Quick Deployment Analysis: Monitor from systray

In this post, I will show you a new tool I created that allows you to monitor your computers  deployments directly from the systray or toolbars. It'll open some different options and a main GUI as above to list current installations.
Special thanks to JF, Alex  and Octavio for their tests.

Context
You have an icon located in your systray 

Systray icon

Once you click on it, your current deployment from your MDT Server, will be listed in a window.
A right-click on the icon will display differents options as below

- Open the monitoring list (Same than clicking on the icon)
- Monitoring host settings
- Be notified when computer are installed
- Export to a CSV export
- About
- Update the tool
- Restart the tool
- Exit

Prerequisites
You just need to know the monitoring host, usually name of your MDT Server.

Then you just need to run the ps1 file.
!!! Note that you don't need to have MDT installed on your computer to run the tool.

How to get it ?

• DOWNLOAD

How to use it ?
1 / Copy the Quick_Deployment_Analysis folder in C:\ProgramData
2 / Run the Deployment_Monitoring.ps1 file
3 / Then, the below systray icon will be displayed.

Systray icon

Click on the icon
1 / The below window will appear. It'll list your current deployment and refresh the list every 10 seconds.

List computers

2 / If this is the first time you're using the tool, it will display the below window or if your MDT server can't be reached you'll have to set your Monitoring Host, see how to do in the Set monitoring host part.

Monitoring KO

3 / If no computers have been found, it will display the below window

Monitoring Host settings
It allows you to set your Monitoring host as below:

Monitoring host settings

- If your monitoring host has already been configured and can be reached, the below window is displayed.

Monitoring host settings OK

- If your monitoring host has already been configured but can't be reached, the below window is displayed.

Monitoring host KO

- If your monitoring host has never been configured, the below window appears.

Type your host and click on the button, then wait few seconds and the window will be in green, as below.

Add monitoring host

Be notified when computers are installed
This part allows you to select some computers in the list of running computers to be informed when they are installed. 
For now you can select only one computer, in the next version you'll be able to be notified for multiple.
Once a computer is installed or if failed you will receive a windows notification.
In the next version, I will add notification by mail.

Export to a CSV report
This part allows you to create a CSV report containing your current deployment.

About
This part displays some informations about the tool.
There is also an option to be aware if the tool is up to date. If not a button will allow you to update it.

About part

Restart the tool
In case of bugs for instance, this part allows you to restart the tool.
1 / It will first close all concerned process
2 / Close the systray icon
3 / Run again the tool in 10 seconds

Restart the tool

Update the tool
If a new update of the tool is detected, you will be informed as below:
In the About part, the window will be displayed as below
Furthermore, a new option will be available in the menu to update the tool.
This opion is not yet working.

Add your own logo
Of course you can replace the main monitoring below and add your own logo.
For that, proceed as below:
1 / Copy your logo in the programdata\MDT_Systray folder
2 / In the DM_Systray_Monitoring.ps1 replace values about logo.png with yours.
3 / And Tada you have a customize window, as below

Enable the Icon in the systray
In order to display the Monitoring icon directly in the systray bar without clicking on the arrow, proceed as below:
1 / Type Taskbar notification area in the search bar
2 / Click on Select wich icons appear on the taskbar
3 / Enable MDT Monitoring 


What's next ?

In the next version of the tool, I will add the below features:
- Display in different languages 
- Be notified for multiple computers
- Be notified by mail