What is the role of Tanium Relays in the architecture?

• A. Tanium Relays propagate messages between the server and endpoints, enabling scalable dissemination.
• B. Tanium Relays store inventory data.
• C. Tanium Relays provide UI.
• D. Tanium Relays patch endpoints.

Answer: (A)

Relays act as intermediaries in the Tanium architecture, forwarding the server’s questions to endpoints and returning the responses back to the server. This setup enables scalable dissemination across large networks: instead of every endpoint talking directly to the central server, relays distribute the workload, cut down on cross-network traffic, and help reach endpoints in different subnets or segments. They don’t store inventory data themselves, aren’t a UI source, and don’t perform patching—those roles belong to the server’s data store, the Tanium Console, and the patching modules, respectively.