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Eliminate Slow Logons
Waiting to Log on Leads to Employee
Distraction and Lost Wages

Logon Scripts and Group Policy –IT’s Maintenance Nightmare

from their work. Reduce long logon times withAccording to a recent study published by the Journal

Many organizations still rely on scripts and batchIvanti® Environment Manager Policy and you’llof Applied Psychology, U.S. employers are spending

files to configure the user’s desktop settings – things

increase user productivity and acceptance, and$100 billion on wages for time when employees

like printer and server connections, application

decrease helpdesk call volume. Win–win.

are idle at work. A recent survey done for Ivanti bycustomizations, and the look and feel of the desktop.

Dimensional Research indicates that a significant

Over time, these logon scripts become maintenancecontributor to employee idle time is long logons andnightmares, unwieldy and overcomplicated due to lots

their aftermath.

of conditions and context rules, constant changes,

Long logon times annoy users and distract them

Dimensional Research found that most business users
will tolerate a logon of 30 seconds or less. After a
30-second wait, employees become distracted fromtheir computer and begin another activity – and overand updates. Additionally, logon scripts apply
sequentially, in one lengthy process, and the user
cannot work until they are finished. So, users wait, andbecome frustrated, distracted, or both.

70% of those distracted employees will turn to a

When Group Policy is used for contextual and granularpersonal activity that lasts anywhere from one minutecontrol of users’ desktops, IT is forced to configure

to over 10 minutes.

and maintain hundreds or even thousands of GroupLong logon times have many causes, but logon scripts
and Group Policy are leading culprits.

Policies, which over time becomes a monumental
maintenance nightmare. And, because Group Policy
is single-threaded, logons slow down as the Group
Policy count climbs, and – you guessed it – the userwaits.

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About Ivanti

Environment Manager Policy replaces logon script

Ivanti makes the Everywhere Workplace possible. Intedium and Group Policy maintenance burdens with an

the Everywhere Workplace, employees use myriad

easy-to-use graphical console that covers all possible

devices to access IT networks, applications and data

desktop actions and configurations using a rule-based

to stay productive as they work from anywhere. The

approach. Its multi- threaded, contextual engine isIvanti automation platform connects the company’s

optimized to apply only those configurations that areindustry-leading unified endpoint management, zerorelevant to the user context, to get them done quickly,

trust security and enterprise service management

and to not hold up the logon if (for example) a network

solutions, providing a single pane of glass forresource is unavailable.

enterprises to self-heal and self-secure devices, andNo Additional Infrastructure Required

self-service end users. More than 40,000 customers,

Environment Manager Policy requires no additional

discover, manage, secure and service their IT assets

server or database infrastructure to install and run –from cloud to edge, and deliver excellent end user

simply deploy agents to endpoints, install the console,experiences for employees, wherever and however

and start applying policy based on user actions andthey work. For more information, visit ivanti.com

context.
Environment Manager Policy is an excellent addition
to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager(SCCM), enabling SCCM admins to push policy
configurations to users from the SCCM console andprovide unprecedented control over the user desktop
environment. In addition, management packs areavailable for System Center Operations Manager(SCOM) to alert IT in the event that logon actions are
not applied as expected.

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