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Modes

If you used the Quick Start guides, you now have a feel for some of the special modes in Endpoint Policy Manager Application Settings Manager. Endpoint Policy Manager Application Settings Manager modes are available on a per-attribute basis, which provides for excellent flexibility when deciding which elements to configure, enforce, and even disable or hide.

NOTE: To see an overview of the Enforcement modes, watch this quick tutorial video: https://www.endpointpolicymanager.com/video/endpointpolicymanager-the-superpowers.html.

NOTE: To see an overview of ACL Lockdown™ mode, watch this tutorial: https://www.endpointpolicymanager.com/video/endpointpolicymanager-acl-lockdown-for-registry-based-applications.html.

In Figure 22, you can see which modes are available when right-clicking a Endpoint Policy Manager Application Settings Manager attribute with settings data inside.

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Figure 22. The modes available in Endpoint Policy Manager Application Settings Manager.

Let's examine the areas of control for an element, as seen in Figure 23. You can see we've highlighted the following modes:

  • Enforcement modes
  • Reversion mode
  • Endpoint Policy Manager Application Settings Manager ACL Lockdown™ mode
  • Endpoint Policy Manager Application Settings Manager Applock™ modes

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Figure 23. The areas of control for an element.

NOTE: There is a special AppLock mode that you can apply to the entire tab to disable it. We'll discuss this in the "AppLock Modes" section.

We first need to discuss how to set and deliver settings and values.