You can assign tags in the following ways:

• Manually
• Automatically (using rules)
• During the installation of the Network Agent

How to assign tags manually

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center 10.
2. Go to Managed devices or Unassigned devices.
3. Select one or several computers and open their properties.
4. Open the Tags section.
5. Select a tag or create a new one.
6. Click OK.

How to assign tags automatically

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center 10.
2. Open the properties of the Administration Server.
3. Go to Tagging rules. Click Add.
4. Enter the name for a rule and a tag.
5. Click Add to create a rule. 

5. Enter the name for a new condition and configure it.
6. Click OK.

How to assign tags during the Network Agent installation

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center 10.
2. Go to Additional → Remote installation → Installation packages.
3. Select Kaspersky Security Center 10 Network Agent and open its properties.
4. Open the Tags section.
5. Select a tag or create a new one.
6. Click OK.

You can use tags to:

• Create a device selection
• Set rules for activating a policy profile
• Move hosts to groups of managed devices

How to create device selections

You can set conditions for a device selection with one or more tag. You can distribute tasks to the devices in such selections.

To create a selection using tags:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center 10.
2. Go to Device selections. Click Selection properties.
3. Go to Conditions.
4. Select a condition or create a new one.

5. Open the condition properties and click Tags to select the tags to be used.
6. Click OK.

How to create rules for activating a policy profile

Policy profiles are applied when activation rules are met. You can add one or more tags for a computer.

To create an activation rule using tags:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center 10.
2. Go to the Policies node.
3. Select a policy and open its properties.
4. Go to Policy profiles. Click Add.
5. Go to Activation rules. Click Add.
6. Enter the name for a rule.
7. Open the Tags section. 
8. Select a tag or create a new one.
9. Click OK.

How to move hosts to groups of managed devices

ТYou can use tags as conditions for automatic assigning devices to the groups of managed computers.  

To create an activation rule using tags:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center 10.
2. Go to Unassigned devices and open the properties.
3. Click Add.
4. Enter the name for a rule.
5. Go to Tags and select the tags to be used.
6. Click OK.