Resource Definition to Add a Windows Policy

A sample resource definition, together with details on the information that is added in the JSON are as follows:

Sample definition JSON to add a policy

The following are sample configurations that can be used in a JSON to add a policy on Windows devices:

Property definitions

policyName
compliance
ownershipType
profile
profileName
deviceType
- id
profileFeaturesList

Property	Description			Data Type	Example
`policyName`	The name of the policy that is applied to the Windows device.	Yes	N/A	String
`compliance`	The action that the monitoring task takes when a policy is violated. The following are the three types of actions that can be applied: Enforce,Warn,Monitor.	Yes	N/A	String	Enforce
`ownershipType`	The ownership type of the device. The ownership type named cope is not supported when working with Windows 8.1.	Yes	BYOD	String	BYOD
`profile`	Profile details.	Yes	N/A
`profileName`	The name of the profile being added.	Yes	N/A	String	Marketing profile
`deviceType`	The code used to define the type of the device platform. The code 2 is used to define the Windows platform.	Yes	2	Integer	2
`profileFeaturesList`	The list of features that belong to the selected profile.	Yes	N/A
`roles`	The role that this passcode can be applied to. If you wish to apply this policy to any policy, state `ANY`. Otherwise, specify the respective name of the role.	Yes	N/A		ANY

profileFeaturesList - common

Property	Description			Data Type	Example
`featureCode`	The code that defines the policy you wish to add. The available feature codes are as follows: `PASSCODE_POLICY, CAMERA and ENCRYPT_STORAGE.`	Yes		String	PASSCODE_POLICY
`deviceTypeId`	The code used to define the type of the device platform. The code 2 is used to define the Windows platform.	Yes	2	Integer	2
`content`	The list of parameters that define the policy. For more information, see profileFeaturesList - policy based.	Yes		N/A

Passcode Policy

Property	Description			Data Type	Example
`maxFailedAttempts`	The maximum number of times the end-user can enter his/her device passcode incorrectly. EMM will take different courses of action based on the OS when the failed attempts exceed the maximum failed attempts.	Yes	N/A	Integer	3
`minLength`	The minimum number of alphanumerical values that the end-user can enter as his/her passcode. However, if the "Allow Simple" option is set, this rule will be overridden and the user will be allowed to have a passcode of even one alphanumerical value.	Yes	N/A	Integer	4
`pinHistory`	The end-user will not be allowed to reuse a passcode that he/she previously entered until he/she exceeds the set pin history length (e.g., if the pin history length is 3 and your passcode currently is 21345, you can not enter 21345 as the passcode in the next three consecutive passcode rotation cycles ).	Yes	N/A	Integer	3
`minComplexChars`	The minimum number of special characters (e.g., @ # etc.) that the end-user will have to enter in his/her passcode. However, if the "Allow Simple" option is set, this rule will be overridden and the user will be allowed to have a passcode without a single complex character.	Yes	N/A	Integer	1
`maxPINAgeInDays`	The number of days after which the device owner has to change his/her passcode.	Yes	N/A	Integer	60
`requireAlphanumeric`	Whether or not it is mandatory for the end-user to have a mix of digits and characters in his/her passcode.	Yes	false	Boolean	true
`allowSimple`	If this field is set to "true", the device owner will be able to have a simple passcode (e.g., a, 123,abc, a1bc) and the following criteria in the passcode policy will not be applicable: Minimum length Minimum complex characters If you wish to apply a passcode policy that requires the user to comply to a passcode policy with a minimum number of complex characters, uncheck the "Allow Simple Values" option via the UI or set this field to "false" when working with the REST API.	Yes	false	Boolean	true
`enablePassword`	Specifies if the device lock is enabled.	Yes	false	Boolean	true

Camera Enable/Disable

Property	Description			Data Type	Example
`enabled`	Enable of disable the camera on the specified Windows devices.	Yes	true	Boolean	false

Encrypt Storage

Property	Description			Data Type	Example
`encrypted`	Enable or disable storage encryption on Windows devices.	Yes	true	Boolean	false