All the admin tools you need in one FREE product

FastTrack Automation Studio is a lean and powerful admin toolbox that requires no management server or new infrastructure. Using simple wizards you can build:

If you are able to write simple scripts, you can: FastTrack Automation Studio was originally developed as a commercial product by the company behind Admin By Request, but is now freeware for everyone.

FastTrack Automation Studio



Desktop Preparation

Create printer menus and map Shares, OneDrive, SharePoint, Shared Printers and IP Printers


Software Deployment in 15 minutes

Software deployment without a central management server


Outlook Signature Deployment

Build signatures using our Word-like designer


Help Desk Self-Service

Kill your Help Desk admin accounts with a FastTrack custom application

HelpDesk Application

Kill all your local admin accounts with Admin By Request

Admin By Request is the only privilege management system that does not consume IT resources for constant whitelist updating



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Install-based inventory lists what registered during setup. Portable apps, scripts, and executables run from user folders never show up on that report.


Rating: 5 out of 5

"Use this as a replacement for VBScript and PowerShell"

"It's easy to include attractive GUI elements in FastTrack scripts, beyond the basic dialog boxes and text input that VBScript offers ... Another powerful feature is the ability to distribute scripts as Windows Installer (.msi) or standard .exe files. Although interesting in its own right, this ability results in a much more intriguing capability: to repackage -- or wrap -- software installers as .msi files without using snapshots. If you've ever created an .msi installer file from before-and-after system snapshots, for use with a software distribution system such as Group Policy or SCCM, then you know how hit-and-miss the results can be."

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Rating: 8 out of 10

"Faster than the rest"

"We found the FastTrack syntax to be more transparent and easier to learn than Microsoft's PowerShell – the editor in particular provided good support in this regard. the Script Editor offers a large number of options from the command set through to simple output of graphical elements, which cannot be achieved at all with PowerShell or other solutions or only with a significantly greater level of effort."

"Anyone wanting to tackle the many hurdles in everyday admin and especially anyone for whom logon scripts and client automation is a priority will benefit from the variety of functions offered by FastTrack."

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