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Vitrium Security Admin Manual
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In this Admin Manual, you will learn about every function and feature of Vitrium Security. You can click here to access the full guide now or click below to find the information you're looking for.
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About Vitrium Security

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Vitrium Security is a content protection and digital rights management (DRM) software that empowers businesses to protect their valuable intellectual property or confidential information.

Supported Formats

Find out more about the 25 different file types that Vitrium supports, as well as the supported browsers and PDF viewing apps.

Staff Users vs. End Users

Understand the difference between Staff Users, the admins of Vitrium, and End Users, the recipients of your protected content.

Logging In and Out of Vitrium

Learn how to log in and out of Vitrium, where you will manage your content, users, groups, permissions, and settings.

Managing Content

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Learn more about all the functions and features of the CONTENT tab in Vitrium, the primary place where you will upload and manage your files, folders, and permissions.
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Protecting Content

Learn more about the 3 ways to upload content into Vitrium.

Setting Content Permissions

Learn more about the 2 ways you can assign permissions to your content in Vitrium.

Types of Protected Content

Learn about the different types of encrypted content that Vitrium uses.

Secure Web Viewer

Learn more about Vitrium's secure web viewer for documents & images.

Secure Web Player

Learn more about Vitrium's secure web player for videos & audio.

Downloadable Protected PDF

Learn more about Vitrium's protected PDF option for documents.

Global Object Security Policy

Learn why it's important to disable this feature in Adobe Reader or PDF-XChange.

Replacing Content

Learn how to replace your content in Vitrium or add a new version.

Embedding Content

Learn how to embed your content in another system or website with the iFrame code.

Deactivating or Deleting Content

Learn how to deactivate content in Vitrium or delete it entirely from the system.

Reviewing Content Activity

Learn how to track user activity on a specific file and understand who's accessing content.

Searching for Content

Learn the various ways you can search for content within the Vitrium content tab.

Using the Content Decoder

Learn how to decode screen captured content and identify the culprit.

Adding and Editing Folders

Learn how to add folders and subfolders in Vitrium to organize your content.

Customizing Folders in Portal

Learn how to make your User Portal stand out with more style by customizing.

Moving Content to Folders

Learn how easy it is to move content from one folder to another.

Other Folder Functions

Learn how to search in folders, export URLs, download protected PDFs, and more.

Managing Users

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Learn more about all the functions and features of the USERS tab in Vitrium, including how to add users or import them via CSV, how to clear their use, view their activity, deactivate them, and more.
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Adding Users

Learn how to add users manually in Vitrium and what all the field labels mean.

Importing Users via CSV

Learn how to use the CSV import to do a bulk import of users in Vitrium.

Adding a User to a Group

Learn how to add a user to a group and how to look up existing users within a group.

Content Assigned to a User

Learn how to view content that has been assigned to a specific user.

Clearing Use

Learn how to clear a person's usage to reset their DRM limits (if fraud is not suspected).

Searching Users

Learn how to search for users in Vitrium through different parameters.

Exporting Users

Learn how to export all users or a group of users from Vitrium into a CSV file.

Force Password Reset

Learn how to force your users to reset their password if you've set temporary passwords.

Revoking User Access

Learn how to deactivate and revoke user access to all your protected content.

Deleting a User

Learn how to delete a user from Vitrium but understand it cannot be reversed.

Viewing User Activity

Learn more what content a specific user has been accessing and when.

Managing Groups

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The GROUPS tab is where you will add and manage groups in Vitrium, adding users to a group, viewing content associated to a group, and more.
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Adding a Group

Learn how to add a group in Vitrium and what all the field labels mean.

Adding Users to a Group

Learn how to add users to a group. See above for how to do this via the CSV import.

Content Assigned to a Group

Learn how to view content assigned to a specific group in Vitrium.

Deactivating or Deleting a Group

Learn how to deactivate a group, which keeps them in Vitrium, or delete them.

Viewing Group Activity

Drill in on a specific group to see the related activity from users within that group.

Viewing Reports

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Learn more about all the DASHBOARD and REPORTS in Vitrium. Identify what your top performing content are, see who your most active users are, and review a detailed activity log. Change the date range to see different data points, or export any report for further analysis.
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Dashboard Overview

Learn how to read the different dashboard graphs and how to drill into each one.

User Activity Log

Learn about Vitrium's most important report that tracks information about user activity.

Export User Activity Log

Learn how to export your reports from Vitrium.

Successful Unlocks by Content

Learn which content is being opened the most from users and drill in to learn more.

Failed Unlocks by User

Learn which users are having the most 'difficulty' in accessing your content.

User Applications

Learn which browsers or apps are the most popular among your users to access content.

User Locations by Country

Learn which countries your users are accessing your content from.

Read-Through-Rate by Content

Specific to documents only, learn which ones have the most read-through-rate by all users.

Read-Through-Rate by User

Specific to documents only, learn which users have the most read-through-rate.

Views by Content

Learn which content is the most popular by the total number of users who have viewed it.

Views by User

Learn who your most active users are by the total number of unique views they've had.

Time Spent by Content

Learn which content has had the most time spent on it from all your users.

Time Spent by User

Learn which users have spent the most time with your content.

View Rate by Content

Specific to video or audio, learn which content has had the most view rates.

View Rate by User

Specific to video or audio, learn which users have had the most view rates.

Managing Settings

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Learn more about how to add, view or change different SETTINGS in your Vitrium account, including Account Settings, DRM Policy Settings, Content Settings, Watermarks, Portal Settings, and more.
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Account Settings

Learn more about your Vitrium account and how to change certain settings.

Storage Space Overview

Understand how Vitrium stores your content and what amount of space it takes up.

Security Settings

Learn how to implement your own password policies for end users and staff users.

Content Settings

Learn more about the settings that apply to content that's uploaded in Vitrium.

Watermark Settings

Learn how to create or change watermarks that are added to your content settings.

Custom Placement Watermarks

Learn how to set your watermark in a very specific place of your content.

DRM Policy Settings

Learn more about Vitrium's most important setting of all: the DRM policy settings.

How Device Limit Works

Learn how Vitrium's device limit feature works and the subtle nuances of it!

Annotation Sharing DRM Policy

Learn how Vitrium's annotation sharing feature works.

Web Viewer Controls

Learn how to customize your Vitrium web viewer to enhance your user experience.

Special DRM Policies

Learn about Vitrium's special DRM policy fields.

Vitrium’s DRM Policy Rule

Understand this important rule, especially if assigning policies at different levels.

Web Viewer Settings

Learn how to customize the web viewer and portal login page to match your brand.

Sample Login Page

View a sample login page to see how the different customization features get applied.

Portal Settings

Learn how to view or change any user portal settings in your account.

Sample Custom Portal

View a sample portal to see how the different customization features get applied.

Staff Users

Learn more about staff users in Vitrium, how to add them and assign different roles.

My Profile

Learn how to view or change your profile info including your name or password.

SSO Settings

Learn the steps for enabling SSO in Vitrium.

Integration Settings

Learn how to enable your external service in Vitrium.

SMTP Settings

SMTP is a mail app used to relay outgoing email between senders and receivers.