9-1: Providing Software Distribution Points
Solution overview
Type of solution | Guidance |
Features and tools | NTFS folders and permissions, SMB share permissions, DFS Namespaces |
Solution summary | Create a highly organized physical and DFS namespace for network software distribution points. |
Benefits | Improved security and application manageability |
Introduction
Most software management infrastructures include software distribution points. Software distribution points are shared folders on network servers that contain the files required to install applications. Software makers use various terms when referring to software distribution points: deployment points, distribution shares, administrative installations, and network installation points are just a few. In ...
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