Managing XProtect made Easy

Boring Toolbox is a powerful Milestone XProtect Management Client extension which makes the lives of Milestone admins more productive and, well, less boring

“We have been using The Boring Toolbox to streamline our Professional Services Engagements and could not be more happy with the product. The bulk configuration capabilities, reporting, and overall functionality of the product is outstanding! If you need a force multiplier to help you manage your XProtect environment, this is your answer.”

Jacob Onstad

Pro-Services Engineer
Milestone Systems

Save time, money and your sanity with bulk operations​

Milestone XProtect management client is a powerful VMS management interface but we make it better with the power of bulk operations, simple user interface and intuitive workflows.​

Powerful device group management

No more hunting through long lists of devices, automatically create device groups based on camera model, firmware or recording server storage configuration, IP subnet and more!

Simple methods to configure your cameras at scale

The Boring Toolbox gives users the freedom to enable and disable devices. rename hardware and devices, apply FPS and resolution changes and update IP addresses in bulk. Stop right clicking yourself to death and work smarter.

Password management from VMS to Device​

Stay in compliance and keep unwanted people our of your cameras and devices by updating passwords with ease. Boring Toolbox will update passwords in Milestone XProtect AND camera hardware from Axis, Hanwha, Sony, Bosch and Arecont.

Detailed Camera Reporting

Get useful, filterable Excel reports on camera hardware, devices, retention, camera snapshots and stream information all in a couple of clicks.

For more information on the Boring Toolbox and the substantial benefits of using this software please feel free to email us on boringtoolbox@smartsys.technology.