Administrator Guide

Managing group policies

The Groups page enables you to dene policies that are required to congure your devices. You can create sub groups of the global group

policy and categorize devices based on your requirements. For example, devices may be grouped based on job functions, device type, and

so on.

Figure 2. Groups

For each group, you can dene policies for the following device types:

• ThinOS

• WES

• Linux

• ThinLinux

Devices inherit policies in the order that they are created. The settings congured in a default policy group are applied as default settings in

all the policies listed in the Default Policy Group. In a group, all users and devices present in that group have Default Policy Group as their

default setting.

On the Device Details page, you can create an exception for a device in the group to have a subset of policies that are dierent from the

group default.

The conguration for a particular asset with details of where congurations are set—Global, Group, and the Device levels—are displayed

on the page. The option to create exceptions is available on the page. The Exception settings are applicable only for that selected devices.

NOTE

• When you modify the lower-level policies, a bullet symbol is displayed next to the policy. This symbol indicates that the policy is an

override to a higher-level policy. For example, System Personalization, Networking, Security, and so on.

• When you modify policies, an asterisk (*) is displayed next to the policy. This symbol indicates that there are unsaved or

unpublished changes. To review these changes before publishing them, click the View pending changes link.

If a policy conguration has to be prioritized between the dierent levels, then the lowest-level policy takes precedence.

After you congure the policy settings, thin clients are notied about the changes. Changes take eect immediately after conguring the

thin clients.

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