Introduction

Policies are used to decide which features will be enabled on the machines to which the policy has been assigned. You can assign only one policy to a machine at any given time.

Important: Each device can only have one policy assigned at a time. Choose your policy configuration carefully to ensure all required features are included.

Security

Control antivirus settings and security features

Monitoring

Enable sensors to track system metrics

Automation

Schedule jobs to run on managed devices

Assigning a New Policy to Your Devices

For detailed instructions on how to assign policies to your devices using automation, please refer to the dedicated guide:

Policy Assignment Guide

Learn how to use automation to automatically assign policies based on conditions like tenant, location, or group.

View Assignment Guide

Manage Policies

In the navigation panel, click on Policies.

Add New Policy

Click on Add

Start creating a new policy

Fill in the required information

Enter the policy name and description

Select the target operating system

Choose Windows, Linux, or macOS

Click Confirm

Save the new policy configuration

Manage Your Policy

To edit your policy, select the policy and then click on Manage.

Antivirus

Under Antivirus, you can configure which settings for Microsoft Defender Antivirus should be enforced on the machines.

Adjust scanner settings
Configure scan jobs
Set exclusions
Monitor folder access
Specify what events should be logged or trigger notifications

Sensors

Select the sensors from your sensor collection that should be enabled. Sensors allow you to monitor various system metrics and custom checks on your managed devices.

Jobs

Choose the jobs from your job collection. Jobs are scheduled tasks that will run automatically on devices assigned to this policy.