Tanium Basics - Grouping With Intent - Tanium Tech Talks #160
Computer groups are Tanium's unsung heroes. They answer the "who" behind every deployment, patch, and policy. In this Tanium Basics episode, we break down how to build, use, and think about Computer Groups.
What you'll learn:
- What computer groups are and why they're the backbone of targeting in the Tanium platform
- How group expressions use the same sensor logic as your Tanium questions
- Dynamic vs. manual groups—and why you should always choose dynamic in production
- How to build a custom dynamic group using the filter builder
- How computer groups power the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform
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RESOURCES
Docs: https://help.tanium.com/bundle/ug_console_cloud/page/platform_user/console_rbac_overview.html#best_practices_CGs
Tanium Titans Community: https://community.tanium.com/
Tuning Tanium free webinar series: https://community.tanium.com/s/tuning-tanium
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:16 Welcome to Tanium Basics
1:41 What are computer groups?
2:29 DEMO: Default out-of-box computer groups
2:52 Group expressions explained
4:15 Using Computer Groups
6:00 DEMO: Creating a custom dynamic group
7:07 How dynamic groups auto-update
8:14 Manual groups—and why to avoid them
9:48 DEMO: Using computer groups in Tanium Deploy
11:37 Computer groups across the Tanium platform
12:30 Key takeaway: Explore your org's groups