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Monitor the Health of Your Milestone VMS From Slack

BoringBot brings the robust capabilities of The Boring Toolbox into Slack, enabling you to receive camera health notifications, reports, and communicate with Milestone XProtect directly from your Slack messaging app.

BoringBot for Slack makes it easier for you to manage Milestone XProtect from anywhere, loop in the right people, and take action more quickly.

Streamline your Remediation Process

BoringBot allows you to resolve issues quickly and collaborate seamlessly by centralizing your VMS health notifications and reports in one place – Slack.

BoringBot allows you to resolve issues quickly and collaborate seamlessly by centralizing your VMS health notifications and reports in one place – Slack.

Get Camera Alerts In Slack

Learn about issues that may jeopardize your video without leaving the app.

Teamwork Makes The Cameras Work

Easily delegate tasks, track who’s working on what, and escalate when needed

Query VMS Status On-Demand

Use commands to get real-time updates on your camera and your recording servers

Use BoringBot With Other Integrations

Quickly take actions in other integrations to streamline your workflow

Get Real-Time Camera Notifications

Get alerts about issues with your VMS that may jeopardize your video so you always know when:

Request System Status Updates On-Demand

Request the status of specific recording servers and cameras using slash commands

/boring-list-servers
Lists Boring Servers connected to BoringBot

/boring-camera-status
Request the status of a specific camera

/boring-vms-status [server-name]
Request the status of your XProtect Servers

Receive XProtect Inventory & Compliance Reports in Slack!

Simplify audits, enhance collaboration, and improve your workflows with ad hoc and scheduled reports

Streamline compliance audits
Share information more easily
Keep track of your assets and devices
Stay ahead of maintenance and upgrades
Quickly identify problematic devices
Inform future planning and budgeting decisions

Integrate with your favorite tools

Use BoringBot with your other Slack integrations to create seamless workflows

Getting Started with BoringBot

Add BoringBot to your Slack workspace

Add BoringBot to your Slack workspace

Generate a token

Add BoringBot to your Slack workspace

Invite BoringBot to your selected channel

Add BoringBot to your Slack workspace

Explore More Tools In The Boring Toolbox

Multi-Site Management

Bulk Operations

Simplified Reporting

Customizable Alerts

Live Monitoring Dashboards

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