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No matter who you are, whether you're an IT administrator,

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a computer enthusiast, or just a regular old gamer,

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there's probably been a time when you've needed

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to do something remotely on one of your systems,

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and you're not in a place where it's very convenient,

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whether it's power cycling, updating your software,

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or just troubleshooting a program.

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But if you're like me, services like TeamViewer

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never fully scratched that itch

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due to limited functionality

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or the dreaded commercial use suspected shutting you down.

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Thankfully for us, the guys over at Pulseway

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offered to sponsor a video showcasing

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their management software,

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and we thought it'd be a great fit for you guys.

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So let's check it out, shall we?

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Here on the roof of our building, because why not?

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So Pulseway is what's known as an RMM,

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or remote monitoring and management software,

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which sounds really, really, really boring.

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But there's more here than meets the eye.

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So the main idea behind Pulseway

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is simple but powerful computer mesh.

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Oh crap, that still sounds boring, doesn't it?

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Okay, no, no, wait.

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So once you've installed the Pulseway software

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on your system, systems, or like your entire office space,

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although we recommend using their deployment tool

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for that last one, you'll be in full control

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of those devices using bare control interfaces,

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and you can do it remotely.

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So we're gonna start with the web version

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and save the best, the Pulseway app, for later.

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So let's get started. So we're gonna start with the web version and save the best, the Pulseway app for later.

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So we're gonna start with the web version and save the best, the Pulseway app for later.

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So we're gonna start with the web version and save the best, the Pulseway app for later.

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Once you've logged in, right away,

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you're gonna be greeted by a list of the systems

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that you set up earlier.

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In our case, we installed it on a couple

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for demo purposes here.

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First is our patent-pending Google wrecker,

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followed by our Steam caching server, Jake's Workstation,

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and then of course, our main production storage server, WANIC,

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because who doesn't test software

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on their most mission-critical machine?

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Yeah, well, it's your idea.

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Clicking on any one of them is gonna reveal a ton of more

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of monitoring goodness.

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So by default, there's actually quite a few unique controls

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and monitoring, like, we'll call them tabs

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that you can play with.

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So here, we can see CPU usage, RAM,

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the temperature of the individual cores of our processor,

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what motherboard it's running,

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and even what BIOS version that the system is running.

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So you'll know which units,

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like let's say you've got a whole deployment

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of a bunch of systems,

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you can tell which ones need updating

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against security vulnerabilities,

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like Spectre, for example.

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You can also view the total and remaining space

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on your drives,

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view and kill specific processors,

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like say if they're pegging the CPU at 100%,

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rendering it unusable,

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and you can even send a test print page from that system

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to see if the printer is actually broken,

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or if it's just yet another ticket

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from like that one dude in accounting

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who doesn't know the difference

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between printing to a printer and printing to a PDF.

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Like, this is, there's no option to save this.

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Export to PDF.

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Wait, don't you think that should be,

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there's not an option to do it on here.

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Oh, did I mention that you can view, execute,

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and schedule updates with it,

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even down to specific types?

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And that's all before you even go into the features

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that aren't enabled by default.

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So with network monitoring,

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we can see who's using up all the bandwidth,

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torrenting at work.

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And with the notification system, this is really cool,

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we can go through the literally 12 tabs

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of different notification options that can be customized,

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on a system by system basis,

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so that for example, you'll be notified

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as soon as your server room sets on fire,

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and not when Colton shuts off his PC

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after getting fired for the 383rd time.

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But you've probably noticed by now

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that at least a couple of the machines

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that we're showing off here aren't running Windows.

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Compatibility is another really strong point for Pulseway.

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They've got clients for most Linux distros,

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Raspbian, Mac, and Windows.

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And the software has a full fat REST API.

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So you can actually code monitoring

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and management functionality into the services

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and applications that your own company develops.

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Then you can control those

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with the regular Pulseway web interface.

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Back to more regular users though,

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Pulseway also has this really cool automation tab.

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So basically what it includes is a bunch of sample scripts

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that should compliment any PowerShell or bash scripts

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and that can easily be scheduled,

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like checking for and installing any critical updates

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outside of work hours,

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ensuring that you never have to look

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at another Windows update,

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or using it as an easy way to run

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that screen melting executable

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that you've been cooking up in Visual Studio

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to prank your coworkers.

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And all of this can be done on their app

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for iOS and Android as well.

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It is basically a complete copy of the web interface,

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except in mobile form.

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So you aren't sacrificing

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any functionality when you're on the go.

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For example, you could turn on your Plex server

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via Wacom LAN, download your favorite show,

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and basically prepare yourself for a flight

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without ever thinking about breaking out your laptop,

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which admittedly probably isn't a very common use case,

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but I think you guys get the point.

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It's very, very versatile.

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So thanks to Pulseway for sponsoring this showcase

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of their RMM software.

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Let us know down in the comments

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if you have any cool ideas for how you,

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we could use Pulseway.

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Maybe it's finally time to set up monitoring

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on all the servers.

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So, yeah.

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So stay tuned for the next server room update.

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Cause yeah, we should definitely do that.

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So thanks for watching guys.

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Also down there is our merch store,

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which has cool shirts like this one,

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and our community forum, which you should totally join.

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Let us know in the comments

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if you want to see a tour of our roof.

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We actually were counting.

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And we have almost as many rooftop cooling systems

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as the entire rest of our building

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and the two other buildings in our complex combined.

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Cause we're ridiculous like that.

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We just care about our employees' comfort.

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Brandon's comfort.

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Brandon's comfort in particular.

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And Tyler.

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Mostly Tyler.

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Yeah, Brandon and Tyler.

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They got, they have the highest HVAC investment

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per person in the company.

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Per capita.

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Yeah.