GoGuardian Admin vs. Trend Micro PortalProtect

GoGuardian is excellent for any district with a 1:1 Chromebook program. Our program would not be nearly as successful without it. GoGuardian does work with other devices (Windows, iPads) but I believe some features do not work as well in those setups. We haven't tried using it for anything other than Chromebooks and I am not aware of anyone using it for iPad/Windows or Macs.

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Trend Micro PortalProtect for Microsoft SharePoint protected our organization important and confidential data from corruption and theft. File sharing functionality provided by Trend Micro PortalProtect for Microsoft SharePoint was helpful for communication between employees. And main thing a costing of Trend Micro PortalProtect for Microsoft SharePoint is low compared to others.

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• The reporting Dashboard page gives you a great picture of what your users are doing on the internet.
• The Theft recovery piece works very well and helps recover devices that are missing in action.

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• Storing Files
• File sharing
• And manage history of any spec changes
• Easily available

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• With the new Minnesota state laws regarding student data privacy - it made it somewhat challenging for us to continue utilizing GoGuardian Admin. However, they provided some updates to their software to address these issues.
• GoGuardian Admin recently put out an option to checkbox COPPA/CIPA compliance verifications for web filtering. It seems that this still needs some work, as several educational websites we utilize are coming up as "uncategorized" - and then are being falsely flagged and declining access.

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• Uninstallation process is somewhat tricky for us
• Complexity in user interface
• Not preventing all kind of threats

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Does what we need it to do and more in a very cost-effective manner. Relatively easy to use and great customer support. They are quick and clear and will walk you through things in real time.

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GoGuardian support is the best in the business. Within seconds of the business day I can chat with a human being about any issue.

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GoGuardian Admin has been leading the way in content filtering for both on and off site with an easy-to-use interface. At the time, it was one of the first to offer cloud-based off-site filtering for Chromebooks. They continue to grow and provide new features every year with great tutorials and updates.

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Very wide in terms of features given in Trend Micro PortalProtect for Microsoft SharePoint. Very well crafted application for file sharing and keeping the files with updates and metadata associated with them. This app is a gem when it comes to file sharing which at the end very useful for meeting the time given for project.

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• GG Admin has made it easy to justify the use of Chromebooks in our district.
• GG Admin has alerted us to times where students might be in a dangerous/unwanted situation.
• GG Admin has helped us locate quite a few lost or stolen devices over the years.

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• Saves organization time
• preventing data loss and data corruption

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