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Exporting Collections

Appendix A: Using PolicyPak with MDM and UEM Tools explains how to use the PolicyPak Exporter to wrap up any PolicyPak directive and deliver it using an MDM service such as Microsoft Endpoint Manager (SCCM and Intune), KACE, and so on, as well as via PolicyPak Cloud.

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For a video demonstrating the use of PolicyPak scripts with PolicyPak Cloud and an MDM service see PolicyPakScripts .. Deploy Software via VPN or with PolicyPak Cloud and PolicyPak Scripts and YOUR MDM service: Un-real power

Remember that PolicyPak Scripts & Triggers Manager policies can be created and exported on the User or Computer side. For instance, in Figure 30, you can see an export from the User side.

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Figure 30. Exporting a policy from the User side.

In Figure 31, you can see an export of a PolicyPak Scripts & Triggers Manager XML file from the Computer side.

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Figure 31. Exporting a collection from the Computer side.

Here are some helpful tips to decide which side to use:

  • When you export a user-side policy, and deploy it using PolicyPak Cloud or MDM, it will apply to every user on the machine (like switched mode).
  • When you export a computer-side policy that affects the system, and deploy it using PolicyPak Cloud or MDM, it will apply to the computer as system.
  • When you export a computer-side policy that affect all users on the machine, and deploy it using PolicyPak Cloud or MDM, it will apply to every user on the machine (like switched mode).

To export a policy for later use with PolicyPak Exporter or PolicyPak Cloud, right-click the collection or the policy and select "Export as XML," as demonstrated in Figure 32.

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For a video showing how to export policies and use PolicyPak Exporter, watch Deploying PolicyPakdirectives without Group Policy (PolicyPak Exporter Utility).

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Figure 32. Choosing this option will allow the user to export the policy for later use.

Note that exported collections or policies maintain any Item-Level Targeting set within them. If you've used items that represent Group Membership in Active Directory, then those items will only function when the machine is domain-joined.