Feature Overview: Device Management
Device management is the starting point for most work in Lanview. It covers how devices appear in Studio, how they are approved, how they are organised into groups, and how common device actions are started.
Lanview is designed for organisations that manage Windows devices on a local network. Device records, approval state, group membership and device lifecycle decisions are owned by Lanview Server and managed through Lanview Studio.
What this feature area includes
Device management includes:
- Viewing managed and pending devices.
- Approving, rejecting, blocking and deleting device records.
- Reassociating rebuilt or replacement devices where supported.
- Organising devices into groups.
- Targeting actions at individual devices or groups.
- Opening the Device Window for detailed per-device information.
- Running common actions such as wake, lock, logoff, reboot, shutdown, rename and message display.
Device management also provides the entry point for many other Lanview features, including inventory, packages, remote support, audit history, services and troubleshooting.
Where to find it
Use the Devices module in Lanview Studio to view device lists, pending devices and groups.
Open the Device Window from a selected device to access device-specific pages such as Summary, Groups, Settings, Disk Usage, Network, Audit Log and feature-specific action pages.
Device and group actions are available from the relevant context menus and action dialogs where the signed-in user has permission.
Permissions and access
Device management uses role-based permissions. Common permission areas include:
| Permission area | Controls |
|---|---|
| Device viewing | Whether users can see managed devices. |
| Device management | Approval, rejection and general device record management. |
| Device lifecycle actions | Blocking, deleting, renaming and reassociation. |
| Group management | Creating, editing and targeting groups. |
| Device actions | Lock, logoff, reboot, shutdown, wake and message actions. |
Having access to view a device does not automatically grant permission to perform administrative actions on it.
Policy and settings
Device state is managed by Lanview Server. Some features support Server, group and device-level settings, but inheritance is feature-specific.
Examples include:
- Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port settings.
- Agent policy settings.
Do not assume every setting inherits through groups. Each detailed feature article explains its own settings and inheritance behaviour.
Audit behaviour
Lanview audits device lifecycle and sensitive device actions where catalogued. This includes actions such as approval, rejection, deletion, blocking, unblocking, rename requests, reassociation-related identity changes and power/session actions.
Sensitive actions may require an operator reason when audit reason policy is enabled.