Frequently Asked Questions

Powerwise is a server based application which connects to a client-side agent (service) on each PC to control its power state on a network. A Powerwise agent is installed on each client. It may be installed remotely and silently enabling easy power management control over a large number of machines. The central management console allows management reporting information to be captured as well as enabling simple central changes to power profiles. This simplifies desktop management and energy saving tasks.

Yes you can download a 30 day free trial copy of Powerwise

Powerwise is available to purchase online. Once you have downloaded and installed your free trial copy you complete the online purchase and then refresh you license key. If you wish to purchase Powerwise in a different manner please contact the sales teamThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Subscription
You may purchase Powerwise by subscription whereby you pay no installation charges, no upfront license fees and no renewals for the length of your subscription. In addition you receive an annual audit of your power use with recommendations to make further savings and regular updates throughout the course of your subscription on carbon reduction and sustainability issues effecting your business. Minimum subscription is 36 months. Average subscription price is $2.50+GST per PC per month, however pricing is subject to number of seats etc. Contact OzDeploy today to discuss your site requirements.

Perpetual License
You can still purchase the software license the old fashioned way - buy the license (RRP AU$18+GST) add consultancy and installation costs and pay an annual renewal fee of 20% of the current license RRP. Additional audits and consultancy are chargeable at the hourly or daily rate of your reseller.

Powerwise can be installed across multiple servers, however it is licensed by client (installed agent) and not server.

Education, Health, Government, and not for profit organisations, all receive a significant discount on the list price of Powerwise.

The Powerwise installation is supported on Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Server 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows Vista. We recommend you install it on a Windows Server, and if possible a domain member server so as to take advantage of integrated security.

When you download the free trial you will be presented with instructions on how to install Powerwise, however the installation is straight forward and wizard driven. You will need local (or domain) administrator priviledges to install Powerwise.

You will also find short video on the resources page.

If you have installed Powerwise into a Microsoft Active Directory domain, then the simplest way to install the agent on the target machines is to use the built in 'Install Agent' task. This will deploy the agent to any selected target machines automatically with no interuption to the end user.

If you have an existing application deployment tool you can use the agentsetup.exe file located in the 'Client' directory in the installation path.

Lastly the agent can be pulled from the Powerwise web service, however you will need to be logged into the target machine as local administrator. Open up a web browser and enter the URL http://<servername>:2248. You can then select 'Install Powerwise Agent'.

You can not install Powerwise without a license key. As soon as you register and download Powerwise we will email you a trial key. You will be prompted by the installation wizard to input your key, and at the end of the installation you will also be prompted to register your details which will activate your key for the server you have installed.

When you purchase client licenses for Powerwise you will not receive a new key, you will simply have to refresh the current key on your installed server. This is the same if you purchase additional client licenses. To refresh your Powerwise key run the Server Admin

Open the Server Admin application, select properties from the server menu. The license tab will show you the current license status as well as allowing you to update the license information by pressing the Refresh button.

ISV's can block Window's power saving features. This is typical in applications such as Windows Media Player. If Powerwise detects an application blocking power saving it highlights the issue in the status window of the affected target machine.

There are many reasons why Powerwise is a better tool for the job than operating system settings.

• Schedule changes to the power saving scheme depending on the time of day or day of week.
• The capability to run both tasked and scheduled group and individual shutdown and wakeup commands, ensuring targeted machines are off when they need to be and back on when they need to be.
• Users can be notified before a power saving event and allowed to cancel it.
• The provision of reporting data to show power usage and allow calculation of power savings and highlight high use devices.
• The ability to allow power saving metric information to be displayed to the user to help encourage user participation in 'green' policies.
• A more intuitive central management console.

As well as configuring Powerwise Profiles to automatically control power management, targeted tasks can be run. There are tasks for Lock Computer, Display off, Restart, Shutdown, Wakeup, as well as Install and Remove Agent.

Tasks can be run immediately or scheduled.

You can define many different Powerwise Profiles, and these can be assigned to any target machine. Each target machine can only have one profile assigned at any one time. Assigning profiles to large number of computers is made easier using Groups.

Within the Management Console you can create Groups, and once computers been assigned to Groups, filtering the console view allows certain features to be managed against a group.