XIA Configuration - Feature
Compare Configuration & Track Changes
Compare items and see differences to your config

Configuration Comparison Tool

Use XIA Configuration to compare the current configuration of your items with previous configurations to see changes, or to compare different items to see differences.

  • Green tick Detect new software installed on Windows machines
  • Green tick Detect services added or removed from a Windows server
  • Green tick Detect unauthorized changes to an Active Directory schema
  • Green tick Compare the settings of two IIS servers
  • Green tick Detect changes to the code of a SQL stored procedure

Compare configuration to a "golden build" so you can determine when a server, device or any other item does not adhere to your organization's configuration policy.

Watch our config compare tool in action

See how XIA Configuration shows changes to security settings on a server.

Watch our configuration comparison tool in action

Compare Items

The compare feature is available for all items.

Screenshot showing the item comparison feature in the XIA Configuration web interface
Compare any item in XIA Configuration

The results of the comparison are displayed in the web interface.

Screenshot showing comparison results in the XIA Configuration web interface
View differences

Export to PDF

The results of the comparison can be exported to PDF:

Comparison results exported to PDF
Output the comparison results to a PDF and share with others

Export to XML

The results can also be exported to XML and, for example, viewed in Microsoft Excel:

Excel comparison screenshot
Export the results to XML for further analysis e.g. in Excel

For more information about comparing items, please view the administrator's guide.

Try our config compare tool for free