ControlPoint 8.7 - Release Notes

The ControlPoint Home Page

henever you log into ControlPoint or refresh your browser, the right pane displays the SharePoint Summary dashboard.

The SharePoint Summary dashboard contains:  

·statistical information about your SharePoint farm

·quick links to some of ControlPoint's most powerful functionality

NOTE: If a ControlPoint operation is launched from the dashboard, you must select the object(s) on which to perform the operation using the Change Selection option.  

·links to Quest Support as well as ControlPoint user documentation on the Quest website.

As well as being the default home page, you can invoke the SharePoint Summary dashboard from the SharePoint Hierarchy  node, by choosing Farm Summary Dashboard.

ControlPoint Application Administrators can customize the page that displays via the ControlPoint Configuration Setting Initial Screen (INITSCREEN).  For Standard installations, the ControlPoint Configuration Setting No Dashboard (NODASHBOARD) must also be changed.