# About Profiles / Policies

## What

Profiles and Policies are conceptually the same. They are used to manipulate the configuration of a device using a standard framework.

## When/Why

You can create Apple Profiles, Windows Profiles, Google Policies, and FileWave Policies on the Create Configuration button in the Payloads section.

## How

Apple Profiles - To be added

[Windows MDM Policies (aka Profiles)](https://kb.filewave.com/books/microsoft-windows-mdm/page/windows-mdm-policies-aka-profiles "Windows MDM Policies (aka Profiles)")

Google Policies - To be added

FileWave Policies - To be added