Hyena uses an Explorer-style interface for all operations, including right mouse click pop-up context menus for all objects. Management of users, groups (both local and global), shares, domains, computers, services, devices, events, files, printers and print jobs, sessions, open files, disk space, user rights, messaging, exporting, job scheduling, processes, and printing are all supported. 

In addition to supporting standard Windows NT system management functions, Hyena also includes extensive Active Directory integration.  In fact, Hyena can be used on any Windows NT/2000/XP client to manage any Windows NT 3.51, 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 installation.

Hyena also includes full exporting and Microsoft Access-based reporting options.  All of these features are part of the Standard Edition of Hyena.  The new Enterprise Edition adds support for Terminal Server user properties and Exchange 5.5/2000 Server mailbox integration.

Hyena's cost effective licensing policy is based on the number of administrators actually using the product, regardless of the number of end-users or servers. The 30-day evaluation copy is fully functional and free support is available both during and after the evaluation period. 

Perhaps no single administration task can take as much time as routine user and group administration, particularly in a large, complex Windows NT/2000 installation.  Setting up individual home directories, shares, and the security requirements can be especially time-consuming.  Hyena's user management features are one of its core functions.

If your Windows NT/2000 configuration makes use of home directories, Hyena has a unique solution for you: Hyena allows multiple templates to be configured that can be used to automatically create the user's home directory, optionally share it, plus configure the share and/or NTFS permissions...all automatically.   This functionality is available for both standard and Terminal Server home directories.

 

The image below is of a typical user account on a Windows 2000 domain.  Hyena automatically hides the Active Directory property tabs when displaying Windows NT or workstation user account information.

 

 

Most of Hyena's features are built around server and computer administration.  With Hyena's multiple domain management layout, and the capability to build custom groups of objects such as servers and printers, Hyena can easily provide access to every aspect of server administration.

User Administration - Hyena can manage remote computer users on domains as well as individual workstations.  Hyena can also remotely change the password for the same account on multiple computers, or make group membership changes to multiple computers at the same time. 

 

Viewing Computers - Hyena provides several different ways to view computers, whether in domains, in workgroups, or in user-defined groups.  Hyena can also filter domain lists by specific computer type (for example, Terminal Servers only), and can distinguish between computers that are online vs. added to the domain computer listing.  Hyena can also access computers directly by tcp/ip address only, and can also provide access to a single computer's functions, so that the entire list does not have to be retrieved.  Hyena provides full management of computer objects, including creating, changing attributes, and removing from the domain list.

Hyena's computer Properties function can display a wealth of information about a remote system including installed software applications, total memory, video and BIOS information, network cards, tcp/ip and DNS information, remote time, server roles (print server, SQL Server, etc.), installed hotfixes, environment variables, and more.

Share, Directory, and File Administration - Hyena fully supports all aspects of file and directory administration on any remote computer, as well as the underlying shares.  All file and directory operations are performed through the shell. 

Event Management - Hyena is integrated with the built-in Windows native event viewing tools.  Hyena also contains its own more powerful event viewing tool and supports all event viewing and management functions.

 

Security - Hyena can manage remote computer account, audit policy, and user rights.  Share and file security are also accessible for any share or file/directory.

Performance Monitoring - Hyena can monitor the performance counters for any remote system through its built-in Performance management object.  User-customizable performance queries provide quick pre-defined access to dozens of performance areas including process, system, network, memory, disk, server, and more.

Service Administration - Both service and device driver information can be managed remotely with Hyena.  Hyena also supports service startup modification for multiple computers at the same time.

 

Sessions and Open Files - Hyena can view all active sessions and open files for any server.  Sessions can be viewed across multiple computers at the same file; users of individual files can also be discovered with the Open By... function.

Shutdown and Reboot - Hyena has the capability to shutdown and optionally reboot any computer or server.  Moreover, an administrator can perform a shutdown/reboot on multiple computers at the same time.

 

Disk Space - Hyena's disk space view provides for a simple yet powerful overview of the disk space information for any server or workstation.  Moreover, this same view can also be used on multiple computers at the same time, providing a fast and efficient way to monitor disk space across many computers.

 

Viewing Current Logons - Hyena can view the current interactive logons to any server or workstation.

 

Scheduled Job Administration - Hyena can manage (add, view, modify, and remove) scheduled jobs on individual servers or workstations.  Hyena can also view and add remote tasks to multiple computers at the same time.

 

Printers - Remote printer and print job management is supported in Hyena, as well as full printer property modifications, viewing and managing print jobs, and print queue operations.  Hyena can also display the print jobs from more than one printer at a time. 

 

Registry - Hyena supports management of remote computer registry information, including registry navigation, creating new keys/values, key and value deletion, searching, and modification of value properties.  Hyena's registry search capabilities allow for searching over a wide array of search criteria.

Most of the features in Windows NT and Windows 2000 are controlled by services, some of which operate under different logon accounts.   Stopping and starting services remotely and changing service startup accounts and passwords can become time consuming.  Performing these actions on a large set of computers can become a maintenance nightmare.  Hyena can manage services on any number of computers at the same time, plus perform service control and startup changes in mass.

