Sophos Management ApplianceJoined Web ApplianceStandalone
Web
Appliance
administrative
web interface
page(s)
Yes; additional Select View option to see only information
for a specific appliance; for All appliances option,
numbers are totals or averages
Yes, but no report linksYesDashboard
Yesno post-installation tasks;
the only quick task is
Configure Central
Management
YesConfiguration
Landing Page
YesYes, but accounts are for
the local system only
YesAccounts >
Administrators
YesNoneYesAccounts >
Notification
Pages
YesPolicy Test onlyYesGroup Policy
Yes; the General Options page has no "Cache settings"Only General Options
page, which has only
"Cache settings"
YesGlobal Policy
YesStatus info & Update button
only
YesSystem >
Updates
Yes; added Report data backup optionNoneYesSystem >
Backup
YesNoneYesSystem >
Restore
YesSyslog onlyYesSystem >
Alerts &
Monitoring
YesYes; no LDAP access
options (LDAP data is
downloaded from the
Management Appliance)
YesSystem >
Active
Directory
YesYesYesSystem > Time
Zone
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