Windows Device Management steps

This class groups all steps that are available for the management of all peripheral devices managed under Windows.

Create Device Management Rule

This step creates a management rule for a given peripheral device class. It is strongly recommended to not define rules for more than one device class per operational rule, that is, an operational rule for the scanners, another for the printers, etc.

Parameter	Description
Authorize	Defines if the selected device class is to be authorized of forbidden.
Filter Type	Defines according to which system the peripheral devices are to be filtered for activation/deactivation.
Filter	Enter the filter according to the above selected filter type. The possibilities are: the exact name of the peripheral device to be managed for Exact Match ; if you have selected Contains enter a combination of characters to find all devices of a specific vendor or type, for example, Kingston for all devices of the manufacturer Kingston, enter a pattern to be found into the field if you have selected the Pattern option, for example, *King6** , the asterisks () finds all devices, or you may search for specific peripherals by entering a regular expression if you have selected the option Regular Expression* .
Filtered Field	Select from this list of available fields the one to be filtered.
Class Type	Defines for which type of peripheral device the step is to be defined, for example, USB HUB, USB Scanners, USB Storage Devices , etc.

Disable USB Storage Write Access

This step disables write access to all peripheral USB storage devices that are either already connected to the devices in your network or that will be connected in the future. Once connected, these devices can be accessed in read mode only.