 

In addition to integration with the Windows NT/2000 native Event Viewer and MMC, Hyena also incorporates its own more powerful event viewing mechanism. Any server or workstation event log can be accessed in Hyena through the computer's context-menu.  Hyena also supports advanced event viewing capabilities, as shown on the image below, including:

 

Both Windows NT and Windows 2000 have built-in job scheduling systems, designed to run scheduled tasks at predetermined times.  Unfortunately, the native system administration tools do not provide an easy way for administrators to view or management remotely scheduled jobs.  Hyena overcomes this limitation by providing easy access to any scheduled job on any Windows NT or Windows 2000 server or workstation.

Hyena includes support for both the Windows NT 'AT' job scheduling system, as well as the newer Task Scheduler that is integrated into IE 5.0 and Windows 2000.  Hyena provides direct access to the Task Scheduler job properties for any remote computer, including creating new tasks.

Hyena also includes important job cloning (copying) capabilities for Task Scheduler tasks.  One or more "reference tasks" can be copied from a selected source computer to any number of destination (target) computers, complete with logging and automatic job internal spacing.

 

 

As a Windows NT or Windows 2000 installation grows, so do the number of printers that are installed on print servers and individual workstations.  Unfortunately, the native tools on Windows NT/2000 are not very good at managing remote printers.  Hyena was designed to overcome many of these limitations, and give system administrators and help desk staff better control over printers and print jobs.

 

As the image below shows,  Hyena can display any printer, even non-shared printer, installed on any computer or server.  Hyena's printer and job management functions include:

 

Disk and file administration, including routine file management, shared resource administration, and disk space monitoring, is perhaps the most common task performed by system administrators.  Hyena excels in allowing system administrators full control over every disk and file related management task. 

Hyena's tight integration with the Windows NT/2000 shell (Explorer) ensures safe and efficient routine disk and file operations, such as moving, deleting, and copying files and directories.  Hyena provides full access to every file and directory on any remote server or workstation with an easy-to-use Explorer-style view.  Hyena's Open Files view and individual file Open By... options provide administrators with quick snapshots of open resources.  The directory Share As... option gives sharing capabilities to any selected directory.

Hyena's disk space view provides for a simple yet powerful overview of the disk space information for any server or workstation.  Moreover, this same view can also be used on multiple computers at the same time, providing a fast and efficient way to monitor disk space across many computers.

The disk space functions do not require any server agents to be installed, and can be customized for a variety of server configurations, including some non-Windows platforms.

As with all disk views, Hyena provides full access to the Explorer shell under both Windows NT and Windows 2000.  Hyena's settings can be configured to display disk space information in a variety of formats.  And as always, this information can be copied to the clipboard, exported to delimited text files, or viewed on one of Hyena's many Microsoft Access-based reports.

 

 

Hyena incorporates a full range of share administration functions, including:

Windows NT and Windows 2000 lack any method to report, print, or extract information about your network configurations.  Hyena contains several features that support reporting and extracting information from any Windows NT or Windows 2000 server or workstation:

 

Exporting - Hyena's Exporter tool is a standalone (and free !) component of Hyena that supports creating delimited text output files of computers, users, groups, printers, shares, services, and disk space.  Hyena provides a direct interface into Exporter.  Exporter can extract any selected set of information for entire domain.  The delimited text files created by Exporter can be imported into any database or spreadsheet program.

Microsoft Access-based Reporting - Hyena also includes 18 built-in Microsoft Access reports (Microsoft Access must be purchased and installed separately from Hyena), covering many different areas of user, group, share, file access, events, and disk space.

Hyena also supports automatic exporting of Active Directory (AD) data into a Microsoft Access database, providing for a powerful and flexible directory reporting tool when combined with Hyena's AD query capabilities.

Clipboard Compatibility - Hyena can also copy any selected information directly to Window's clipboard, for simple and fast pasting into other applications, including Active Directory information.

Hyena provides full support for Active Directory (AD) Organizational Units, directory searching, universal groups, management of object properties, security auditing, and other AD mixed and native mode features.

 

 

 Hyena adds a new Windows 2000 domain object class. When a Windows 2000 domain is expanded in Hyena's tree window, additional sub-objects are displayed, specifically: Containers/OUs, All Users, All Groups, Global Groups, Local Groups, and Universal Groups objects. All management of the display of Active Directory objects are handled entirely by LDAP queries to Active Directory.

Organizational Units (OUs) are fully supported, both for browsing OU contents, as well as for creating new users, groups, contacts, and computer objects directly into an OU.  A powerful Find feature is available for any OU, allowing selectable criteria for finding and filtering AD information.  OU properties are also available, including full support for management of Group Policy Object (GPO) information. 

Hyena's OU Filtering Bar provides for powerful object filtering when browsing the contents of any OU, including traversing into sub-OUs.

Hyena is the only product that supports customizable Active Directory queries at every object level.  Define your own queries, or use any of the predefined queries to display custom "views" of exactly what directory attributes you want to see for organizational units, users, groups, or computers.
 
Hyena supports the use of the standard shell property pages for management of many Active Directory objects, providing for full MMC-like functionality, while still providing Hyena's legendary ease-of-use and navigation.

As always, Hyena's output window, including any Active Directory displays, can be easily exported or integrated into Hyena's built-in Microsoft Access database.