Package Policy Manager
Package Policy Manager enables you to plan, control and monitor the rollout of software to your organization’s users. You can use it to help manage software requirements across the network, to control your organization’s spending by monitoring license usage, and to identify the use of prohibited or illegal software.
Package Policies are associations of PCs and software packages. When applied to departments or groups of PCs that perform a similar function, package policies can be used to specify and plan the mandatory, optional and prohibited software for each PC on your network. When applied to a particular application, policies can be used to identify the PCs on which the software must be installed, can be installed and must not be installed.
So, for example, you can create one policy that specifies a virus checker must be installed on all PCs on your network, and another to specify the software that can and cannot be installed in the Sales department.
Package Policies can contain any combination of individual Clients, Client groups, and packages. PCs can belong to multiple policies. Packages can be assigned to multiple Package Policies. You can even specify particular versions of packages for a policy.
To support this, the Package Policy Manager provides you with a comprehensive set of reports that enable you to plan and assess your software licensing requirements, identify the PCs where new or unauthorized packages are installed, and monitor software deployment across your network.
Related Topics
Adding Clients to Package Policies
Adding Packages to Package Policies
Analyzing your Software Distribution
Creating a Package Policy Log File
Creating and Modifying Package Policies