [AntiVirus Update](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/antivirus-updates.html) - [Third Party Patch Management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/non-microsoft-patches.html) - [Windows Updates](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-updates.html) - [Service Pack Deployment](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-service-pack-deployment.html) - [Patch Management Reports](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/patch-management-reports.html) ### Software Deployment - [Software Repository](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/software-repository.html) - [Software Installation](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/software-deployment.html) - [Windows Software Deployment](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-software-installation.html) - [Mac Software Deployment](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/mac-software-deployment.html) - [Self Service Portal](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/self-service-portal-software.html) ### Endpoint Security - [Vulnerability management & Threat mitigation](https://www.manageengine.com/vulnerability-management/features.html?dc_end) - [Browser security](https://www.manageengine.com/browser-security/features.html?dc_end) - [Device control](https://www.manageengine.com/device-control/features.html?dc_end) - [Application control](https://www.manageengine.com/application-control/features.html?dc_end) - [BitLocker management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/bitlocker-management.html?dc_end) ### OS Deployment - [Advanced, Automated Deployment Methods](https://www.manageengine.com/products/os-deployer/os-deployment.html) - [Hardware Independent Deployment](https://www.manageengine.com/products/os-deployer/hardware-independent-deployment.html) - [Modern Disc Imagining](https://www.manageengine.com/products/os-deployer/disk-imaging.html) - [Windows 10 Migration](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/deploy-windows-10-how-to.html) - [Remote OS Deployment](https://www.manageengine.com/products/os-deployer/deploy-os-anywhere.html) - [Customize OS Deployment](https://www.manageengine.com/products/os-deployer/customized-deployment-templates.html) ### Asset Management - [IT Asset Management process](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/it-asset-management.html) - [Asset Tracking](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/it-asset-tracking-software.html) - [Software Metering](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/software-metering.html) - [Warranty Management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/software-warranty-management.html) - [Software License Compliance](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/software-license-management.html) - [Prohibited Software](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/prohibited-software.html) - [Block Application](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/block-exe-application.html) - [Software Assets](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/software-inventory.html) - [Hardware Assets](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/hardware-inventory.html) ### Mobile Device Management - [Mobile Device Management for iOS devices](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/mobile-device-management-ios.html) - [Mobile Device Management for Android](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/mobile-device-management-android.html) - [Mobile Device Management for Windows](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/mobile-device-management-windows.html) - [Mobile Application Management (MAM)](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/mobile-application-management-mam.html) - [Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/bring-your-own-device-byod.html) ### Tools & Configurations - [Remote Desktop Sharing](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/remote-desktop-sharing.html) - [Shutdown & Wake On tool](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-system-tools.html#Wake-On-LAN) - [Chat Tool](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/chat-tool.html) - [Check Disk & Clean Disk](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/windows-system-tools.html#Check-Disk) - [Disk Defrag](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/disk-defragmenter.html) - [Custom Script](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/custom-scripts.html) - [USB Device Mgmt](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/control-usb-devices.html) - [Power Mgmt](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/desktop-power-management.html)