This blog is the third and final in a blog series describing the updates to the ASCENT learning guides for Autodesk Vault 2024. As mentioned in the first blog, these updates are a response to requests from end users and instructors for focused learning guides for each user type, Vault software, and database setup.
If you would like to view the other blogs in the series, you can access them via the links below: 
As explained in the introductory blog for Vault 2024 titles, Autodesk has discontinued the Workgroup software and included these features in the Vault Professional software. To accommodate this software-change, and our customers’ request for an administration-only guide for Vault Professional, we have integrated the admin‑related content for both Workgroup and Professional into one focused guide for Vault Professional 2024.
This blog provides an overview of the Autodesk® Vault Professional 2024 Administrator Essentials learning guide. The guide focuses on the administration-related functionality in Vault Professional. It also covers some of the end-user features that may be relevant for new administrators.
Note: If you are looking for end user-focused content, please use the Autodesk® Vault 2024 for Inventor® and AutoCAD® Users learning guide.
Below is an overview of the Autodesk® Vault Professional 2024 Administrator Essentials learning guide:
Description
This guide introduces Autodesk Vault Professional 2024 to CAD administrators. The focus of the guide is to teach administrators how to set up and manage categories, lifecycles, revisions, file naming schemes, items, bills of materials (BOMs), and the engineering change order (ECO) process.
Audience
This guide is intended for administrators with some knowledge of Autodesk Vault Professional’s data management capabilities. The hands-on practices included in this guide reinforce usage of items, BOM and ECO features, and automated workflows.
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites for this guide include having a good working knowledge of Autodesk CAD programs and knowledge of Autodesk Vault document management features.
Contents
You are first introduced to the features of Autodesk Vault Professional in Chapter 1 before moving on to organizing and populating a Vault and managing categories, lifecycle states, revision management, etc.
The chapters included in this guide are listed below:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Autodesk Vault Professional
Chapter 2: Organizing and Populating a Vault
Chapter 3: Managing Categories
Chapter 4: Lifecycle States
Chapter 5: Revision Management
Chapter 6: Managing Properties
Chapter 7: Automatic File Naming
Chapter 8: Autodesk Inventor In-CAD Data Management
Chapter 9: Working with Items
Chapter 10: Creating Reports
Chapter 11: Managing Change
Chapter 12: Working with Bills of Materials
Chapter 13: Administering Autodesk Vault Professional
Chapter 14: Job Server, Vault Revision Tables, and Backups
Chapter 15: Active Directory, Vault Gateway, and Replication
Chapter 16: Thin Client
We will be adding more administrative topics in future releases. If you would like us to cover any specific topic, please let us know!
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