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Recast today announced that Shanmugam Senthil has joined the company as Senior Director of Engineering and India Site Leader. Based in Bangalore, Senthil will help establish Recast’s India presence and strengthen the company’s engineering organization to support continued growth. His combination of Microsoft platform expertise and technology leadership experience gives Recast added depth as it evolves its capabilities to help customers manage and secure complex IT environments.

A 30-year technology industry veteran, Senthil has built and led engineering teams at Microsoft, Yahoo!, Samsung, and Sun Microsystems. During his decade at Microsoft, he led engineering teams responsible for evolving core endpoint management capabilities within Intune and ConfigMgr. That experience aligns closely with Recast’s mission and product direction as organizations look for more effective ways to manage, secure, and optimize endpoints across hybrid and cloud environments.

In his new role, Senthil will help shape the structure, culture, and daily operations in India. He will also collaborate closely with Recast’s global engineering and product teams to expand the company’s capabilities in support of its long-term product strategy.

Recast today announced Right Click Tools includes new enhancements to simplify complex hybrid and Intune-only environments. The shift from ConfigMgr to Intune is the defining operational challenge facing enterprise IT today, and most organizations are running both. Recast helps IT teams see what they have, keep it current and secure, and operate it across ConfigMgr, Intune, and everything in between.

Right Click Tools is the gold standard for helping IT teams get more value out of their Microsoft ecosystem. Moving to Intune and Entra presents organizations with a new set of challenges, and Right Click Tools continues to add capabilities that pinpoint these needs. With modules for Patching, Insights, and Privileged Access, the Right Click Tools product line addresses all aspects of endpoint management for IT organizations regardless of size.

Recast has a long history of using direct customer feedback to inform its product roadmap, building incremental improvements into the product line each month to get enhancements into users’ hands faster. Many of the capabilities already delivered this year were developed based on input from customers and the Recast Community of users.

Operating across ConfigMgr and Intune without navigating between consoles 

Recast has bolstered Right Click Tools with new options for managing devices in Intune, Entra ID, and Autopilot. These updates empower users to: 

• Launch Intune Remote Help directly from the browser, without leaving the admin workflow 
• Register devices in Autopilot without manual scripting, CSV uploads, or console hopping 
• Retrieve LAPS passwords across hybrid-identity environments from a single interface 
• Open Right Click Tools menus from six additional Intune pages, bringing the total to more than 20 pages 

Closing the third-party patching gap across 6,000+ applications

Running the latest versions of hundreds or thousands of applications is a key challenge for IT organizations as they strive to balance user productivity and infrastructure security. Drawing from a catalog of more than 6,000 applications, Right Click Tools Patching now enables users to: 

• Configure settings for individual applications, so admins no longer have to create a separate deployment process if an app requires a custom setting 
• Set up ConfigMgr or Intune deployment processes to allow the installation of 32-bit applications on 64-bit machines 
• Restart all paused deployment processes with one click 
• Display all deployment process events on a single page, for easier deployment process event scheduling 

Gaining visibility across extensive device fleets 

The Warranty Dashboard in Right Click Tools Insights helps IT leaders understand hardware coverage at a glance so they can anticipate refresh needs, minimize surprise costs, and extend the value of their device investments. Users can now: 

• Determine device age and remaining coverage 
• Filter remaining coverage by status  
• Drill into device by status and warranty expiration timeline  

According to modern application and endpoint management provider Recast, the results suggest the industry is in a transitional moment: while organizations are moving toward modern management platforms like Microsoft Intune, many still rely on traditional operating system deployment workflows, including tools that have recently been retired.

You can look at the results here: https://www.recastsoftware.com/?p=10926

Recast, a leader in modern application and endpoint management, and System Center Dudes (SCD), a globally recognized consulting firm specializing in Microsoft Enterprise Mobility, today announced a joint initiative to discuss innovative, free tools for Microsoft Intune developed by Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) worldwide. This collaboration empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of Intune and simplify the complexities of daily systems management with input from top MVPs.

Empowering IT Teams Through Community Innovation

Since joining forces in October, Recast and SCD have focused on helping customers design, deploy, and optimize Microsoft endpoint environments by integrating SCD’s MVP-driven consulting with Recast’s robust systems management tools. Their combined expertise aims to make endpoint management more efficient, secure, and effective for enterprises of all sizes.

