Write the rule once. It holds everywhere.
A deployment is how Overseer knows what to install, configure and keep in place on every computer. You define it once. From then on Overseer holds every computer it applies to against it.
You write the rules
Install, update, remove or configure — only what each computer needs, and only when it needs it.
Aimed where it belongs
Every client, one client, a tag or a single computer decides what lands where.
Enforced your way
Always required, only at onboarding, or a one-off you run when you need it.
Room for exceptions
The one computer with a special need gets its exception without bending the standard for the rest.
Managing software by hand gets complicated fast.
- No single place that says what is rightEach client’s software lives in a different spreadsheet, or in somebody’s head.
- Drift nobody seesSoftware is removed, misses updates or falls behind, and nothing reports it.
- The same installs, againThe same applications go onto every new computer by hand, every time.
- Nothing takes it off againWhen a client leaves, the software you put there stays behind.
You write the rule. Overseer does the work.
- Software deploymentsInstall, update or remove applications. If one is taken off, the next session puts it back.
- Task deploymentsScripts that set a computer up and hold its settings in place.
- Precise targetingAcross every client, for one client, for tagged computers or for a single machine.
- One source of truthThe list of deployments is the standard. There is nowhere else to look.
Three choices. Overseer handles the rest.
What should happen
Pick the software or task, and the state you want it in.
Who it applies to
Aim it as widely or as narrowly as the job needs.
How it is enforced
Decide whether it holds always, once, or only when you say.
The right level of control for each situation.
| Type | When it runs | Best for | For example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Every maintenance session | Software and settings that must always be present | Security agent, web browser, office applications |
| Onboarding | Once, when a computer is first set up | One-time setup that should not be repeated | Naming the computer, creating the local administrator |
| Ad hoc | When a person runs it | A one-off job on a computer that needs it now | A tool one user asked for today |
Then walk away.
On the schedule you set, each maintenance session finds the deployments that apply, reads the computer, builds a plan, carries it out, checks the result and reports back.
In development. Launch inquiries welcome.
Overseer is still being built and is not available yet. If you would like to hear when it launches, get in touch.