A policy profile is a named set of variable settings for a policy, which is activated on a client computer when specific conditions are met. Activation of a profile modifies the policy settings in effect on the device when the policy profile is activated.
In the console tree, select the administration group for which you want to create a policy profile.
In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
Do one of the following to open the properties of the policy for which you want to create a profile:
Double-click the name of the policy.
Right-click the policy name to display the context menu and choose Properties.
Click the Configure policy link.
In the Properties: <Policy name> window, select the Policy profiles section.
In the workspace, click Add.
In the Assigning policy profiles window, read the information about policies and click Next.
If you don't want to display this window when you create new policy profiles, select the Do not show this window again checkbox before clicking Next.
In the Policy profile name window, do the following to configure the policy profile:
Enter the name of the new policy profile.
Note: The name of a profile cannot include more than 100 characters.
In the Policy profile state section, select whether the policy profile is enabled or disabled.
In the drop-down list in the Policy profile state section, select whether the policy profile can be edited.
If you want to configure activation rules for the policy profile, select the After closing the New policy profile wizard, proceed to configuring the policy profile activation rule checkbox.
Click Finish.
If you have selected the After closing the New policy profile wizard, proceed to configuring the policy profile activation rule checkbox, proceed with the steps of the New Policy Profile Activation Rule Wizard.
The policy profile that you created appears in the Policy profiles section of the Properties: <Policy name> window.
In the console tree, select the administration group for which you want to modify a policy profile.
In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
Do one of the following to open the properties of the policy for which you want to modify a profile:
Double-click the name of the policy.
Right-click the policy name to display the context menu and choose Properties.
Click the Configure policy link.
In the Properties: <Policy name> window, select the Policy profiles section.
In the workspace, select the policy profile that you want to modify and click Properties.
The Properties: <Policy profile name> window opens.
Configure the profile if necessary:
In the General section, rename the profile or enable/disable the profile by selecting/deselecting the Enable profile checkbox.
In the Activation rules section, create, edit, or delete the activation rules.
In the Devices section, choose the devices to which the policy profile is applied.
Edit the policy settings in the relevant sections.
Click OK.
If the policy profile is active, the modified settings will be applied after the client computer is synchronized with Administration Server. If the policy profile is inactive, they will be applied after the activation rule is triggered.