XIA Configuration

Server Documentation Tool

Automated IT documentation software to help you keep track of your servers

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

Streamline Auditing. Execute reports to get the data you need to audit your Windows machines
Automate Documentation. Continuously generate always up-to-date documentation with version control
Improve Security. Harden your servers by ensuring they comply with best practices and security standards
Expose Vulnerabilities. Detect changes and run benchmarks to expose incorrect configuration and security vulnerabilities

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

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Looking to document your Unix servers? View the Unix page.

Automatically generate your server documentation

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

A screenshot of a Windows server PDF document — Automatically generate your Windows machine documentation with XIA Configuration

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

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Tutorial Video

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

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Windows settings documented by XIA Configuration

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

Server Roles
Compliance Benchmark
Software
Hardware

Security
Networking
Support and Maintenance
Relationship Map

A screenshot showing a Windows machine management summary — Save as PDF or XML, track changes, and view Windows machine 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.

Compliance Benchmark

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

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A screenshot showing the Windows basic compliance benchmark results — Use XIA Configuration's compliance benchmark to check your Windows settings meet security best practices

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Information used by this benchmark is provided by the following pages:

The advanced audit policy is based on the Microsoft audit policy recommendations "Stronger Recommendation".

Software

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

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A screenshot showing the Windows machine software summary — View a summary of the software configuration of a Windows machine

Hardware

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

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A screenshot showing hardware information in a PDF document — 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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A screenshot showing Windows update history — 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.

A screenshot showing user rights assignment compliance benchmarks in a PDF document — 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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A screenshot showing Windows machine network adapter settings — Audit your Windows machine network adapter settings

Support and Maintenance Contracts

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

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A screenshot of a support contract — Assign support and maintenance contracts to your Windows machines

Inventory

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

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A screenshot of Active Directory search and detection settings — Automatically detect and scan Windows machines that are members of a domain

Relationship Map

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

Reporting

In addition to generating full Windows machine 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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