Policies
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The Policies category allows you to create and manage policies. Policies control things such as user access, scheduling, URL filtering, and much more.
To add a policy:
Navigate to the Policies category.
Click Add.
Configure the general policy settings:
Name: The name of the policy.
(Optional) Description: The description of the policy.
Configure settings in the Profile section. This section allows you to create an isolation profile based on users, groups, locations, time zones, and so on.
(Optional) Users: Users affected by this policy. Find the user in the Users drop-down menu and click the Add button to the right. Added users will appear in the list below.
(Optional) Groups: User groups affected by this policy. Find the group in the Groups drop-down menu and click the Add button to the right. Added groups will appear in the list below.
(Optional) Active Hours: The time period when the policy will be active.
(Optional) Location: Locations where the users are affected by this policy. Find the location in the Country drop-down menu and the Add button to the right. Added locations will appear in the list below.
Configure settings in the Security controls section. This section allows you to configure specific use cases or features like preventing uploading or downloading, restricting printing, or blocking an URL.
(Optional) Policy features: Features that are restricted under the policy.
(Optional) End user experience: The indicator that shows that the application is running inside Parallels Browser Isolation.
(Optional) Restrict domains: The URLs that are blocked under the policy. Specify the domain you want to block in the Block domain field and click the Add button to the right. Added URLs will appear in the list below. You can add several domains simultaneously by clicking the Add from File button and selecting a .csv file with the list of domains.
Click Save.
To apply the policy to an application, navigate to the Applications category and edit the application accordingly. You can see the list of applications the policy is applied to in the Usage section of the policy settings.
Note: If you add or edit a policy for an application that is currently in use, it will not take effect immediately. For the new policy to load, the users will need to close all tabs of the application, wait for five seconds, and open the application again.
To edit a policy:
Navigate to the Policies category.
Click the meatball icon (three vertical dots) in the rightmost column and select Edit.
Edit the policy as desired.
Click Save.
Note: If you add or edit a policy for an application that is currently in use, it will not take effect immediately. For the new policy to load, the users will need to close all tabs of the application, wait for five seconds, and open the application again.
To view policy information:
Navigate to the Policies category.
Click on the policy. A side pane with information opens.
To remove a policy:
Navigate to the Policies category.
Click the meatball icon (three vertical dots) in the rightmost column and select Remove.
In the dialog that appears, click Remove.
