In ePO terminology, an agent that reports to a different server is called what?

• A. Local agent
• B. Proxy agent
• C. Standalone agent
• D. Alien agent

Answer: (D)

Alien agents describe endpoints whose ePO agent reports to a different ePO server than the one they are managed by. In a multi-server setup, an endpoint can be enrolled with one server but configured to send its data to another server, marking it as an alien to that first server. This arrangement allows cross-server visibility and centralized management across distributed ePO deployments.

The other terms don’t capture that cross-server relationship: a local agent reports to its own server, a proxy agent still communicates to the same server (often via a proxy), and a standalone agent operates without a direct, ongoing server enrollment.