Owner's Manual

4 Contents
User Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dynamic Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Inventory Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Reporting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Task Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Software Updates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power and Performance Monitoring
. . . . . . . . 27
Application Launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Troubleshooting Tool
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
User Preferences
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Privilege Levels in the IT Assistant UI
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Other Information You May Need
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2 Getting Started With Dell OpenManage
IT Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3 What’s New for Dell OpenManage
IT Assistant Version 8.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
What’s new in this release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
New Operating Systems Support
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Warranty Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Express Service Code
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deprecated Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Features From Previous Releases
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IT Assistant 8.8
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IT Assistant 8.7
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IT Assistant 8.6
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IT Assistant 8.5
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IT Assistant 8.4
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