Chapter 1  What is Kerio Administration Console?

The Kerio Administration Console application ( from now on labeled as Administration Console) is used for administration of Kerio Technologies' server products (Kerio Control and  Kerio Connect).

Kerio Administration Console is an independent application which communicates with a server application (service) via a special network protocol. This enables use of Administration Console for local administration (from the computer where the service is running), as well as for remote administration (from any workstation in the Internet). All network communication between Administration Console and the server application is encrypted so that transmitted data is protected from tapping and misuse.

Administration Console enables single connections to the server (login data are not saved) as well as creating of so called bookmarks (login information is saved and used for following connections by certain servers). Saved bookmarks can be password-protected.

Administration Console is conceived as a modular application. It is based on a simple program (referred as the main window) which enables basic configuration (e.g. setting of a language for the administration interface) and specification of login data. Depending on a version and type of the server application, a corresponding administration module is started where the server application can be configured and its status can be monitored. Thanks to this modularity, Administration Console provides compact environment for administration of various versions of server applications at various servers.