[KB7412] ESET Endpoint Encryption Server workstation and group policy settings

Details

ESET Endpoint Encryption (EEE) Client and EEE Server are separate products from ESET Full Disk Encryption (EFDE)

The article below applies only to the EEE Client or EEE Server and not EFDE.

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When a workstation is being managed by an ESET Endpoint Encryption (EEE) Server policies are available which allow the administrator to control how EEE functions for their users.

Solution

 

There are two separate collections of policies:

 

Workstation Policy

Workstation Policy takes effect when the current Windows user is not activated against the EEE Server or they are not currently logged in to the EEE software. 

 

Installing a client install package obtained from the EEE Server will enforce the Workstation Policy from the EEE Server chosen at the time it was downloaded. 

 

Workstation Policy is the baseline of rights and includes settings for how the software will appear and behave.

 

Group Policy

Group Policy takes effect when an activated user logs in to their Key-file.  Generally these settings are used to grant extra rights or features to the users overriding any restrictions set by the Workstation Policy. 

 

By arranging users within teams in the EEE Server interface it is possible to apply different Group Policy settings to different teams of users.  This allows you to give extra capabilities to specific teams of users.