Onsite Managers vs. Device Managers
The following table can help you decide when to use an Onsite Manager and when to use Device Managers.
| Onsite Manager | Device Manager |
Is designed for Networks | X |
|
Is designed for single roaming devices and environments that don’t have a server or peer-to-peer networks |
| X |
Manages both Windows and Mac | X |
|
Is OS-specific (Choose Windows or Mac) |
| X |
Communicates directly with Service Center | X | X |
Requires an additional instance of MS SQL Server express | X |
|
Can be configured to communicate to Service Center through a proxy | X |
|
Requires device access to the Internet when managing patches |
| X |
Supports device discovery | X |
|
Supports cloud service monitors | X |
|
Supports Wake-on-LAN | X |
|
Supports Microsoft 365 and VMWare service modules |
|
|
We value your feedback.
If you have questions, suggestions, or feedback on our documentation, contact the Campus Product Documentation team.
For general product inquiries or technical support, please contact the global Barracuda Support team.