Documentation forDameware Remote Everywhere

Create and deploy scripts

Dameware Remote Everywhere (DRE)allows for the immediate or scheduled script deployments to any of your customers' computers or devices. These scripts are directly compatible with Batch files, Visual Basic Script, and Powershell.

Create scripts

  1. Select Management > Scripts.
  2. Click Group > Add Group, enter a Group Name, and click Add to confirm the addition of the new group.
  3. Select the new group and click Add Script to add a new script to the group.
  4. Fill the Name, Description, and Script Type fields. Click Add.
  5. When the script is highlighted, toggle Enabled in the Script tab to activate.
  6. In the Content tab, choose PowerShell, Visual Basic Script, Bash, or Batch and select the type of script you want to add.
    1. Select Explicit Script to directly insert scripts into the DRE interface. Copy and paste the script into the Script Body field and click Save.
    2. Select External Script to insert a script from a URL. Click Test to validate the URL. Click Save.
  7. If the script requires specific resources to be available for download, select Required Files > Add new. Fill the Filename, File MD5, URL, and Destination Folder fields. Click Add File.

Deploy scripts

  1. Navigate to the Devices page of the Admin Area, select one or more devices and click More > Deploy script from the options at the top of the page.
  2. Choose a script to deploy and select a Start On date.
  3. Click System Account in the Run As field to navigate to the Running Options tab and specify credentials to run the script as a local machine or local user.
  4. Specify whether to run the script only when a user is logged in, or to allow interaction with the desktop while the script is running.
  5. Select the Advanced tab to specify when the deployment will stop, and if the computer will discard the job if it is not completed after a specific amount of time.
  6. In the Notification section, Register Only is selected to indicate the script will be logged in the Reports section of the Admin Area. Select Send Email, and enter an email address to send a notification of the script job.
  7. Click Deploy to deploy the script.