Windows 10 IoT Enterprise for Dell Wyse Thin Clients Administrator’s Guide

Key features of Dell Secure Client

The following are the key features of the Dell Secure Client:

• The list of files, folders, and registry exclusions in the write filter is displayed.
• The status of the Dell Secure Client regarding the Unified Write Filter is displayed.
• The Dell Secure Client service acts as a policy engine. It combines the policies of the nested folders and updates the same in the registry hive.
• You can use the Dell Secure Client command-line interface to update the .csv file with the policies when the administrator makes any changes using the user interface.
• The administrator can use the Dell Secure Client to add, view, and remove policies of the excluded files and registries in the write filter.
• You can add, remove, view, or modify the policy based on username, application, and the time of access for each entry in the write filter exclusion list.

  NOTE: The user name and application name are mandatory.

• You can import and export the policy configuration data in .csv or .json format.
• You can export the policy as a Self-Contained Executable (SCE) .exe file. The SCE file encapsulates the policy configuration in .json format.
• Multilingual support for the administrator user interface is provided.
• Provision to retain the Dell Secure Client configurations added by the user after you restart the thin client.
• You can configure the policies only after you disable the write filter.
• The default policies are applied to all users when the Dell Secure Client is enabled.
• You can add a policy to a user or a group using the Dell Secure Client user interface or command-line interface. This policy is applied along with the default policy when you log in to the respective user or a group.
• The policies are saved in .csv format that is encrypted.