Managing Products with Policies and Client
Tasks
Managing products from a single location is a central feature of ePolicy Orchestrator and is
accomplished through the combination of product policies and client tasks. Policies ensure a
product’s features are configured correctly, while client tasks are the scheduled actions that
run on the managed systems hosting any client-side software.
Are you configuring policies and tasks for the first time?
When configuring policies and tasks for the first time:
1
Understand product management in ePolicy Orchestrator.
2
Plan product policies and client tasks for the segments of your System Tree.
3
Create and assign policies to groups and systems.
4
Create and assign client tasks to groups and systems.
Contents
Extensions and what they do
Policy management
Policy application
Client tasks and what they do
Bringing products under management
Viewing policy information
Working with the Policy Catalog
Working with policies
Working with client tasks
Frequently asked questions
Extensions and what they do
Extensions are ZIP files you install on the ePO server in order to manage another security
product in your environment. The extensions contain the files, components, and information
necessary to manage such a product. Extensions replace the NAP files of previous releases.
What functionality extensions add
When a managed product extension is installed, functionalities added can include:
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