Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator - On-premises software is a management platform that enables centralized policy management and enforcement of your security products and the systems on which they reside. However, for ePolicy Orchestrator - On-premises to function, Trellix Agent needs to be installed on the client systems. The agent facilitates enforcement between the ePolicy Orchestrator - On-premises server and each managed client system. It retrieves updates, ensures task implementation, enforces policies, and forwards events for each managed system. As a ePolicy Orchestrator - On-premises becomes a repository of information and can be used in device profiling.
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This information can also be viewed directly in ePolicy Orchestrator - On-premises, even if it does not participate in device profiling.
The Manager sends a query to ePolicy Orchestrator - On-premises when seeking information about a device profile. It accepts device information from ePolicy Orchestrator - On-premises and in case of Windows platforms, always trusts information received from ePolicy Orchestrator - On-premises over others.