External Endpoint Policy Servers

In This Section: Overview of Endpoint Policy Servers Installing and Configuring an Endpoint Policy Server How do Endpoint Policy Servers Work? Configuring Policy Server Settings Monitoring Endpoint Policy Server Activity

Overview of Endpoint Policy Servers

If no external Endpoint Policy Servers are configured, the Endpoint Security Management Server, which contains an Endpoint Policy Server, manages all client requests and communication.

If you install more Endpoint Policy Servers, they manage most communication with the Endpoint Security clients. This keeps the Endpoint Security Management Server more available for other tasks. If you configure the Endpoint Security Management Server to behave as an Endpoint Policy Server in addition to other Endpoint Policy Servers, the work of communication with the clients is distributed to them all.