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Assigning Policies to Users

PPE uses policy assignments to decide which policy to enforce for each user. Policies can be assigned to users, groups, or containers (Organizational Units).

When a policy is assigned to a group, PPE enforces the policy for all members of the group as well as any nested groups. For example, if the "Helpdesk" group is a member of the "IT" group, then any policy assigned to the "IT" group also applies to the members of the "Helpdesk" group. If this behavior is not desired, then the administrator can assign a different policy to the "Helpdesk" group.

When a policy is assigned to a container, PPE enforces the policy for all users in the container as well as any child containers. For example, if the "Helpdesk" and "Managers" OUs are children of the "IT" OU, then any policy assigned to the "IT" OU also applies to both child OUs. If this behavior is not desired, then the administrator can assign a different policy to a child OU.

To assign a password policy to a user, group, or container:

Click the Policies item to display the Policies view.
Click the desired policy in the right pane of the management console.
Click Properties in the right pane of the management console.
Click the Assigned To tab.



Click the appropriate Add... button (user, group, or container).
Select the desired user, group, or container, and then click OK.
Click OK to close the Policy Properties page.

To remove a policy assignment:

Click the Policies item to display the Policies view.
Click the desired policy in the right pane of the management console.
Click Properties in the right pane of the management console.
Click the Assigned To tab.
Select the policy assignment that you wish to remove.
Click the appropriate Remove button (user, group, or container).
Click OK to close the Policy Properties page.