Webinar Series: Community Tools for Intune from MVPs Around the Globe

To further support the IT community, Recast and SCD will host a four-part webinar series, “Community Tools for Intune from MVPs Around the Globe.” Each session will feature a different MVP sharing insights and demonstrating the free tools they’ve developed for Microsoft Intune administrators. Topics include:

• Using agents to proactively identify and resolve errors
• Managing multi-tenant, multi-customer environments
• Comparing Intune policies across tenants or between tenants and baselines
• Backing up, restoring, and minimizing configuration drift

Session details:

• January 22 at 10 a.m. CT – Sandy Zeng, MVP, Security, Windows and Devices, will do a deep dive into her IntuneDiff tool.
• January 29 at 10 a.m. CT – Jannik Reinhard, MVP, Security, Azure AI Foundry, will announce the release of his new agent for Intune.
• February 5 at 10 a.m. CT – Andrew Taylor, MVP, Security, will discuss four of the most popular free tools he has created for the Intune community.
• February 12 at 10 a.m. CT – David Segura, MVP, Microsoft Azure, will share some of his favorite tools designed to improve user experiences with Intune.

Those interested can register for these events on Recast’s website.

Recast today announced Jake Mosey has joined the company as Chief Product Officer. Mosey is a trusted customer advocate and technology industry veteran with a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges ahead for Recast’s global customers using both Application Workspace and Right Click Tools. With a proven track record of translating user feedback into actionable strategies, he is committed to driving innovation by consistently elevating the voice of the customer.

Mosey has extensive experience in product strategy and development. He held several strategic roles during his 17-year tenure at Jamf, most recently serving as Vice President of Small and Medium-Sized Business Markets. As one of the founders of Jamf Nation, a vibrant community of IT systems administrators, he championed IT productivity, security, and knowledge sharing. These open exchanges informed product direction and helped drive the company’s notable growth and success.

Free Recast Tools Support the IT Community

Recast has also established a thriving and fast-growing user community. Mosey will be actively involved in using the input from this dynamic group to define the company’s product vision. In fact, his appointment comes at an exciting time for Recast, which expanded its portfolio of free community tools in 2025 with the addition of OSDCloud and the launch of Right Click Tools for Intune.

Recast today announced the latest Right Click Tools advancements. Features include new tools for administering Intune and Entra environments as organizations continue to blend the capabilities of ConfigMgr and Intune. Right Click Tools enables IT teams to manage endpoints more efficiently, reduce operational costs, and ensure consistent security and performance.

The Right Click Tools product line extends endpoint management with add-ons for Patching, Insights, and Privileged Access. The Intune-first companion unifies today’s ConfigMgr reality with tomorrow’s cloud management future, empowering organizations to accelerate and ensure success on their cloud journey.

Expanded Intune and Entra ID Capabilities in Right Click Tools

In recent months, Right Click Tools has introduced powerful new options for managing devices in Intune and Entra ID environments. Users can now:

• Run Intune-specific tools simultaneously on multiple devices. This includes deleting devices from Intune/Azure, adding devices to Entra groups, and syncing Intune application and compliance policies. 
• Remove devices from Intune and/or Entra with a single tool, and trigger policy updates with ease.
• Leverage new Windows Autopilot management features such as adding/editing group tags and removing devices from Autopilot for streamlined device onboarding and lifecycle management.

Optimizations for Right Click Tools Patching

Recast’s development team completed numerous product enhancements within Right Click Tools Patching throughout 2025. The product now enables users to:

• Set up automatic email notification templates that alert systems administrators of application deployment successes or failures.
• Upload and deploy custom applications alongside Recast’s library of nearly 4,500 software titles.  
• Use pre- and post-deployment PowerShell scripting for advanced configuration.
• Schedule deployments to align with Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday.
• Update third-party applications using an existing ConfigMgr Software Update catalog.
• Create Intune deployment processes for the applications in ConfigMgr ARP inventory.

New Device Visibility in Right Click Tools Insights

The Warranty Information Dashboard now provides real-time visibility into warranty status over time and by manufacturer for devices handled in Microsoft Intune. This enhancement helps IT teams proactively manage hardware lifecycles and ensure device reliability across the enterprise.

The new Insights node in Recast Management Server offers device inventory data from more than a dozen existing Insights inventory classes.

Recast, a leader in modern application and endpoint management, today announced it has been awarded 12 badges in G2’s Winter 2026 Reports. The recognition from G2, the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace, underscores the exceptional value that Recast delivers to its global customer base through its popular Right Click Tools product.

These accolades reflect Recast’s outstanding performance in customer satisfaction and product usability, driven by solutions that deliver strong ROI, streamline daily operations, and enhance security. Recast’s G2 badges span categories including enterprise configuration management, patch management, endpoint management, and more. Consistently positive reviews in these key areas emphasize Recast’s unwavering commitment to providing reliable, high-value solutions that empower IT teams to simplify systems management and reduce security vulnerabilities.

Recast’s Winter 2026 Badges include:

• Best Meets Requirements Enterprise
• Easiest Setup – Enterprise
• Easiest to Do Business With
• Easiest to Use – Enterprise
• High Performer
• High Performer – Enterprise
• Leader
• Leader – Enterprise
• Momentum Leader
• Most Implementable – Enterprise
• Users Most Likely to Recommend
• Users Most Likely to Recommend – Enterprise