The Recast Primer

An introduction to the products and components that comprise the Recast Software platform.

Recast Software Products

Recast offers two products that empower IT teams to deliver effortless experiences for their organizations: Right Click Tools & Application Workspace

Right Click Tools

Right Click Tools equips you to manage, patch, secure, and visualize your endpoints — all in one unified product suite.

Enterprise Edition: Full-feature version powered by Recast Management Server (RMS)
Enterprise Edition in Standalone mode: Some functionality limited by the absence of Recast Management Server
Community Edition: Free version with a limited feature set

For details, see Right Click Tools Features by Edition

The Right Click Tools console extension can be installed as a plugin for your Microsoft Configuration Manager console or as a browser extension for the Microsoft Intune Admin Center.

Required Recast Components for Enterprise Edition: Recast Management Server, Recast Proxy, Recast Agent

To learn more, see Tools, Dashboards, Kiosk Management, and Recast Automation.

Right Click Tools Enterprise Add-Ons

Insights (formerly Endpoint Insights)

See endpoint data that's otherwise difficult to access or retrieve at scale. Add Insights to Right Click Tools to quickly remediate issues.

Insights is available in your Microsoft Configuration Manager console, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and Power BI Report Server (PBRS).

Required Recast Components: Recast Management Server & Recast Proxy (to collect warranty information), Recast Agent (to access additional hardware inventory classes)

To learn more, see Insights.

Privileged Access (formerly Privilege Manager)

Give different personas (end users, service desk users, sysadmins) an elevated level of permissions on individual devices only when needed. Privileged Access integrated into your Recast Management Server.

Required Recast Components: Recast Management Server, Recast Proxy (to use AD or Entra ID objects to target rules), Recast Agent

To learn more, see Privileged Access.

Patching (formerly Application Manager)

Define deployment processes that fully automate the update process for required third-party applications using your Microsoft deployment environment (ConfigMgr or Intune). Patching is integrated into your Recast Management Server.

Required Recast Components: Recast Management Server, Recast Proxy

To learn more, see Patching.

Application Workspace

Application Workspace puts employees, not endpoints, at the center of application access to deliver consistent, tailored user experiences throughout the application lifecycle.

Learn about Application Workspace

Go to the Application Workspace Docs

Recast Components

Recast Portal

Cloud-hosted application where Enterprise customers and Community users can download all Recast Software products, components, and licenses.

Located at https://portal.recastsoftware.com.

Recast Management Server (RMS)

The central hub for Recast Software products. Installed on a customer’s server, Recast Management Server uses an on-premises SQL database to house settings, configurations, and logs. RMS relies on connections to Microsoft services such as Configuration Manager (MECM), Active Directory (AD), and Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).

This Recast component is used with Right Click Tools, Insights, Privileged Access, and Patching.

To learn more, see About Recast Management Server.

Console Extension

Installed as a plugin to Microsoft Configuration Manager, or accessed via the Right Click Tools for Intune browser extension, the Console Extension integrates dashboards, reports, and context-specific tools into your environment.

This Recast component is used with Right Click Tools and to display sample Insights reports in Configuration Manager.

Browser Extension

The Right Click Tools for Intune browser extension component is used with the Enterprise and Community editions of Right Click Tools to provide access to Recast actions within the Microsoft Intune Admin Center.

To learn more, see our browser extension installation guides for Right Click Tools Enterprise and Community.

Recast Proxy

Installed on a customer’s server, Recast Proxy is a Windows service that is installed as part of Recast Management Server. It allows RMS to initiate actions that require a service account, making it a key component for scheduled tasks, scopes, and service connections.

This Recast component is used with Right Click Tools, Insights, Privileged Access, and Patching.

To learn more, see Recast Proxy.

Recast Agent

A Windows service that runs as the local system. Agents are designed to be installed on every device in a customer’s organization.

This Recast component is used with Right Click Tools, Insights, and Privileged Access.

To learn more, see Recast Agents.

Recast Agent Gateway

An on-premises component that connects Recast Management Server to Recast Agents. Internet-connected devices with Recast Agent that are not on the customer’s local network can connect to Agent Gateway. An Agent Gateway is automatically deployed and authorized when you install Recast Management Server.