Agent Deployment Methods

Agent Deployment Methods

Threat Mitigator provides several ways of deploying Threat Management Agent.

Agent deployment methods

Deployment Method

Description

Using the Packager tool

The Packager tool creates an agent package in Microsoft Installer (MSI) format. After creating the package, you can deploy it to endpoints through the Trend Micro Endpoint Security Plafform, Active Directory, Microsoft SMS, or other software deployment applications.

For details, see Agent Deployment Using the Packager Tool.

Browser-based installation

Provide users with a link that launches the agent installation program from an Internet Explorer browser window.

For details, see Agent Deployment Using Browser-based Installation.

Using TMAgent Manager

TMAgent Manager is a plug-in program available in the Trend Micro OfficeScan server. Use TMAgent Manager to deploy the agent to endpoints managed by the OfficeScan server.

For details, see Agent Deployment Using TMAgent Manager.

After installing agents, configure agent settings from the Threat Mitigator console by navigating to Mitigation Settings > Agent Settings. Settings apply to all the agents managed by Threat Mitigator. For details about agent settings, see Agent Settings.

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