Symantec Endpoint: How to Get Clients to Connect
The Symantec Endpoint Protection software is used to protect computers from viruses and malware. The software can also be deployed to other computers from a host computer, which is helpful when you want to connect the software with various client computers set up on a server network. In order to get clients to connect with your computer and the software you must use the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Console and the Migration and Deployment Wizard applications.
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Instructions
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Open the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Console application on your computer and right-click the "My Company" option.
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Click the "Add Group" option and then enter a group name into the text box. Click the "OK" button.
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Click the "Admin" option and then click the "Install Packages" option. Click the "Client Install Settings" option and then click the "Add Client Install Feature Sets" option.
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Enter a name into the "Name" field and then click the "OK" button. Click the "Client Install Packages" option.
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Click the "Export Client Install Package" option and then select the "Browse" button. Locate and select the folder on your computer to which you want the installation package to be exported.
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Select the customized installation settings you made from the "Installation Settings and Features" drop-down menu and then select the groups you want to be added for your clients from the "Policy Settings" section.
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Click the "OK" button and then close out of the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager application.
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Click the "Start" button from the desktop and then click the "All Programs" option. Move your mouse over the "Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager" option and then click the "Migration and Deployment Wizard" option.
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Select the "Next" button from the "Welcome" screen and then click the box next to the "Deploy the client" field so that it's selected. Click the "Next" button.
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Click the box next to "Select an existing client install package to deploy" field so that it's selected and then click the "Finish" button.
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Click the "Browse" button and then locate the installation package you saved. Select the installation package and then click the "OK" button.
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Select the "Next" button and then click the "Add or Import Computer" button. Enter the IP address for the computer you want to connect with then click the "Finish" button.
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