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hmBody:"<p class=\"p_Normal\">ESET PROTECT On-Prem can be configured and managed via the ESET PROTECT Web Console. After you have successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/help.eset.com\/getHelp?product=protect_install&amp;version=12.1&amp;lang=en-US&amp;topic=installation\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return HMTrackTopiclink(this);\" class=\"weblink\">installed ESET PROTECT On-Prem<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/help.eset.com\/getHelp?product=protect_deploy_va&amp;version=12.1&amp;lang=en-US&amp;topic=management_console\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return HMTrackTopiclink(this);\" class=\"weblink\">deployed ESET PROTECT VA<\/a>, you can connect to your ESET PROTECT Server using ESET PROTECT Web Console.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">After you have successfully installed ESET PROTECT On-Prem, you can begin setting up your configuration.<\/p>\n\r<h2 class=\"p_Heading2\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_Heading2\">First steps after ESET PROTECT Server deployment<\/span><\/h2>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">1.<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Open <a href=\"fs_opening_web_console.html\" class=\"topiclink\">ESET PROTECT Web Console<\/a> in your web browser and log in.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">2.<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"><a href=\"admin_license_management.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Add your license(s)<\/a> to ESET PROTECT On-Prem.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">3.<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"><a href=\"fs_deployment.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Add client computers<\/a> and servers on your network to the ESET PROTECT On-Prem structure.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">4.<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"><a href=\"admin_pol_assign_policy_to_group.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Assign<\/a> the built-in policy <\/span><span class=\"f_UI\">Application reporting—Report all installed applications<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"> to all computers.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">5.<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"><a href=\"fs_new_dynamic_group_template.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Create a Dynamic Group<\/a> for computers with ESET home products.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">6.<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Remove third-party antivirus applications using the <a href=\"client_tasks_software_uninstall.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Software Uninstall<\/a> task.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 20px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">7.<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Install the ESET security products using the <a href=\"client_tasks_software_install.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Software Install<\/a> task (unless you have installed the Agent using the <a href=\"fs_local_deployment_aio_create.html\" class=\"topiclink\">All-in-one installer<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 39px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:20px;margin-left:-20px\">8.<\/span><a href=\"admin_pol_assign_policy_to_client.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Assign<\/a> a policy with recommended settings to each machine with installed ESET security products. For example, for Windows machines with ESET Endpoint, assign the Built-in policy <span class=\"f_UI\">Antivirus—Maximum security—Recommended<\/span>. See also <a href=\"manage_endpoint.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Manage Endpoint products from ESET PROTECT On-Prem<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\"><img alt=\"First steps after ESET PROTECT Server deployment\" title=\"First steps after ESET PROTECT Server deployment\" width=\"546\" height=\"355\" style=\"margin:0;width:546px;height:355px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/process.png\"\/><\/p>\n\r<h2 class=\"p_Heading2\" style=\"page-break-after: avoid;\"><span class=\"f_Heading2\">Additional recommended steps<\/span><\/h2>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"><a href=\"about_web_console.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Get to know the ESET PROTECT Web Console<\/a>, because it is the interface you will use to manage the ESET security products.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span>During installation, you created the default administrator account. We recommend that you save the Administrator account credentials in a safe place and <a href=\"admin_ar_create_native_user.html\" class=\"topiclink\">create a new account<\/a> to manage clients and configure their <a href=\"admin_ar_permissions_sets.html\" class=\"topiclink\">permissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r<div style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0 0 10px 0;\"><table class=\"Table_important\" >\n\r<tr class=\"Table_important\">\n\r<td class=\"Table_important\" style=\"width:4px; background-color:#E9A514;\"><br \/>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_important\" style=\"width:20px;\"><p class=\"p_Normal\"><img alt=\"Important\" title=\"Important\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" style=\"margin:2px 0 0 0;width:20px;height:20px;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/important.svg\"\/><\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<td class=\"Table_important\"><p class=\"p_Normal\">We do not recommend that you use the default ESET PROTECT On-Prem <span class=\"f_UI\">Administrator<\/span> account as a normal user account. It serves as a backup if something happens to normal user accounts or if you get locked out. You can log in with the Administrator account to fix such issues.<\/p>\n\r<\/td>\n\r<\/tr>\n\r<\/table>\n\r<\/div>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\">Use <a href=\"admin_ntf_notifications.html\" class=\"topiclink\">notifications<\/a> and <a href=\"reports.html\" class=\"topiclink\">reports<\/a> to monitor the status of client computers in your environment. For example, if you want to be notified that a certain event occurred or want to view or download a report.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_NormalList\" style=\"text-indent: 0; page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 19px;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span><span class=\"f_NormalList\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.eset.com\/getHelp?product=protect_install&amp;version=12.1&amp;lang=en-US&amp;topic=db_backup\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return HMTrackTopiclink(this);\" class=\"weblink\">Back up your database<\/a> regularly to prevent loss of data.<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 32px; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_NormalList\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px\">&#8226;<\/span>We recommend that you <a href=\"export_a_public_key.html\" class=\"topiclink\">export the Server Certification Authority<\/a> and <a href=\"export_certificate.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Peer Certificates<\/a>. If you need to reinstall the ESET PROTECT Server, you can use the CA and Peer Certificates from the original ESET PROTECT Server and you do not need to reinstall ESET Management Agents on the client computers.<\/p>"
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