Endpoint Protection

Does anyone know if SEP 11 or 12 support fast switch user in Windows 7? such as, with Windows 7 enterprise, if SEP is configured as User mode, with one user alrady logged on, and another user use switch user feature log onto same computer, if SEP support switch user feature, then the second logon user should get new policy and new settings, has anyone tested that?

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You configure clients to be in either user mode or computer mode, based on how you want to apply policies to the clients in groups. When you add a client, it defaults to computer mode, which takes precedence over user mode.

If the client software runs in user mode, the client computer gets the policies from the group of which the user is a member. If the client software runs in computer mode, the client computer gets the policies from the group of which the computer is a member. Many organizations configure a majority of clients in computer mode. Based on your network environment, you might want to configure a few clients with special requirements as users.  You set up clients as users or computers by adding the users and computers to an existing group. After a user or a computer is added to a group, it assumes the policies that were assigned to the group.

computer mode:  The client protects the computer with the same policies, regardless of which user is logged on to the computer. The policy follows the group that the computer is in. Computer mode is the default setting.

user mode:  The policies change, depending on which user is logged on to the client. The policy follows the user.

I think you misunderstood my question, we all know how computer mode and user mode work, what I was asking was if switch user feature is supported by SEP 11 or 12.1, if each user belong to its own group, with both user logged on same computer, will both user see first user configuration settings or the each user will see his own settings?

When operating in User mode, only the first logged in user is identified to the SEPM if fast-user switching is used on the SEP Client.