Remote Scheduled Tasks Management: Explain & How

What is Remote Scheduled Tasks Management?

Enterprises and businesses face challenges controlling and executing automated tasks on multiple remote devices. However, it can be done efficiently with a functionality like Remote Scheduled Tasks Management. It helps to manage, schedule, and execute tasks like software maintenance, system updates, factory reset, or reboot from a centralized web-based portal or device.

Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solutions enhance the abilities of IT administrators of an organization to manage scheduled tasks in remote mobile devices, computers and other endpoints.

You can ensure uniformity, productivity, and data security using the Remote Scheduled Tasks Management process. Now, let's proceed to know what tasks you can manage and schedule on remote devices and endpoints using MDM software.

Remote Tasks that Can be Scheduled and Managed by MDM

There are plenty of basic and advanced tasks that enterprises can perform, manage, and schedule remotely using a robust Mobile Device Management solution. Below, we have discussed some of the essential tasks that administrators can control and execute from their trusted console.

1 Reboot

Enterprises can easily reboot the remote devices in a single command. It helps them troubleshoot various device errors and employ system updates efficiently without any disturbance to the remote user.

2 Factory Reset

There might be a situation when the administrator feels that the security of a remote device is compromised. Or there is a need to eliminate all the data and configurations for device reassignment. In that case, the administrator can easily factory reset the device using the remote scheduled tasks management functionality. MDM software is able to do it one by one and in bulk.

3 App Management

Managing apps is an essential part of device management. Enterprises can use device management solutions to protect devices from app security risks, for example,

4 Security & Monitoring

How can scheduled tasks help with monitoring and enhancing device security?

The mobile device management software is available to set up alerts to track abnormal device status. This is not the end. As the preset alert occurs, an automated workflow is able to deal with it.

If you want to monitor the device location, you can set up a geofence alert and implement a factory reset as the workflow. Once the device leaves the radius, your MDM tool will wipe it automatically to prevent a data breach.

5 Data Backups

Organizations may need to backup data for disaster recovery, system and document updates. Some MDM solutions allow IT admins to schedule and back up device data.

How to Create Remote Scheduled Tasks and Manage?

It is pretty intuitive to create, schedule, and manage tasks on remote devices using MDM. Here, we will understand how to create remote scheduled tasks and manage them from a centralized console using AirDroid Business with a step-by-step guide.

Apart from the above functions, the Tasks and Action Logs window of AirDriod Business also offers features such as Task Logs, Task Name, See Details, Copy, and Delete to manage scheduled tasks.

• Task Logs: You can look at and save all the task logs for up to 90 days here.
• Task Name: If you click on the name of a task, you can see the log for that specific task.
• See details: Here, you can see the history of tasks you've created and scheduled.
• Copy: Click on Copy to make a replica of a task with all the same settings.
• Delete: It allows the administrator to eliminate any task.

How to Check a Task Has Been Successfully Executed?

After creating, scheduling, and executing tasks on remote devices, the administrator must know whether it has been successfully implemented or not. Hence, along with the Remote Scheduled Tasks Management functionality, AirDroid Business also offers the option to ensure a task has been successfully executed. You can view the action logs report to get detailed information about the task created, scheduled, and implemented.

What Happens if a Remote Scheduled Task Fails?

There is a possibility of failure in remote scheduled tasks. It can be due to any reason, such as device malfunction, connectivity errors, network issues, etc. In that case, AirDroid Business auto-performs the failed task.

It helps to maintain the smooth efficiency of the operations, and the administrator does not have to worry about remote scheduled task failure due to any petty reasons.