Compare Windows servers example
In this example, the current configuration of a Windows server is compared to a previous version to see what has changed.
To demonstrate this, firstly, the World Wide Web Publishing service is disabled in the services management console:
World Wide Web Publishing service disabled
Then an ODBC data source server name is changed:
ODBC data source server name changed
Once the Windows server has been scanned again by the XIA Configuration Client, it is compared with a previous version:
Compare Windows servers in the intuitive web interface
The results of the comparison are displayed in the XIA Configuration Server user interface. The changes made to the server can be seen in the differences detected:
Only the differences in Windows server configuration are shown
Export to PDF
The results of the comparison can be exported to PDF. Click the image below to see an example.
Share the comparison results with others by exporting to PDF
Export to XML
The results can also be exported to XML and analysed in Microsoft Excel:
Analyse results further by exporting to XML and viewing in Excel