Policies allow you to remotely automate common management tasks on managed computers. Using a policy, you can run scripts, manage accounts, and distribute software. When you create a policy, you specify the tasks you want to automate, how often it should run (“execution frequency”), when the policy should run (“trigger”), and the users and computers for which it should run (“scope”). You can also make policies available in Self Service for users to run on their computers as needed.

Jamf Pro includes a preconfigured policy called "Update Inventory". By default, the Maintenance payload in the policy instructs all computers to submit inventory information to Jamf Pro once a week. You can change the frequency to meet your needs, or you can delete the policy. Jamf recommends keeping this policy active to ensure Jamf Pro's inventory information stays up to date.

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Removing a target from the scope of a policy does not remove the settings applied by the policy if it has already run on the computer.