15.6 Effective Policies

A device inherits its policy assignments from its parent folders, its group memberships, and itself; when conflicting assignments occur, the assignments on the device override group assignments, which override folder assignments.

You can tell which policies are in effect for a device by viewing the Effective Policies section on the Device Summary page. To view the effective policies, click the Devices tab, navigate the folders to find the device, click the device, then click the Summary tab.

All the effective policies are listed under the Effective Policies section on the Device Summary page. The following table provides a description of each icon that indicates the effectiveness of a policy:

Table 15-2 Policy Status Icons

Icon

Description

The policy is effective and will be enforced on the device.

The policy might be effective. The policy will be enforced if the system requirements are met. Otherwise, the policy will not be enforced.

The policy is not effective and will not be enforced.

For the Text File and Remote Execute policies, all policies whose system requirements are met are applied on the device. For all other policies, the first policy amongst the effective policies, whose system requirements are met, is applied on the device