Policies are used to distribute checks, plugins, and scripts to assets via the use of tags.
Let's create our first policy to distribute the Screenconnect plugin to all workstations.
1. Navigate to Policies from the menu
2. Click 'Create a policy' down the bottom-left
3. Name the policy 'Base Workstation'
4. Add the 'Workstation' tag under 'Must match all these tags'
5. While 'Base Workstation' policy is selected in the left-column, hover Add, choose Plugin and select Screenconnect
7. Distribute the policy up the top-left
We apply policies much like a router's Access Control List (ACL). Checks/Plugins/Scripts are applied hierarchically from top to bottom. If an identical item exists higher in the hierarchy, it overrides those lower down.
A good example would be Windows Patch Mangement in your 'Base Workstation' policy right at the bottom. Further up the list you would then create a client-specifc policy with Windows Patch Mangement and this would override the one in your 'Base Workstation' policy.