In only 5 STEPS:

• 1.    Identify your computers

  Manage access rights to the interface of PowerFreeZzz, or in other words, give permission who can log in and who may (or may not) see specific screens and buttons. Through a list of system accounts, PowerFreeZzz will have access to the workstations. Gather all your workstations via manual input, network scan our various import and define your targeted devices.

   

• 2.    Put them in groups

  Organize your devices into logical groups for an easier management. PowerFreeZzz provides dynamic grouping based on filtering. Not only existing but also new workstations are detected and managed automatically because of an identification based on the characteristics, the name or the subnet of the computer. PowerFreeZzz also provides static grouping where computers can be added to or excluded from a computer group.

   

• 3.    Define your policies

  Apply your scheduled policies on computer groups (shutdown, hibernate, standby). Everything is parameterized according to your own criteria (on a daily basis). Policies have priority levels which are useful when they overlap. PowerFreeZzz adapts perfectly to exception days, subnets and special processes, e.g. policies will leave the system on when virtualization software like VMware is still running. PowerFreeZzz can also detect specific active applications and processes needing a special handling like e.g. Microsoft Word that has unsaved documents open, in which case the system will be put in standby instead of shutting it down. After defining your policies you can now add the appropriate groups to the policies. You can of course add multiple groups to one policy and vice versa.

     

• 4.    Simulate the effects of your policies on your actual consumption, fine tune and apply when satisfied

  Before applying any policy, simulate your future savings and fine tune your parameters through our simulation mode.

   

• 5.    Enjoy your savings

  Saving statistics are automatically generated by PowerFreeZzz. Enjoy your real savings by viewing the statistics presented by various criteria including energy and money saved.