Check Point Capsule Docs Client flavors comparison

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Solution ID	sk104110
Technical Level
Product	Capsule Docs
Version	E80.62 (EOL)
OS	Windows
Platform / Model	Intel/PC
Date Created	07-Jan-2015
Last Modified	20-Mar-2016

Solution

Check Point Capsule Docs support different client flavors, providing customers with options that best suit their business needs.

The Capsule Docs client has three different flavors:

Capsule Docs managed plugin (a blade within the Endpoint Security client)
Capsule Docs standalone plugin
Capsule Docs Viewer

	Capsule Docs managed plugin	Capsule Docs standalone plugin	Capsule Docs Viewer
Setup
Installation Prerequisites	None.	None.	Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and above (Windows 7 and above fulfills the requirement by default).
Installation	Client software deployment. Installation using exported package.	Installation using online/offline installers. Latest online installer is available at http://securedoc.cc	Installation using offline installer is available at http://securedoc.cc
Installation	Machine level installation. Admin permissions are required.	Machine level installation. Admin permissions are required.	User level installation. Admin permissions are not required.
Upgrade	Administrator controls when upgrade takes place.	Latest version is suggested to the end-user (Windows Registry key can be pushed to avoid asking the user).	Upgrade should be initiated by the end-user.
Management
Additional Management Features	Software deployment. Reports (connectivity, deployment). Push operations. Alerts.
Drawbacks	Problematic when using Non-AD users with FDE (will lead to a duplicate users situation).
Permission Enforcement and Capabilities
Permission Enforcement and Capabilities	Provides full editing capabilities according to the assigned permissions.	Provides full editing capabilities according to the assigned permissions.	Provide read-only capabilities only (regardless of assigned permissions).
Communication and Updates
Communication	Communicates directly with the internal servers (according to the server list configuration). Reverse Proxy is not involved. Access to internal servers is always required (VPN in case of remote work)	Communicates through configured DNS (should be available to external networks in case user does not have access to internal network)	Communicates through configured DNS (should be available to external networks in case user does not have access to internal network)
Client Updates	Client is updated immediately when policy is changed.	Periodic update based on administrator configuration. Default is every 24 hours.	Periodic update based on administrator configuration. Default is every 24 hours.
Authentication
AD Users	SSO Support.
AD Users	AD users are automatically provisioned to the system. AD credentials are used to login in case SSO is disabled.
Non-AD Users	Accounts are based on e-mail address. Users must be invited (either by administrator, or by any registered user if allowed by policy), or part of an automatically accepted domain. Users must activate their accounts.
Policy Assignments and Configuration
AD Users policy assignments	Policy Assignments using either AD entities (OUs/groups/users) or Virtual groups.
Non-AD Users policy assignments	Policy Assignments using: Virtual groups. External users container. Specific user entity.
Default Protection Configuration	Default Protection for new documents is available.	Default Protection for new documents is not available.	Default Protection for new documents is not available.
Log Upload Configuration	Log Upload interval is configurable from common clients settings.	Log Upload interval is 20 minutes.	Log Upload interval is 20 minutes.

This solution has been verified for the specific scenario, described by the combination of Product, Version and Symptoms. It may not work in other scenarios.

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