6.2 Running Assessments on a Schedule

To continuously assess your IT environment, you can regularly run a policy template against the same endpoint or group of endpoints. To schedule a policy template run, specify the settings the Run Policy Template wizard.

Once you have scheduled a policy template, you can update the schedule properties using the Schedule Jobs wizard in the Windows console. If you are a console administrator, you can also reassign the owner of a scheduled policy template. For more information about console roles, see Managing Roles.

6.2.1 Web Console - Scheduling a Run

In the Run Policy Template wizard, select Run Options > Run Type > Recurring. Then specify whether you want the run to occur once at a specific date and time or on a recurring schedule.

For more information, see the Help in the Web console.

6.2.2 Windows Console - Scheduling a Run

In the Run Policy Template wizard, select Schedule > Enable Schedule. Then specify whether you want the run to occur once at a specific date and time or on a recurring schedule.

You can also instruct Secure Configuration Manager to include a delta report that compares the current results to a previous run. For more information, see Comparing Policy Template Results.