XIA Configuration

Server Documentation Tool

Automated documentation software to help you keep track of your servers

Save time by using our server documentation tool XIA Configuration to automatically document the configuration of your servers. Retain information about your IT, transfer knowledge, and reduce effort otherwise spent performing these tasks manually.

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Automatically generate your server documentation

View an example document generated by XIA Configuration of a Windows server, branded with a fictitious company Contoso Foods:

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Automatically generate your Windows server documentation with XIA Configuration

The document above provides a concise view of your Windows server settings. View a document with all options included.

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XIA Configuration has a non-intrusive architecture with agentless data collection and PowerShell support.

Track changes and compare servers

Compare different servers to see differences, or compare two versions of the same server to see changes.

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Detect changes such as a Windows patch being installed

Security Compliance Benchmark

The Windows compliance benchmark provides a security overview of configured settings against best practices.

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Use XIA Configuration's compliance benchmark to check your Windows settings meet security best practices

Relationship Map

View and edit relationships between Windows servers, DNS, IIS, SQL and other items:

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View relationships between items in your environment

Windows settings documented by XIA Configuration

Find out more about the Windows settings documented by XIA Configuration below:

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Save as PDF or XML, track changes, and view Windows settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

Server Roles and Functions

Browse to the following pages to find out about the information documented by XIA Configuration for each server role:

Or learn more about the information documented on all enabled Roles and Features.

Hardware

Use the hyperlinks below to explore the detail of the hardware information documented by XIA Configuration.

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A summary of your physical or virtual hardware is recorded in the documentation generated by XIA Configuration

Security

Use the hyperlinks below to explore the detail of the security settings documented by XIA Configuration.

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Check your Windows update history in the XIA Configuration web interface

Check compliance and harden security by using XIA Configuration to perform a Windows server security audit.

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User rights assignment compliance benchmark results are recorded in the documentation generated by XIA Configuration

Networking

Use the hyperlinks below to explore the detail of the networking information documented by XIA Configuration.

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Audit your Windows network adapter settings

Support and Maintenance Contracts

Assign your Windows computers to support contracts or hardware warranties within XIA Configuration.

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Assign support and maintenance contracts to your Windows computers

Inventory

Create a server inventory, including server roles, by automatically detecting and scanning Windows servers and PCs that are members of a domain.

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Automatically detect and scan Windows computers that are members of a domain

Reporting

In addition to generating full Windows documentation, you can run reports across multiple machines within an environment to check compliance and help both IT and business users get the information they need.

The reports are web-accessible and include filtering, sorting and exporting to CSV and PDF.

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Get the information you need from all your Windows computers at once with the reporting feature

Supported Versions

The following versions of Windows are supported by XIA Configuration:

Server

  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2003 R2
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows 2000 Server
  • Windows NT4 Server

Workstation

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000 Workstation
  • Windows NT4 Workstation

Watch our server documentation software in action

This video demonstrates our server documentation tool XIA Configuration.

A video demonstrating our server documentation software XIA Configuration

Tutorial Video

Learn how to scan and document Windows computers with XIA Configuration:

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