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PING option in SEPM

bpohlman's picture
7 Agree, 2 Disagree

How about adding an option in SEPM to right click on non-SEP client and select "Ping" to determine if the client is online or not before attempting to push an upgrade

Jeremy Dundon's picture

 two things to consider. 1.

 two things to consider.

1. Non-SEP clients do not show up in the SEPM.
2.  Ping is one of the many tests that the Find Unmanaged Computers tool in the SEPM does. So in a way, that button already exists.

bpohlman's picture

Agreed, but it's much easier

Agreed, but it's much easier to right click a client and hit "ping" as opposed to go thru some extra steps to find an unmanaged client. Also, there are times I would like to ping a managed SEP client