Quick Start
Netwrix PolicyPak DesignStudio is where you can create your own AppSets or edit AppSets that we provide to you. PolicyPak DesignStudio can scrape the interfaces from your existing applications, such as WinZip, and bring them into the PolicyPak format for later use inside Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
Video: To see an overview of how to use PolicyPak DesignStudio, watch this video: Creating Your First Pak using PolicyPak Design Studio.
The PolicyPak format is properly called "pXML" format. You most likely will never need to edit any pXML files by hand, but you're welcome to open up and explore the files that are produced by the wizard.
In this guide, you will be creating an AppSet for PuTTY, and open source SSH and telnet client. You'll be doing the work on your PolicyPak creation station. You'll also be using the pre-configured AppSet for WinZip as a demonstration for other examples throughout this guide.
Tip: We recommend that your PolicyPak creation station have the same operating system (and version) that your target machine does, if possible. Having a PolicyPak creation station that is a Server 2016 machine and a target machine that is a Windows 10 machine, for example, may work fine. However, for ideal application compatibility, it's best if your PolicyPak creation station is as close as possible to your target machine.
To keep things simple, we'll assume you'll be creating your AppSets from the same machine you used to create GPOs. However, note that it is common to separate out these two roles, and PolicyPak makes it easy to do so. In this discussion, we'll assume you're using a Windows 10 machine with the RSAT tools and the GPMC enabled. This will now be your Group Policy management station and your PolicyPak creation station.