SkieWhat is the policy library and are there templates?
The policy library is the shared collection of policies you can attach to groups, copy or edit. It holds starting-point templates and the policies your own organisation has built. Instead of setting every switch for each class or branch from scratch, you pick a template, adjust it and attach it. Changes are previewed before they reach any device.
Every organisation works from the same library view. Templates give you a sensible starting position, for example a strict classroom policy or a looser staff policy, with the hardening switches already set the way Skie recommends. You do not have to know every switch to begin.
When you need a variation, you fork a policy rather than editing the original. That keeps the original intact for the groups still using it, and the copy becomes yours to change. Ownership decides who may edit: the owner of a policy can change it, and everyone else who can see it can attach it or fork it.
The library also shows where each policy is used, so before you change or retire one you can see which groups depend on it. That is the where-used view, and it pairs with the impact preview, which tells you how many devices a change would touch before you confirm it.
A practical habit is to name policies by purpose and intake, such as 'Senior school classroom 2026' or 'Hostel night rules', and to fork a fresh copy for each new batch instead of editing last year's. Old batches then keep the rules they started with. Nightly backups also include your policies, so a deleted or overwritten one can be restored.