Express Application Control
Express Software Manager® can be configured to prohibit the launch of applications by specifying which users or machines are authorized or not authorized to run them.
Control is specified via an authorization profile which consists of:
Control is specified via an authorization profile which consists of:
- A list of authorized or unauthorized machines or users
- Specification of the behavior when the launch is attempted that is not authorized or
You enable control for a license unit by assigning it an authorization profile. Note: A license unit is a group of application versions. For example Winzip 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2 would make up the license unit "Winzip."
Authorization-based Control
To control application launches based on an authorization model, do the following:
- Select the license unit you want to control, right-click and choose Properties. (screenshot)
- Select the Authorization tab, click Use authorization profile and select an Authorization Profile from the list. (screenshot)
- Click OK to assign the profile to the license unit.
The specified control will now be enforced. (Note that full enforcement of control on all machines may take some time based on when the Express Clients check in.)
Express Software Manager provides two built-in profiles for authorization-based control:
- Prevent Usage - this profile will block any attempts to launch the application. (screenshot)
- Warn Users - this profile will warn users that the launch is not authorized. The system administrator can modify this message to display company specific information to the user. (screenshot)
These two built-in profiles apply to all machines and users. If you want to restrict the profile to a certain set of machines or users, you will need to create a new profile. To create a new profile at the time you are assigning it to a license unit, do the following:
- From the Authorization tab, click Use authorization profile and click New...
- Give the new profile a name and, if you want, a description. The name will be what is displayed in the drop-down list.
- Select the type of profile: No one is authorized, Everyone is authorized, Selected machines and users are authorized, Selected machines and users are not authorized.
- If you selected a profile type that requires a list of machines or users, click Add Users... or Add Machines and add the users or machines you want to the profile.
- Click the Control tab and specify what level of control you want enforced.
- Click OK to finish creating the new authorization profile, then OK again to assign it to the license unit.
Once a new authorization profile has been created, you can also assign it to other licenses units, if desired.
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