My company has a product which is AMT capable, so when we heard about a tool for testing and sampling the manageability features in Andrew Schiestl’s blog  we agreed in using it. First step was downloading it, but you have to be a registered Intel partner, so if you’re not yet it’s a good time to do it.

I first downloaded the English version because I like working with the English versions of any software. The English installer name is iMChkSetupENU1.0.msi. After installing it and launching it I got the next error:

 

I first thought that it was due to an antivirus blocking some ports but after reading the message I understand that it was a language problem with the operative system, so I came back to the partner site and looked for other versions; I didn’t find them but I got the feeling that I have to set up the portal to Spanish in order to download an Spanish installer as shown in below picture:

 

I downloaded the installer again and the name this time was iMChkSetupESM1.0.msi. I launched the application and it worked fine. The Intel manageability checker has a wizard which makes the process painless, quickly and easy. Here there some screenshots of the capturing and validation process:

 

 

In the last step I saved the results and exited the application. I forgot to mention that our AMT capable product is made of two components: a terminal and a Windows service, which perform different use cases, so I did the same process for both components.

There are two features I tougth were covered: the use of security (HTTPS) and Enterprise mode features; maybe in other releases of the Intel® Manageabilty Checker they will be included.  Finally, don’t forget to participate in the Fast Track Experience by July 16!.

Javier Andrés Cáceres Alvis
MVP Windows Phone
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