Introducing Right Click Tools For Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk And Privilege Manager HTMD Blog

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager! Recast Software has launched Right Click Tools for Intune, a set of tools designed to help IT teams manage devices more quickly and efficiently.

These tools simplify everyday tasks, making it faster for IT administrators to keep company devices secure and running smoothly. Whether devices are managed on-premises – physically in the office or in the cloud, these tools help ensure that everything stays up-to-date and compliant with security rules.

Right Click Tools is now integrated into Microsoft Intune, making device management more accessible and efficient. With support for over 60 million endpoints, IT administrators can use a well-known set of tools within the Intune interface.

This integration simplifies workflows and eliminates the need to switch between different platforms. Now, users can access the same features previously available only in SCCM, all from their Intune-managed devices.

What is Right Click Tools?

Right Click Tools is a robust set of device management tools that help IT administrators simplify workflows and manage endpoints efficiently.

How Many Endpoints Do Right Click Tools Currently Support?

Right Click Tools supports over 60 million endpoints.

What Features can Users Access through the Right Click Tools Integration in Intune?

Users can execute a menu of previously available features only in Configuration Manager directly from their Intune-managed devices.

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights

This post covers all the new features in Right Click Tools for Intune, including Recast Automation, Endpoint Insights, Kiosk Manager, and Privilege Manager. These tools make device management more accessible and efficient for IT teams, helping them automate tasks, access helpful device information, manage kiosks, and control user access.

Sign in to the Microsoft Intune Admin Center using your administrator credentials.
Go to Devices > Windows > Windows Devices
Select One Particular Device
In the below Intune Console, you can see that the New Recastsoftware Icon
Click the Icon; It shows a set of options, such as
- Recast Automation
- Endpoint Insights
- Kiosk Manager
- Privilege Manager, and the last option is Right click Tools
- The Right-click Tools shows the following Actions

Right click Tools
Client Actions
Client Tools
Console Tools
Security Tools
ServiceNow
Device Status Messages

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Table 1

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.1 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.1 – Creds to Recastsoftware

The Console Tools under Right click tools show options such as AD Security Groups, Connect to CS, Delete Device(s) from Active Directory, Delete Device(s) from ConfigMgr, etc. All the other options are listed below.

Group Policy Update
Interactive Command Prompt
Interactive PowerShell Prompt
System Information
Wake On LAN
Cancel Pending Restart or Shutdown
Schedule Restart or Shutdown
Restart System(s)
Shutdown System(s)

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Under System information, there are different tabs on the right side, such as Operating Systems, Hardware, Applications, Windows updates, etc. The Operating Systems tab shows the OS build version, OS Name, OS version, etc.

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The Services tab under System Information displays important details about services, including the Service Name, Display Name, and the devices they are associated with. This helps IT teams quickly view and manage the status of services on different devices.

Recast Automation

The Recast Automation feature includes two settings: Recast Builder and Recast Runner. To proceed, select the Recast Runner from the Recast Automation options. This allows you to execute automated tasks using predefined workflows efficiently.

The Recast Runner offers several options, such as re-enrolling the agent and all client policies, Rebooting if a restart is pending, Granting Remote Access, and more. Select the “Get Software Information” action from these options to retrieve details about the software installed on a device.

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.6 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.6 – Creds to recastsoftware

You can either run the action right away or schedule it for later. There are two options: Run Immediately to execute the action now or Schedule Action to set it for a future time. The below screenshot will guide you.

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.7 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.7 – Creds to recastsoftware

The Get Software Information feature shows different tabs, such as System Installed Software, Device Users, Installed Updates, Missing Updates, and User Installed Software. In the System Installed Software tab, you can see details such as the Display Name, Architecture, Publisher, Installed Date, and Display Version of the software on the device.

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.8 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.8 – Creds to recastsoftware

The Device Users tab displays information about user users, including their UserName, whether their profile is Loaded, the Last Used time, and whether the user is listed in WMI and the Registry. It also shows whether the Profile Path exists and its location.

The User Installed Software shows options such as the Results Architecture, Results DisplayName, Results InstallDate, etc. The window below shows more details.

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.9 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.9 – Creds to recastsoftware

Machine Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle

Machine Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle are the settings available under Client Actions. Client actions cover many settings, all of which are listed below.

Application Deployment Evaluation Cycle
Discovery Data Collection Cycle
File Collection Cycle
Hardware Inventory Cycle
Machine Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle
Send Unsent State Messages
Software Inventory Cycle
Software Metering Usage Report Cycle
Software Updates Deployment Evaluation Cycle
Software Updates Scan Cycle
State Message Cache Cleanup
Windows Installer Source List Update Cycle

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.10 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.10 – Creds to recastsoftware

The window below shows the Machine Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle pop-up. It includes a message confirming that it was successfully run on the device.

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.11 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.11 – Creds to recastsoftware

Remote Software Center

The remote software center settings are shown under Client Tools in the Right-click Tools. Client Tools helps you show a set of tools such as Add Device(s) to Collection, Client Information, Open Client Installation Log File Folder, and Open Client Log File Folder. The list below helps you show more Clients.

Refresh Updates Compliance State
Remote Software Center
Rerun Deployment
Restart SMS Agent Host Service
Run Client Check
Stop ConfigMgr Client Activities
Show Collections – Advanced
Repair Client
Uninstall SCCM Client

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The Remote Software Center features several tabs: Applications, Software Updates, Task Sequences, and Compliance. Each tab provides different options for managing software and monitoring the status of applications and updates on the device.

The Application tab shows different app names, publisher names, versions, etc.

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.13 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.13 – Creds to recastsoftware

The Software Updates tab displays cumulative updates for Windows 11, along with details like the KB article number, Publisher name, Device, and Source of the updates. This information helps users track which updates are available for their Windows 11 devices.

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.14 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.14 – Creds to recastsoftware

Console Tools

The Console Tools is a tool in the Right-click Tools. It shows Tool options, such as AD security groups, Connect to C$, Delete Device from Active Directory, Delete Device from ConfigMgr, etc.

AD Security Groups
Connect to C$
Delete Device(s) from Active Directory
Delete Device(s) From ConfigMgr
Group Policy Update
Interactive Command Prompt
Interactive PowerShell Prompt
Manage Computer
Open Regedit
Ping System(s)
Running Processes
Send Notification
System Information
Wake On LAN
Cancel Pending Restart or Shutdown
Schedule Restart or Shutdown
Restart System(s)
Shutdown System(s)

Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager - Fig.15 - Creds to recastsoftware — Introducing Right Click Tools for Intune Recast Automation Endpoint Insights Kiosk and Privilege Manager – Fig.15 – Creds to recastsoftware

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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for 10 consecutive years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is also a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.

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