Originally published at: https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/2016-in-review-with-watchman-monitoring/
2016 In Review
2016 has been quite a year here at Watchman Monitoring. Our team has been hard at work to bring you new integrations, plugins, and improve our service. Here is a list of additions, improvements and updates we've added this year:
Dashboard
- Expirations
- Daily Summary Emails
- Managed Accounts
- More Referral Options
- One-click copy of Computer Tech Specs
- PDF Improvements
- Referral Submission and Commission Tracking
-
Self-Enrollment
- Self-enrollment without enrollment codes
-
Single Sign On
- Google OAuth 2.0
- SAML SSO with support for Ping, Okta, and more
-
Watchman Monitoring Community
- Sign In via Watchman Monitoring
Contact Menu
- Contact Menu improvements
Client Software
-
Asset ID
- The Asset ID is saved to disk on the Monitored Computer
-
Backblaze
- Notes when certain file types are excluded from Backblaze backups (dmg, iso, sparseimage, zip)
-
Carbon Copy Cloner
- Support for Chained Backups
- Validates all schedules, and added support for chained backups.
-
CrashPlan
- version added to plugin output
- Automatically tracks CrashPlan Expirations for Home (Green) and Business (Blue)
-
Daylite
- Added support for Daylight 6
- False Mounts
-
FileMaker Server
- support for FileMaker Server v11-15
-
FileVault
- Reports when FileVault cannot complete encryption in over 48 hours (and when decryptions start)
-
Filewave
- provides end users one-click access to the FileWave Self Service Kiosk
- alerts FileWave administrators if a computer can’t update its model within 7 days (by default).
-
Hard drive reporting
- hard drive model number included in reports
-
Kerio
- Adds support for distinct XMPP storage path in Kerio Connect
-
MacOS Sierra
- Added compatibility
- Malware definitions updated, and updated, and updated.
-
Maximum supported MacOS reporting
- For MacOS computers
-
SMART improvements
- SMART reports warn as counts increase, but only notify if under 10 warning
- ECC measuring
- Serial and model numbers of failing drives are included in SMART Reports
-
TeamViewer
- TeamViewer 11
- TeamViewer 12
Integrations
- Addigy Integration Detects the agent and creates links to its listing in the Addigy Dashboard
-
API updated to version 2.5
- Allows the setting of Description and Asset ID
- Autopkg Recipe
-
ConnectWise Control
- Gathers details for unattended hosts, including multiple Host setups per-computer.
- RepairShopr Integration
- Zendesk App
- Zentral Integration
- The Team at Watchman Monitoring