Wyse Device Manager
Overview
Easily manage thin clients throughout your small organization or global enterprise, regardless of their location.
The industry’s most comprehensive thin and zero client management solution, Wyse Device Manager (WDM) software enables easy configuration, insight, and management of just a few to many thousands of Wyse endpoint devices. Wyse WDM provides secure HTTPS-based communications and a powerful device policy for configuration management. The solution enables real-time asset management and health monitoring based on an industry-standard SQL database and optimizes remote software repositories. WDM Workgroup provides comprehensive management and control for small and mid-size businesses who want a simple, robust cloud client management solution, while WDM Enterprise delivers increased device management capabilities and security, and scales to support hundreds of thousands of clients.
WDM 4.9.1 is now available
Industry leader in secure thin-client management
Easily manage thin clients in your organization, regardless of their location with the industry's most comprehensive and secure thin client management solution.
Wyse Device Manager (WDM) provides:
- Secure HTTPS based communications
- Powerful device policy and configuration management
- Real-time asset management and health-monitoring based on industry-standard SQL database
- Remote imaging
- Optimization of remote software repositories
- Administration delegation for third party support staff
- Common Criteria certification
Wyse Device Manager Workgroup edition comes bundled with all Wyse thin computers. This version of the software provides comprehensive management control for smaller installations.
The powerful Enterprise edition delivers increased device management capabilities, and scales up to hundreds of thousands of clients.
Compare Wyse Device Manager editions
| Workgroup Edition | Enterprise Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Max Number of Managed Clients | 750 | Unlimited |
| Database Support | MS SQL 2008 Express | MS SQL 2005, 2008 including Express editions |
| Max Simultaneous Imaging | 5 | 500 |
| Asset Groupings | 3 Groups | 90 Groups |
| OS Compression (for imaging) | ||
| Secure Device (HTTPS) Management and Imaging | ||
| Autogenic (Background) Imaging (Windows Embedded only) |
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| Administration Delegation and Segregation (Integrated with Active Directory) |
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| Distributed Architecture for Scalability and Security | ||
| Time-zone Management and Smart Scheduling | ||
| Automated (profile-based) Device Policy Management (DDC) | ||
Wyse Device Manager software maintenance
Wyse Device Manager (WDM) Workgroup edition comes bundled with all Wyse thin clients and supports up to 750 clients. When purchasing Wyse thin clients, customers are entitled to the currently available version of WDM, access to subsequent major versions of WDM Workgroup Edition requires customers to be covered by a valid Software Maintenance contract or purchase of WDM Workgroup upgrade.
For organizations with large-scale thin client deployments and/or requiring WDM's most advanced device management features, WDM Enterprise Edition is licensed on a per seat (per device) basis. Access to subsequent major versions of WDM Enterprise Edition requires customer to be covered by a valid software maintenance contract or purchase of WDM Enterprise upgrade.
Wyse software maintenance options
Wyse Software Maintenance is required to be eligible to receive new versions of Wyse software and subsequent releases of corresponding documentation and tools. Wyse announces new versions of software, and customers must subscribe to Wyse's periodic communications to receive notification of updates. Subscribe at Wyse.com/WyseView.
Pick the Wyse software maintenance option to meet your needs
Wyse Software Maintenance options offer solutions to meet your ongoing functionality needs. You can enjoy easy Web access to valuable software resources (including evaluation software, upgrade software, and other tools and documentation).
Wyse Thin Client Software License options consist of the following choices:
- Software maintenance is available to both WDM Workgroup and WDM Enterprise Editions as a 1, 2 or 3-year contract.
- Software maintenance for WDM Workgroup is charged as a flat fee per customer (supports up to 750 seats).
- Software maintenance for WDM Enterprise is charged on a per seat (per device) basis.
As part of your Software Maintenance, you will receive maintenance releases, minor versions, major version upgrades, and product feature enhancements during your maintenance coverage period. New releases often include many new features, improvements, requests by customers, and the peace of mind of knowing that your software products are always up-to-date with the newest releases. Software maintenance also allows you to obtain from Wyse the re-issuing of your WDM Sale key or the consolidation of several keys into a single one in the case you need to re-install your Wyse Device Manager software.
WDM customers without Software Maintenance have only access to minor releases to their WDM version (minor versions are denoted by the 3rd digit, for example 4.7.1 to 4.7.2 and hot fixes).
Major releases contain numerous features and design enhancements to WDM. Minor releases contain primarily bug fixes and customer requested very minor feature enhancements. We anticipate major versions will be released regularly about every 6 to 12 months. Minor revisions may be made available between major releases of the Wyse Software.
Wyse Software Maintenance does not include Technical Support. Check Wyse Technical Support for options.
Note: Wyse Software Maintenance plans grant access to all resources available on Wyse.com and do not include physical deliverables. Use of software is limited to the number of devices purchased under the maintenance plan Note: All Wyse software is subject to end-user licensing agreement (EULA) terms and may contain product-specific software limitations.
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The Wyse portfolio of intelligent management software provides the broadest range of client management capabilities.
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Downloads
- Existing customers: Download WDM Enterprise
- Evaluate WDM Enterprise and select from the Evaluation menu.
- Download WDM Workgroup






