Anchor Features
Anchor Authorized File Extensions
This article will discuss adding and removing Anchor authorized file extensions. Anchor will only encrypt and open files whose file extensions have been added in the Admin Dashboard as an authorized file extension. For a quick video tutorial click ...
Enable/Disable user in Admin Dashboard
Step 1: Log into the Admin Dashboard and select "Users". Step 2: Select the "Action" symbol on the right side of the user information. You will be asked if you are sure you would like to disable/enable the user. Select "Yes" or "No" accordingly.
Enabling right-click permissions in Admin Dashboard
This article will demonstrate how to enable right-click permissions in the Admin dashboard Step 1: Log into the Anchor Admin Dashboard. Select "User Roles". Step 2: Select the "action" symbol on the right denoted by 3 vertical dots and "Edit". Step ...
Adding a User to a User-role in Admin Dashboard
This article will walk you through adding a user to a user-role in the admin dashboard Step 1: log into the Anchor Admin Dashboard. Click on "User Roles". Step 2: Select the user role by clicking on the "+" symbol shown on the left in blue. Step ...
Anchor Certified Applications
This article contains a list of Anchor certified applications. These applications have been reviewed by Anchor to ensure no plain text leakage in most scenarios and your data remains in the control of your organization. Microsoft Word Microsoft ...
How to Enable/Disable screenshot Blocker ?
When screenshot tool blocking is enabled, Anchor will not allow taking screenshots using default windows screenshot tools. Note: It is possible to take a screenshot using other 3rd party tools when screenshot tool blocking is enabled. ...
How to enabled/disable Outlook add-in in registry?
Anchor Outlook add-in is not working correctly and causing an issue with Outlook. Solution: Admin can enable or disable Outlook add-in directly from the registry of windows machine by following the below steps. 1) Open registry edit on the windows ...
How to confirm if Anchor is installed on windows?
Admin can now check add/remove programs to confirm if Anchor is installed or not on Windows machine. Note: This is only available for Anchor version 3.0.0 and above. Anchor agent cannot be uninstalled from Add/Remove Programs list. Users ...
What to do if Anchor installer command prompt is stuck?
In rare scenarios Anchor installer command prompt can be stuck during installation. If this happens then installation will be stalled. Solution: Click on the command prompt and type something in the command prompt. It will unfreeze the command prompt ...
How to uninstall Anchor agent if uninstall app is not present in Windows start menu?
Reasons for the error: 1. In rare scenarios Anchor uninstall app might not be added properly to the Windows start menu during Anchor installation. Solution: In this scenario, the user can uninstall Anchor using the command prompt. 1) Open command ...
What to do if Anchor uninstaller command prompt is stuck?
In rare scenarios, the Anchor uninstaller command prompt can be stuck during uninstallation. If this happens then uninstallation will be stalled. Solution: Click on the command prompt and type something in the command prompt. It will unfreeze the ...
How to troubleshoot Failed to start Anchor Installation error?
Reasons for the error: 1. In rare scenarios Anchor agent uninstall might not remove all the services from the system. The user will see the below error if he tries to install a new version when the agent is in this state. 2. In rare scenarios Anchor ...
How to auto-update Anchor?
Anchor users can now update the Anchor agent to a new version with just a few clicks. Once auto-update is enabled on the Admin dashboard, there are two ways to update the agent: 1) The Anchor agent will automatically detect that a new version is ...
How to enable Anchor agent auto-update on admin dashboard?
Anchor Administrators can now enable a minor Anchor version for auto-update with a single click. Follow the below steps to enable auto-update. To enable a release for auto-update, login to Anchor Admin Dashboard and navigate to the Installers tab. ...
Link sharing from Microsoft Outlook
Link sharing from Microsoft Outlook This feature allows users to share anchored files outside of the organization from Outlook. Anchor add-in will also give an option to anchor the unAnchored files before sharing if users are sharing unAnchored ...
How to Enable/Disable Copy and Paste Blocker ?
How to Enable/Disable Copy and Paste Blocker? When copy/paste blocking is enabled, the user can only copy and paste in the same file. When an Anchored file(s) are open, Anchor will not allow content to be moved from one file to another. ...
Configure Network shared folder as Protected folder on Admin Dashboard.
Configure Network folder as Protected folder on Admin Dashboard. Protected folders are locations within the organization where protected content can be consumed. A file will not be consumable when outside of a designated protected folder. Examples ...
Configure Onedrive/SharePoint folder and Common folder as Protected folder on Admin Dashboard.
What are protected folders? Protected folders are locations within the organization where protected content can be consumed. A file will not be consumable when outside of a designated protected folder. Examples include endpoint common user folders, ...
One drive Integration with Anchor
One drive admin will need to follow the below steps to Enable One drive integration with Anchor. 1) Go to https://admin.onedrive.com/?v=SyncSettings. 2) Enable Block syncing of specific file types. 3) Add ...
Admin Approved Applications
What are admin approved applications? Organizations may also maintain a list of admin approved applications. These are applications not certified by Anchor that organizations trust to consume controlled content. Note, the organization takes ...
Anchor Certified Application
What are Anchor Certified Applications? Anchor maintains a list of certified applications, which are applications that have been reviewed by Anchor to ensure plain text does not leak from their normal operations. Anchor allows the organization to ...
Blocking Data Loss Features for Applications
This article explains how Anchor blocks data loss for applications. You will learn: Blocking for sharing. Blocking for exporting. Blocking for transforming. Blocking for printing. How to Enable/Disable Data Loss Features? When configured, Anchor ...
User Permissions in Anchor
This article gives an overview of the permissions that Anchor users have access to. You will learn: What user permissions are. Which permissions users have access to and what they do. User permissions: Actions available for users when following ...
Authorized Applications
This article will give an overview of authorized applications. You will learn: What authorized applications are? What certified applications are? Which applications are Anchor certified? How authorized applications work in action? What admin approved ...