Devolutions Server

Devolutions Server allows to control access to privileged accounts and manage sessions through a secure solution. For more information, consult the Devolutions Server web page.

Highlights

• Highly secured server for your company.
• Shared connection and credentials with multiple users.
• Installed on-premises; can be deployed online.
• Support Windows authentication and Active Directory group integration.
• Optimized client and server side caching.

Devolutions Server supports Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL as a data store.

For more information, please consult these topics:

• Devolutions Server installation
• Devolutions Server security checklist

Configure the server workspace on client machines

Enter the workspace name and the URL for the host. Ensure to use the correct protocol if SSL is required by the server (https).

Alternatively, you can export the workspace information and then import the file in your client workstations as described Import and export a workspace.

Settings

Windows

General

OPTION	DESCRIPTION
Name	Enter a name for the workspace.
Host	Enter the URL of the Devolutions Server instance.
Username	Enter the username to connect to the workspace.
Always ask username	Always ask for the username when connecting to the workspace.
Use domain single sign-on (SSO)	Use domain single sign-on (SSO) if previously configured in the Devolutions Server instance.
Test connection	Test the connection with Devolutions Server to validate the credentials.
Use pre-authentication proxy	Allow the user of a pre-authentication proxy as part of Azure pre-authentication.
Use pre-authentication user for Devolutions Server connection	Allow the user of a pre-authentication proxy user as part of Azure pre-authentication (if Microsoft authentication has been checked).

User vault

OPTION	DESCRIPTION
Type	Select the type of user vault to use. Select between: Default: use the default user vault, which is stored in the database. None: disable the user vault for all users.

VPN

Open a VPN to access data prior to connecting to Devolutions Server.

PowerShell

OPTION	DESCRIPTION
Tenant ID	Stores application Tenant ID for PowerShell to retrieve.
Password	Stores application password for PowerShell to retrieve.

Advanced

OPTION	DESCRIPTION
Caching mode	Determines how the entries will be reloaded in the workspace. For more information, please consult Caching. Note that the File mode is only available if Always ask username is checked in the General tab.
Sync all vault(background)	Synchronization ensures that any changes made to a vault , such as updating passwords or adding new sessions, are propagated across all connected devices and users in real-time.
Ping online method	Indicate the preferred ping online method. Select between: None Web request
Popup license expiration	Determine how the application advises of the license expiration. Select between: All Only Administrator(s) Disabled
Connection timeout	Set a connection timeout delay for the Devolutions Server instance.
Auto refresh	Set the interval for the automatic refresh.
Prompt for offline mode on startup	Ask to use the workspace in offline mode when the user connects to the workspace.
Automatically go offline on offline prompt	Use the workspace in offline mode when the ping method does not respond.
Client certificate authentication mode	Determine how client certificates are to be authenticated.
Manage cache	Clear the output, analyze or delete the content of the Devolutions Server instance's cache.

macOS