Creating a Policy

Jamf Pro Documentation 11.16.0
Solution
Application
Content Type
Technical Documentation
Utilities & Services
version
11.16.0
ft:locale
en-US
vrm_version
11.16.0
  1. In Jamf Pro, click Computers in the sidebar.
  2. Click Policies in the sidebar.
  3. Click New.
  4. Use the General payload to configure basic settings for the policy, including the trigger and execution frequency.
  5. Use the rest of the payloads to configure the tasks you want to perform.
  6. Click the Scope tab and configure the scope of the policy.
  7. (Optional) Click the Self Service tab and make the policy available in Self Service.
    Note:

    On computers with macOS 10.15 or later, if Jamf Pro is not safelisted in the Privacy Preferences Policy Control payload, users are prompted when policies that access data on a network volume are run through Self Service. By default, Jamf Pro is automatically safelisted in the Privacy Preferences Policy Control payload.

  8. (Optional) Click the User Interaction tab and enter messages to display to users or allow users to defer the policy.
  9. Click Save .

The policy runs on computers in the scope the next time they check in with Jamf Pro and meet the criteria in the General payload.