SCO SuperVision is the system management member of the Vision Family. With SCO SuperVision system administrators have the power to remotely manage, configure and control SCO Vision family desktops from a single point. By allowing desktops to be handled individually, in groups or as a whole, SCO SuperVision can dramatically cut the cost of managing and supporting large communities of Vision Family users. SCO SuperVision will manage both PCs directly connected to the network and those connected remotely over a modem link

Benefits include:

• Central management of Windows PCs by UNIX servers
• Remote configuration of Vision Family applications including the control of what users are allowed to do and see
• Single point distribution of files and documents with automatic version control
• Remote deployment of Program Manager and Start Menu items
• Automate system administration tasks using TCL scripting language with PC extensions
• Powerful and flexible grouping model allowing the creation of groups to mimic real-world organizations and so partition the community logically
• Comprehensive services for remote problem management including remote viewing of file systems, running tasks and screen shots
• Dial-up support for mobile clients or "absent" system administrators

The SCO SuperVision Administration Workbench provides an advanced Windows based management console from which system administrators have visual control over the desktop population

"The SuperVision centralized X Window management system is a great addition. ... The administrator can control access of the remote X server, limit the user interface to given programs, add new sessions and start-up scripts and even view the current status of remote desktops. The administrator can bring up a snapshot of the user's desktop when the user calls for technical support."
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Every Vision Family component is designed to be centrally managed. From a central PC, administrators can configure and control exactly which functionality is granted to, or withdrawn from, an individual or group of users with a click of a button. Novice users can be prevented from causing problems by locking configurations and controlling their access to servers.

The user PCs are managed from the central Administration Workbench which provides an advanced Windows based management console. All changes determined by the administrator are reflected on relevant PCs either immediately or the next time they are connected to the network. This means the job of administration continues long after the administrator has turned off his PC and gone home.