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Install Cloud Filter Extension on Windows for testing

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This article applies to our Cloud products, including the Admin Panel, Cloud Filter, Cloud Reporting, and Monitor. It does not apply to the On-Premise Appliance.

Smoothwall Cloud Filter can be installed on unmanaged devices to help evaluate whether Cloud Filter will suit your organisation’s needs. It cannot be used as a full filtering solution, because users can access a separate browser to circumvent the filtering policies.

Step 1: Download the Unified Desktop Client software

  1. Go to software.smoothwall.com.
  2. In the Unified Client section, select Windows x64.
  3. This downloads the Windows 64-bit zip file (smoothwall-unified-client-x-windows.zip) to your computer.

Step 2: Run the commands in PowerShell

  1. Open PowerShell and open an elevated PowerShell prompt as a PowerShell Administrator.
  2. Navigate to the extracted directory.
  3. Enter the command: get-executionpolicy and note down what the answer is.
  4. Enter the command: set-executionpolicy remotesigned
  5. Run the 'prepare-manual-install.ps1' script and add your:
    • Unified Client Serial Number (without spaces): .\prepare-manual-install.ps1 -SERIAL UNCL_SERIAL
      Example: .\prepare-manual-install.ps1 -SERIAL UNCL123ABCDEFGHI
    • Tenant ID if you are part of a multi-tenant environment: .\prepare-manual-install.ps1 -SERIAL UNCL_SERIAL -TENANT TENANT_ID
      Example: .\prepare-manual-install.ps1 -SERIAL UNCL123ABCDEFGHI -TENANT 5d1b9f64-8021-4623-affa-99a8370c7b42
  6. Restore the previous security level by entering the command set-executionpolicy, followed by the answer from step 3.
    Example: set-executionpolicy Unrestricted
  7. Run the sw-uc-desktop-client installer from the same directory.
  8. Reboot your Windows computer.

Next steps

Check your deployment is working as expected using the Diagnostics page.

You can also prevent users from using their own extensions. If you are already familiar with Intune, you can use Microsoft’s Use group policies to manage Microsoft Edge extensions article.