Restricted software allows you to prevent users or groups of users from accessing certain applications. For instance, you might want to prevent all users from accessing a peer-to-peer file sharing application, restrict everyone except the IT staff from accessing common administrative utilities, or restrict users from installing a software beta version.

For each application that you want to restrict, you must create a restricted software record. This allows you to specify the users to which the restriction applies and control what happens when the application is opened by those users. For instance, you can kill the restricted process, delete the application, and even display a message to the user.

If there is an SMTP server set up in Jamf Pro, you can enable email notifications for the restricted software record. This allows email notifications to be sent to Jamf Pro users each time a violation occurs. For information on setting up an SMTP server and enabling email notifications for Jamf Pro user accounts, see SMTP Server Integration and Email Notifications.