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Configure the Local Machine Policy

(Optional)

If required, you can configure the network agent to ignore network activity in specific applications or browsers. You specify the applications and browsers in the machine policy. We recommend that you edit the Common Client Policy. The key settings are in the following folder:

Client Network Agent folder

This folder contains the Applications settings. If required, you can edit these settings to set which applications are exempt from or included in policy control. (By default, the network agent monitors common web browsers and Microsoft Office applications.)

Important! Be aware that the network agent is not suitable for monitoring Office Communicator traffic! See the note below.

Which Application List?

This setting specifies whether the network agent uses an Included or Excluded list of applications. By default, the network agent uses the Included list which contains a predefined set of default applications.

Included Applications

If you specify the Included list, the network agent only monitors the included applications for network activity. By default, this list includes most common browsers and Microsoft Office applications.

Note: Before making any changes, review the applications that the network agent will monitor. For example, applications such as Windows Update Agent do not permit their network traffic to be intercepted and may be adversely affected.

Excluded Applications

If you specify the Excluded list, the network agent monitors all applications except those on the Excluded list. The network agent ignores network activity in excluded applications and browsers. Such activity is exempt from policy control.

For example, you may want to exempt Microsoft Word when it is used to check in or check out documents from a SharePoint site.

Note: By default, the following applications and services are excluded from policy control. You cannot override these defaults.