The Plesk control panel is a comprehensive server management tool that let's you configure your server through a convenient web-based interface. It allows you to control all aspects of your server, including: DNS, virtual hosts, cron jobs / scheduled tasks, web services, scripting software, statistics, monitor server performance, manage SSL certificates, setup / install / configure databases and activate scripting languages including Ruby on Rails for example.

• Administrator: The highest server level login gives administrators the power and control they need to manage all operations.
• Client/Reseller: Second tier login account giving users domain creation rights. Clients can administer groups of domains using a single login.
• Domain Owner: Third tier domain owner accounts with predetermined access rights and an interface made for single domain administration.
• Mail User: A fourth tier individual mail account. Users log in to their interface and manage passwords, spam filters, anti-virus settings and more.

• Deploy a new site with point-and-click ease, based on a domain template or custom requirements. Automatically creates DNS and appropriate application entries, such as Apache, FTP & Mail.
• Create @ domains and sub domains.
• Manage multiple domain aliases pointing to a single site; e.g. www.company.com and www.company.co.uk .
• Switch entire domains on or off.
• Flexible editing and fine-tuning DNS records.

• Automate new site deployment by defining a site template once.
• Upload and manage site files using File-Manager and use the WYSIWYG HTML viewer.
• Manage SSL Certificates.
• Create protected directories (SSL and non-SSL) and assign users to them.
• Manage multiple databases per site.
• Create Crontab/ scheduled tasks.
• Add FrontPage extensions and Manage site using FrontPage Web-Admin.

• Configure mail boxes, aliases and forwarding.
• Create autoresponders and vacation messages.
• Create and manage MailMan Mail lists.
• Configure and access IMP Webmail email.
• Manage POP3/ IMAP servers and administer SMTP mail relaying.
• Configure Dr.Web Anti-Virus filtering.
• Set-up white and black lists and MAPS spam protection.
• Configure SpamAssassin anti-SPAM email filtering (Reseller & Pro accounts only).