Group Actions in RMM

RMM offers a set of group actions that can be applied to your users' computers with flexible configuration and settings.

Note that group actions (except legacy) require the RMM Agent version 1.4 or later installed on target computers

To create and configure a new group action, proceed as follows:

  1. Open the Management Console.
  2. With the new main menu click Computers > New Group Action Task
  3. Proceed with the wizard.

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  1. Open the Management Console.
  2. With the legacy main menu on Computers select Remote Management
  3. To the upper right, click RMM Group Actions (legacy menu) or Group actions (new menu).
  4. Select New Group Action Task.

Proceed with the group action wizard.

Select Group Action

Select the group action to apply to multiple computers.

Available group actions:

  • Open PowerShell terminal
  • Execute PowerShell script from file
  • Execute PowerShell script from library
  • Install Windows updates
  • Install software
  • Uninstall software
  • Windows Update policy (New)

Click Next.

Select Computers

Select computers to apply the group action. Use the search field to filter the computers. You can search by the company name, operating system, computer name, or software installed on target computers.

You can select computers that are offline at the moment of selection. The action, in this case, will be applied as these computers come online.

Click Next.

Perform Group Actions

As you selected computers to apply the group action, select the action. An example below shows the group script execution from the script library, so the layout of this step is different depending on the action selected on the first step of this wizard.

Schedule Tasks

Specify the schedule for the group action. If you plan to run the action once, select the No Schedule option.

Note that if you select the 'No Schedule' option, the group action will be applied to computers that are offline at the moment of the group task creation as they come online

If required, select the period of the group action execution. You can set the following periods:

  • Once
  • Daily
  • Monthly

As you selected the required period, specify the time of the group action execution.

When you specify the time for the group action execution, remember than system time of the instance the RMM Agent is installed

Click Create.

Enter the 2FA verification code to approve the action, click Verify.

If you selected the Run Once option, you will be provided with the report of the group task execution in real-time. Click on the specific computer to view the detailed information on the group task execution.

View and Delete Existing Tasks

To view and delete the existing group tasks, proceed as follows:

  1. Open the Management Console.
  2. With new main menu click RMM > Group Action Tasks

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  1. With legacy main menu in the Computers menu, select Remote Management.
  2. To the upper right, click RMM Group Actions.
  3. Select Group Action Tasks.

To view the group task details, click the task name in the Task column.

To delete the task, click the trash bin icon to the right of the task to delete, then confirm the deletion.