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Getting to Know Scripts & Triggers Manager

Netwrix Endpoint Policy Manager (formerly PolicyPak) Scripts & Triggers Manager is contained within the PolicyPak node, as demonstrated in Figure 4. Endpoint Policy Manager Scripts & Triggers Manager MMC snap-in enables you to create a new Endpoint Policy Manager Scripts & Triggers Manager policy or collection.

NOTE: You will only see the Endpoint Policy Manager Scripts & Triggers Manager node when the latest Admin Console MSI is installed on the management station.

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Figure 4. The location of the Endpoint Policy Manager Scripts & Triggers Manager.

The functions of collections and policies are as follows:

  • Policies are the rules that perform the work.
  • Collections are groupings of policies.

The next section provides a Quickstart to using Endpoint Policy Manager Scripts & Triggers Manager. We suggest you download the sample scripts that we've provided on our website to your management station and follow along. Select the Guidance XMLs and Scripts category, then download them, as seen in Figure 5.

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Figure 5. Download the Endpoint Policy Manager scripts from the Guidance XMLs location in the Endpoint Policy Manager Portal.

Before continuing, make sure you have the downloaded script examples unpacked and ready to go. You should have a folder that looks similar to what's seen in Figure 6.

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Figure 6. Endpoint Policy Manager script examples unpacked.