What access does PolicyPak have to my company data (aka Data Privacy Stance?)

PolicyPak Enterprise Edition and PolicyPak Professional have multiple methods for you to use. You can use it with Your Active Directory & GPOs: When you use this method, PolicyPak hooks into your on-prem Active Directory servers. Therefore, at no time does PolicyPak have access to any data of your company. Your MDM Service (like Intune, […]

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Is PolicyPak Enterprise Edition or PolicyPak Professional Edition considered a “SaaS” product?

PolicyPak Enterprise Edition and PolicyPak Professional is software which has multiple methods for you to use. You can use it with Your Active Directory & GPOs Your MDM Service (like Intune, etc.) Our PolicyPak Service Your UEM Tool (like SCCM, KACE, ETC.) The typical definition is that SaaS is something that is “Web-based” or “hosted […]

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Can I buy PolicyPak Enterprise Edition or PolicyPak Professional Edition for multiple years in advance? (And why would I want to do that?)

By paying for multiple-years in advance for PolicyPak Enterprise Edition or PolicyPak Professional Edition, you then lock in your per-computer license cost for the duration of your term. Because we’re always creating new things, customers could pay a higher price the next year. Therefore, every year you still get one-year license keys. And you are […]

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What happens if I try to use PolicyPak in unlicensed places (or what if the license expires, of what if I don’t want to renew?)

It depends on the Policy (aka Component). You can read what happens for each one here: https://kb.policypak.com/kb/article/230-what-happens-to-each-component-when-policypak-gets-unlicensed-or-the-gpo-or-policy-no-longer-applies/ […]

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How is PolicyPak Cloud usage counted and calculated toward my True-Up?

If you have chosen the PolicyPak Enterprise or PolicyPak Enterprise editions, which comes with entitlement to use PolicyPak Cloud, then PolicyPak Cloud entitles you to “Yearly Post-Pay Licensing.” As such, you may install the PolicyPak Cloud client on as many computers as you wish. During every month, each day we count number of computers CONSUMED […]

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What is a “Mid-year true up”, why would I need to do this, and what does it cost?

A Mid-Year true up means one of the following has occurred: You licensed specific OUs and your OU structure changed mid-year and your number of computers has increased by more than 20%. You wish to upgrade PolicyPak Professional Edition to have some new Paks you didn’t previously purchase. You wish to upgrade from PolicyPak Professional […]

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For Active Directory licensing, what if I rename my OUs mid-year?

If you have licensed the entire domain (recommended), then everything will continue to work, and there’s no need to do anything. If you specifically “cherry picked” OUs to license within Active Directory, and then rename an OU, then the computers there will become unlicensed. To adjust, simply re-run the LT tool and email support. Provided […]

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What is a “True up”?

We want you to use your PolicyPak investment the way your company needs to, when you need to. You don’t need to come to us every time your company grows or uses PolicyPak products for more computers. PolicyPak keeps working in the Active Directory and MDM licensed locations (and anywhere at all when you utilize […]

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For Active Directory licensing, what if my count is significantly higher than I expect (because I have unused and old computer accounts)?

So, let’s assume you have about an actual count of 3500 machines, but LT reports that you have 7000. That’s a big difference! Chances are, if you’re like most on-prem AD admins, you haven’t cleaned up for a while. So, here’s what we can do to be helpful: Item 1: PolicyPak’s licensing tool has a […]

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For Active Directory licensing, are objects in sub-OUs counted toward licensing totals?

If a Group Policy Object is linked to a parent OU (or the domain), it applies to all sub-containers as well. Therefore, when using PolicyPak with Active Directory, we must count computers in all relevant sub-OUs as well. Our Licensing Tool makes it easy to see which containers are included and exactly how many computers […]

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