About the Agent for Windows

The Agent for Windows resides on the managed computer. It controls the installation and execution of Application and Configuration packages on supported Windows computers. It communicates with the Configuration Server, polling for jobs that need to be downloaded and reporting status and error information. The Agent for Windows is installed when the Agent for Windows package or the Agent for Windows Update package is deployed and executed on the managed computer. To customize the Agent for Windows functionality you can modify the parameter values in these packages.

On Consistent Mode computers, the Agent for Windows package is automatically installed during the installation of the operating system.

On Cooperative Mode computers, the Agent for Windows is deployed to computers, as if it was being installed. Later, you install the Agent for Windows separately.

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