VisualCron
Encyclopedia
VisualCron is a automation tool and task scheduler
/job scheduler
for Windows.
Task Scheduler
Task Scheduler is a component of Microsoft Windows that provides the ability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals. It was first introduced in the Windows 95 Plus! pack as System Agent but was renamed to Task Scheduler in Windows 98...
/job scheduler
Job scheduler
A job scheduler is a software application that is in charge of unattended background executions, commonly known for historical reasons as batch processing....
for Windows.
Automate common Tasks
- execute files with advanced properties
- encrypt/decrypt files using Open PGP standard
- compress/decompress files using zip,gzip,bzip,tar
- copy/Read/Write/Touch files
- Create/Read/Edit XML files
- transfer files through common protocols like FTP/FTPS/SFTP/HTTP
- perform SQL queries, stored procedure calls, DTS/SSIS package execution
- perform operations against Active Directory
- perform operations against Exchange Server
- send Email (encrypted or not) together with attachments
- perform Registry operations
- print documents (Microsoft WordMicrosoft WordMicrosoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
, PDF, etc.) - put servers in Hibernate/Standby
- restart/Wake up servers
Client/Server architecture
VisualCron uses a Client/Server architecture. The Server is a Windows service running in the background. The Client can connect locally and remotely across the network/Internet.Operating systems
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows 2003
- Windows Vista
- Windows 2008
- Windows 7