SURF Admin Guide
Full administrator reference for the SURF admin console, from the dashboard through policies, users and settings.
In this section
Logging into Admin Console
Sign in to the SURF admin console and reach the dashboard for the first time.
Navigating the Dashboard
Find your way around the admin console menu and what each section does.
Dashboard UI Guide
The dashboard views: security and performance reporting across your organisation.
Alerts UI Guide
Review, filter and resolve the alerts raised by your policies.
Messages UI Guide
Individual users have the ability to message the administrator with queries, questions or updates using their own ‘My Surf’ portal.
Audit UI Guide
Within the Audit dashboard, all activity from the administrator and users are logged and inspected.
Policies UI Guide
Control how every SURF browser functions, responds and protects.
Users and Groups UI Guide
Within the Users and Group Management dashboard, the administrator can manage, add and analyse users, groups and admins within their SURF system.
Remote Desktop Gateway
The Remote Desktop Gateway provides privileged remote access to internal RDP/SSH systems through the managed browser, via Apache Guacamole and HashiCorp Boundary.
Settings
Whilst the SURF browser is intuitive to use, there are additional settings the administrator can set to manage its company's browser.
Release Notes (June 2026)
Release: June 2026 · Scope: Admin dashboard backend · Prepared from a code/PR scan of the release window (merged through PR #2974, 2026-06-05).
