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Create an Agent Object

Agent act as policy-enforcement points (PEPs), by intercepting user requests for SharePoint resources and communicating with the Policy Server. Agent objects associate the protected resources on your SharePoint servers with the CA SiteMinder® policies that protect those resources.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Infrastructure, Agent, Agents.
2. Click Create Agent.

   The Create Agent screen appears.

3. Click OK.

   The Create Agent: screen appears.

4. Enter a distinctive name and description.
5. Verify that the CA SiteMinder® option button is selected and that Web Agent appears in the Agent Type drop-down list.
6. Click Submit.

   The agent object is created and a confirmation screen appears.