Table of Contents
Before you Start
- On-Premise Customers:
- When your have successfully accomplished Silverback Installation and Configuration Guide
- Proceed with Windows 10/11 Guide II: Connect a device
- Or proceed temporarily with local users
- Cloud Customers:
- (optional) Connect first your Active Directory and other services with the following Guide: Silverback Installation and Configuration Guide - Cloud Connector
- Or proceed temporarily with local users
Create Local Users
Local Users can be used for demonstration purpose or when you don't want to connect your Active Directory.
Login
- Open your Silverback Management Console (e.g. https://silverback100.m42cloud.com/admin)
- On-Premise Customer:
- Login as an Administrator
- Use your created credentials
- Proceed with Create a local user
- Cloud Customer:
- Login as an Administrator
- Use your provided credentials
- Proceed with change the default admin preferences
Change the default admin preferences
- Click on the settings icon on the upper right
- Enter an Email address (e.g. admin@imagoverum.com)
- Enter the current password in the Old Password field (S1lverb@ck)
- Enter your new password in the New Password field
- Confirm your New Password
- Enable Receive Email Alerts (optional)
- Change Date Format (optional)
- Change Time Zone (optional)
- Change Language (optional)
- Click Save
- Click OK
Create a Local User
- Navigate to Users
- Click New Devices User
- Enter a Username
When entering the Username, advanced user fields below will get pre-filled out automatically.
- Enter First Name
- Enter Last Name
- Enter Email Address
- Enter Password
- Confirm Password
- Enable Email User Details if desired
Requires SMTP Configuration
- Advanced user fields can be used later on as lookup fields to automatically deploy user specific information into profiles, e.g. for Email, VPN, WiFi etc.
- Change advanced user fields (optional)
- Click Save
Next Steps
- Proceed with Windows 10/11 Guide II: Connect a device