Windows endpoint monitoring

See the health of every Windows PC at a glance

The ITCore desktop app includes ITCore Sentinel, a lightweight monitor that reports each PC's health about once a minute. Your Devices page shows which PCs are online and which need attention, and why.

What each PC reports

Performance

CPU use (current, average and peak), memory and system disk use, uptime, and the processes using the most memory.

Network

Network adapter, link speed, IP address, default gateway and its response time, DHCP, DNS servers, and whether DNS and the internet are working.

Windows security

The antivirus product, whether Microsoft Defender and real-time protection are on, Windows Firewall for the domain, private and public profiles, and the number of pending Windows updates.

Clear health levels, with the reason

Each PC is Healthy, Elevated, Warning or Critical, and ITCore lists the reasons.

Memory and disk

Memory use from 70% is elevated and from 90% critical; disk use from 80% is a warning and from 90% critical.

CPU

Based on the average over the sampling window, not a single spike: from 75% elevated, from 90% a warning.

Security

Firewall off, or Defender real-time protection off when Defender is the PC's antivirus, raises a warning; all three firewall profiles off is critical. Pending updates are flagged.

Network

No internet or failed DNS raises a warning; a slow default gateway (over 100 ms) is flagged as elevated.

Online or offline

A PC that has not reported for two minutes shows as offline.

Sentinel only reports health information. It does not run commands on PCs, and it never collects screenshots, files, keystrokes, passwords or browsing history.

Questions

Is there a separate agent to deploy?

No. Sentinel ships inside the ITCore desktop app (version 1.0.6 and later) and runs alongside it. The desktop app updates itself, so PCs pick up new versions automatically.

Does an unknown value count against a PC?

No. If a check cannot be read, for example because another antivirus product is in charge, it is shown as unknown rather than as a problem.