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## Understanding the Product Directory

A managed product is a representation of an antivirus, content security, or web protection product in the Product Directory. Managed products display as icons (for example, () or ()) in the Control Manager web console Product Directory section. These icons represent Trend Micro antivirus, content security, and web protection products. Control Manager supports dynamic icons, which change with the status of the managed product. See your managed product’s documentation for more information on the icons and associated statuses for your managed product.
Indirectly administer the managed products either individually or by groups through the Product Directory. The following table lists the menu items and buttons on the Product Directory screen.

#### Product Directory Options

Menu Item | Description
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Advanced Search | Click this menu item to specify search criteria to perform a search for one or more managed products.
Configure | After selecting a managed product/directory, move the cursor over this menu item and select a task, to log on to a web-based console using SSO or to configure a managed product.
Tasks | After selecting a managed product/directory, move the cursor over this menu item and select a task, to perform a specific function (such as deploying the latest components) to a specific managed product or child server or groups of managed products or child servers. Initiate a task from a directory and Control Manager sends requests to all managed products belonging to that directory.
Directory Management | Click this button to open the Directory Management screen. From the screen, move entities/directories (by dragging and dropping them) or create new directories.
Buttons
Search | Click this button, after typing a managed product's name, to perform a search for the specified managed product.
Status | Click this button, after selecting a managed product/directory, to obtain status summaries about the managed product or managed products found in the directory.
Folder | Click this button, after selecting a directory, to obtain status summaries about the managed products and the managed product endpoints found in the directory.

| ##### Note Managed products belonging to child Control Manager servers cannot have tasks issued to them by the parent Control Manager server.

Related information

- Product Directory Structure Recommendations
- Accessing the Product Directory
- Manually Deploying Components Using the Product Directory
- Viewing Status Summaries for Managed Products
- Configuring Managed Products
- Issuing Tasks to Managed Products
- Querying and Viewing Managed Product Logs
- About Recovering Managed Products Removed From the Product Directory
- Searching for Managed Products, Product Directory Folders, or Computers
- Searching for a Folder or Managed Product
- Refreshing the Product Directory
- Understanding the Directory Management Screen