Profiles

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The Profiles option allows you to create and apply policies and configurations on the mobile devices enrolled with your Seqrite mSuite account. This option provides a platform to create new policies, configurations, and perform various actions.

Policies

The policies option allows you to assign policies to the group and manage the devices in that group. You can apply policies to single or multiple groups to secure the devices from losing the crucial information. You can assign or unassign the policies, edit, and remove the policies.

Note:
– KNOX-supported policies are applicable to all the KNOX-supported devices.
– Some Samsung devices may not indicate that they are KNOX-supported, but may show a prompt to accept the KNOX/Samsung agreement. If the user accepts the KNOX/Samsung agreement, then the KNOX policies are applied to the device.

Advanced Search for Policies

The Advanced Search option allows you to perform an advanced search for different policies. To search policies, follow these steps:

  1. Log on to the Seqrite mSuite console and in the left pane, select Profiles > Policies.
  2. On the Policies list, click Advanced Search.
  3. From the Select Created By list, select the desired creator name and click Search.

    The search result gets displayed.

Taking an action on policies

The Take Action list appears on the Policies list page when you select single or multiple policies. The Take Action list is as follows:

  • Delete: Helps you to delete single or multiple selected policies.

    Note:
    You cannot delete a policy which has a group assigned to it.
  • Select the required option from the list and click Submit.

Adding a policy

To add a new policy, follow these steps:

  1. Log on to the Seqrite mSuite console and in the left pane, select Profiles > Policies.
  2. On the Policies page, click Add Policy.

    If you have a long list of polices, you can import the policies.

  3. Enter the Policy Name and Description.

    If you want to make this policy a default policy, select the Default check box. This default policy will be applied to all the newly added devices.

  4. To save your settings, click Next.

    A list of policies appears.

    On the policy page, you can see the default policies.

    All the policies that are enabled appear with a tick mark, the disabled polices appear with a cross mark, and the polices that are not available appear in grey color.

    Also, some polices may not be available for Android or iOS.

    You can modify the polices as per your requirement.

    Under All, you can see all the polices, while under Password, Policy for Device Applications, Policy for App Stores, Policy for Downloaded Apps, Policy for ADO enabled devices, and Policy for KNOW supported, you can see the respective polices.

    To know more about policies, see Policy Details.

  5. To enable a policy, click on the cross mark. This policy is enabled and applies restriction on the device. To disable a policy, click on the tick mark. This policy is disabled and applies restriction on the device.
  6. Click Save.

    New policy is created successfully.

  7. Note:
    You can save a normal mSuite policy without configuring the Edit AMA policies.
    However, to save an AMA policy, you must create and save a normal mSuite policy first.
  8. To add AMA related policies, click Edit AMA policies.
  9. Configure as required. For details regarding AMA Policies, see Android Management API policy.
  10. Click Save and Publish.
    Policy is updated successfully.

Editing the policy details and groups

The Edit tab includes the Edit details and Groups sections. The Edit details section allows you to make changes to the policy name and policy description. From Groups section, you can view the policy that is assigned to the group and apply the selected policy to more number of groups. You can also add the selected policy to the new groups and devices.

To edit the policy information, follow these steps:

  1. Log on to the Seqrite mSuite console and in the left pane, select Profiles > Policies.
  2. On the Policies page, select a policy and then click the Edit icon. Select Edit > Edit details.
  3. Edit the Policy Name and Description.

    If you want to make this policy a default policy, select the Default check box. This default policy will be applied to all the newly added devices.

  4. Click Save.
  5. To apply the modified policy to a group, click the Groups tab and then click Add policy to groups.

    The Apply Policy to Group list appears.

  6. Select the groups to which you want to apply the policy and click Add Group.

    The policies are applied to the groups.

  7. You can further edit the policies through the Edit Policies and Edit AMA policies tabs.
  8. Click Save and Publish save the changes.
    Whenever you modify a policy, an updated version of the policy is created.

Editing the policy

You can edit a policy and apply the policy to a group. All the devices in the group will have the applied restriction.

Whenever you modify a policy, a new version of the policy is created.

To edit a policy, see Adding a policy.

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