Multi-Tenant Management — Assign Endpoint Security Settings to Managed Accounts

Applies To: WatchGuard Advanced EPDR, WatchGuard EPDR, WatchGuard EDR, WatchGuard EPP, WatchGuard EDR Core

To access the multi-tenant management UI for endpoint security, your Service Provider account must have an active WatchGuard Endpoint Security license in its inventory.

Service Providers can assign security settings profiles to their managed Subscriber and Service Provider accounts, and account groups. They can assign recipients in the settings profile or they can drag setting profiles to accounts on the Settings page. When they assign recipients in the settings profile, it automatically applies to the All group in the Endpoint Security management UI of the target account.

When you do not want to automatically assign the settings profile to the All group, Service Providers can send the settings profile to an account or account group. In WatchGuard Endpoint Security, the user can then assign the settings profile to the appropriate recipients. For more information, go to Send the Profile to an Account.

View Assigned Settings

When you assign settings, a number appears next to the profile name to show that it is assigned to an account. This number increases each time you assign the profile to an account.

To view the accounts that a settings profile is assigned to:

  • Point the mouse at the number next to the profile.
    A colored lined connects the profile to the accounts it is assigned to.

Screen shot of Service Provider Endpoint Manager, Assigned Settings

If the list of accounts in the left pane shows a black number in the colored line, then there are accounts in the folder with exceptions applied to the settings. For information on inheritance and exceptions, go to Multi-Tenant Management — Settings Inheritance for Subscriber Accounts.

Remove an Account from a Security Settings Profile

When you remove an account from a settings profile, the account inherits the security settings from a group at a higher group or the All group. When there is no higher group, the managed account retains the settings until a new settings profile is assigned.

To remove an account or account group from a profile in WatchGuard Cloud:

  1. From Account Manager, select a Service Provider account.
    To select your own Service Provider account, select Overview. Or, select a tier-n Service Provider account.
  2. Select Configure > Endpoints.
  3. On the Settings page, select the settings type for the profile you want to unassign recipients from.
  4. Select the profile from the list.
  5. Click the existing recipients.
    The Recipients page opens.

Screen shot of Service Provider Endpoint Manager, unassign recipients

  1. Click × next to the group name.
  2. Click Delete.
    The computers and devices that belong to the account inherit the security settings from a group at a higher group or the All group.

Related Topics

Multi-Tenant Management of Settings Profiles

Multi-Tenant Management — Settings Inheritance for Subscriber Accounts

Multi-Tenant Management — Settings Inheritance for Service Provider Accounts