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Desktop Package

Desktop Policy and Migration > Desktop Package

  • This page only displays if Desktop Policy is installed.

The Desktop Package page creates a desktop standard package. A desktop standard package is an install file created to apply user settings uniformly across multiple machines, typically within the same company. For example, a company may want a set of company-specific desktop icons and internet bookmarks always available on each user's machine. A machine must have the Desktop Policy client installed using Install/Remove to display on this page.

To create a desktop standard package, perform the following steps:

  1. Desktop Standard Package - Select an existing package to re-create it, or specify the creation of a new package.

    Note: The Desktop Settings Filter in step 4 is bound to the Desktop Standard Package you create in step 6. After that you can modify the same desktop settings filter and use it to create additional packages without affecting the original package you created. You can change the package by re-creating it using different filter settings.

  2. Package Name - For a new package enter a package name. You can enter a different name to rename an existing package.
  3. Machine Group - Select the machine group this package applies to. You can specify <All Groups> or a specific group. Since groups can represent a different customer, packages may be unique for a machine group. Only groups a user has access to are displayed.
  4. Desktop Settings Filter
    • Select either <Create New Desktop Settings Filter> or an existing Desktop Settings Filter and Edit to specify the settings to include in the package.
    • When you Edit the Desktop Settings Filter specify the local user account you intend to use on the source machine in step 5.
    • Click Delete to delete an existing desktop settings filter. You can Share... the desktop settings filter you create with other users or user roles.
  5. Use Settings From - The configuration details for each desktop setting you included in step 4 are collected from a local user account on a source machine. Select the source machine to copy these details from.
  6. Create Package Now - Click this button to create the package.

Share...

Click Share to share a desktop standard package with individual users or user roles.

Check-in status

These icons indicate the agent check-in status of each managed machine:

Online but waiting for first audit to complete

Agent online

Agent online and user currently logged on. Icon displays a tool tip showing the logon name.

Agent online and user currently logged on, but user not active for 10 minutes

Agent is currently offline

Agent has never checked in

Agent is online but remote control has been disabled

The agent has been suspended

Desktop Standard Package Name

Lists available standard packages.

Source Machine.ID

Lists the source machine ID detailed settings are copied from to create this package.

Settings Filter Name

Lists the Desktop Settings Filter used to create this package.

Last Modified

Displays the the datestamp for the last time the package was modified. Displays pending if the package is being updated.