Announced last December, the conference room of Lenovo ThinkSmart Manager in these hours it is coming in a new version with renewed features that can help IT admins to further improve productivity in the new workspaces. Let's find out more details.
What is ThinkSmart Manager
Before seeing in detail the news of version 2.0, it is useful to understand what it is Think Smart Manager. It is a useful solution to help companies facilitate communication and collaboration at work. It enables IT and operations divisions to enable an evolution of workspaces. In particular, administrators can install, manage and monitor all Lenovo ThinkSmart in the company from a single location.
The software in question gives the possibility to carry out reboots and updates in bulk, and for this reason it is easier and faster to install. IT administrators can also check device usage status and times, automatically search for problems and proactively resolve them. In addition, meeting room settings can be optimized.
Basically, thanks to ThinqSmart Manager you get greater productivity in the company. And that's not all: ThinqSmart Manager offers a remote management function from a single console. This eases the workload of IT technicians: the need for physical interventions is minimized. This tool helps support the use of devices such as ThinkSmart Hub 500, Hub, Cam, Bar, ThinkSmart Edition Tiny, and supported Logitech ™ peripherals.
ThinqSmart Manager 2.0: here are all the news
But now let's see point by point what are the innovations introduced by Thinq Smart Manager 2.0.
- A single-state analytics dashboard for Microsoft Teams Rooms
- The addition of a mobile app for iOS ™ or Android ™ devices that allows IT administrators to access ThinkSmart Manager from their smartphone to check device status and receive push notifications with a dashboard view of installed services
- Visibility of device functionality (ok / error) and its status (online / offline / in meeting)
- The ability to create and send team notifications within ThinkSmart Manager without going through email.
- Bulk recording, by uploading a CSV file, of all devices upon receipt, instead of physically recording in every single meeting room, saving time and energy, especially on large campuses with several rooms in multiple buildings .
Among the additional Premium features:
- Summary dashboard with pie charts showing functionality, status, room type, people count, room usage, meeting devices and data export.
- Bulk restarts for specific devices, locations or workgroups; ability to set multiple criteria per location; enabling and disabling of rules.
- The ability to create and send emails to inform team members through a specific device or peripheral
- Notice if a peripheral is disconnected from the device
- Single control panel: Integrated view of ThinkSmart Manager 2.0 and Logitech Sync, compatibility with TAP, Meet-up, Rally and Swytch products
- New management of device usage licenses since purchase: IT administrators can view licenses created in their organization and apply them to devices.
Not to forget the service options, another new element introduced by ThinqSmart Manager 2.0. In fact, previously it was only possible to get one year of free service. Today, however, you can use the free version or switch to the premium version by paying a fee to increase the scope of the service according to the user's needs.
Chapter price and availability: Lenovo's ThinkSmart Manager 2.0 is already available in Italy. The premium version costs 111 euro per year. For more information, we recommend that you visit the Lenovo official website.
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