Centralized Desktop Management – How to install ManageEngine Desktop Central

I was never much desktop oriented on this blog, but desktop management is something that is crucial for every company. Mobile devices, desktops, BYOD trend, working from home… Many scenarios in which you don’t have control over your entire network, and these endpoint devices can make huge damage on your network. I will make quick series of articles which will focus on centralized desktop management in your environment.

Before we begin

First of all – this is not a sponsored article, my blog so far in these last 10 years was free of advertisements and paid articles – I write about what I use and what I test/like. ManageEngine Desktop Central is one of the tools I test.

There are many contestants in this area, and ManageEngine is one of these. We will focus on that product here.

You can find more details about ManageEngine Desktop Central here – https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/desktop-central-lan-architecture.html

Prerequisites

In this article we will only install ManageEngine Desktop Central. I selected On-premise trial version

https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/free-trial.html

I really haven’t prepared much – I made one Windows Server 2019 DTCNT VM, with 8GB of RAM, 4cores, 250GB HDD and one LAN interface. Machine is joined to my domain and I’m logged in as domain admin on it.

Installation

After my download was done, I simply started installation. Next

Read license agreement and if you agree, continue by selecting Yes

I will leave default location for server installation. Next

Antivirus exception is needed – ok

We will use default 8020 port. Next

Next

Next

While I’m waiting for setup to finish, I made an exception for ManageEngine Desktop Central inside my Antivirus

After some time, setup continues…

I’m going to skip free technical support. SKIP

Yes, Start Desktop Central. Finish

After few minutes I was greeted with login screen. Let’s just check if could just sign in by pressing – Sign in

We are in

Installation was fair and simple. In configuration part we will see how it will go.

Conclusion

Installation was really quick and simple, without to much hassle. Will see how the configuration and deployment part will go.

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