Tasks

On this page, you can find all of the different types of tasks that can be created in the Syxsense Console. Syxsense allows grouping of tasks for your convenience by the task type, by the time they were run, and by status (whether they were completed successfully or not). You can read more about specific tasks by following the corresponding links below. 

Useful Information

Just about everything completed with Syxsense is accomplished with a task.

A policy-only-based solution will rely on devices checking in, a task can be scheduled to run when it’s best for you with real-time statistics returned to your console.

All tasks which are not scheduled are located under Unscheduled Tasks.

Detect all the devices in your networkDetect all the devices in your network

With the assistance of a vRep, the Discovery task will find any devices in a specified IP range.

Check if you need to install particular patchesCheck if you need to install particular patches

Use the Patch Scan option to scan devices for potential required updates.

Update your system component to solve security issuesUpdate your system component to solve security issues

Ready to deploy updates? The Patch Deploy task will scan for all updates chosen and deploy only those that are required.

Check your system's health (Syxsense Secure and Enterprise)Check your system's health (Syxsense Secure and Enterprise)

Use the Security Scan task to scan devices for potential vulnerabilities within the environment.

Remediate vulnerabilities right after they are found (Syxsense Secure and Enterprise) Remediate vulnerabilities right after they are found (Syxsense Secure and Enterprise)

Use the Security Resolve task to automatically fix all the vulnerabilities found during the security scan.

Effortlessly distribute software over all the corporate devicesEffortlessly distribute software over all the corporate devices

Apply Software Deploy option to distribute software packages or scripts to one or many devices in your environment.

Create a chain of automated workflows (Syxsense Secure and Enterprise) Create a chain of automated workflows (Syxsense Secure and Enterprise) 

Create Cortex Sequence for combining and implementing remediation workflows in a single task.

Ensure that corporate devices have the newest Windows version installedEnsure that corporate devices have the newest Windows version installed

Add your latest Windows 10. Install ISO to upgrade devices to the newest versions of Windows 10 with ease. Feature Updates option also allows you to install Windows 11 on all corporate devices.

Automate the most complex IT and security processes (Syxsense Secure and Enterprise)Automate the most complex IT and security processes (Syxsense Secure and Enterprise)

Syxsense Cortex is an intuitive drag-and-drop enabled interface to create complex, multi-step actions in a single task.

Distribute a single Microsoft Office products configuration over all the endpointsDistribute a single Microsoft Office products configuration over all the endpoints

Uploading Office 365 installation media to your console is no longer necessary as Syxsense offers an integrated solution for both the configuration and deployment of Office 365 products.

Configure intelligent rebootConfigure intelligent reboot

Schedule Reboot on-demand or at later times.

Receive necessary reports to your email regularlyReceive necessary reports to your email regularly

Receive configured Scheduled Reports and on the task results right after their completion directly to your email.

Schedule periods when all the crucial tasks will be completedSchedule periods when all the crucial tasks will be completed

Maintenance Windows are highly flexible recurring task schedules that can be used for device discovery, feature update deployment, patch scanning and deployment, software deployment, and security scans.