Policies and Settings22% of the exam
App approval, app managers and org app policies
How to recommend Slack app governance: turning on app approval, what restricting and scope changes do to installed apps, Slack's safest app management settings, app managers, org-level app policies in an Enterprise org, and the security questions for internally built apps.
Provide guidance on app approval and the recommended settings.
~7 min read · 7 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Turn on app approval for a workspace and explain what pre-approving and restricting do, including to apps already installed.
- Explain what happens when an approved app's developer adds scopes.
- Recommend Slack's safest app management settings, including app managers and where requests go.
- Distinguish an org app management policy from workspace app approval in an Enterprise org, and know that installation policies apply only going forward.
- Draft the security review questions for third-party and internally built apps.
Key terms:
- App approval: the Require approved apps setting; members can install only pre-approved apps and request others.
- Scopes: the permissions that govern what an app can do and access once installed.
- App managers: members a Workspace Owner appoints to review app requests alongside Workspace Owners.
- App management policy: an Enterprise org policy that turns on app approval in every workspace.
- Slack Marketplace: Slack's app catalog (Trailhead still calls it the Slack App Directory).
Key facts
Default
- Detail
- Members can install apps without approval
Turn on approval
- Detail
- Require approved apps, Only allow pre-approved apps (Workspace Owners, all plans)
Restricting an installed app
- Detail
- Members keep using it until it's uninstalled
Restricted new scopes
- Detail
- Existing version keeps working; update blocked until approved
Default reviewers
- Detail
- Workspace Owners; app managers can be added
Sign in with Slack
- Detail
- Off by default
Org app management policy
- Detail
- Turns on app approval for every workspace (Enterprise plans)
Request review under an org policy
- Detail
- Workspace Owners and app managers for their workspaces
Marketplace-only policy
- Detail
- Applies only to installs and updates after it's turned on
Slack Marketplace review
- Detail
- Reviewed, not endorsed or certified
- Why do members still use an app you just restricted?
- When can members use an approved app's updated version that requests new scopes?
- Who reviews app requests in a workspace after an Org Owner sets an app management policy?
- Why doesn't a Marketplace-only org policy stop an internal app installed earlier?
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