Planning for Software Distribution Using Group Policies

Using group policies to manage software can greatly decrease the amount of effort required to distribute and maintain software on client computers. However, taking advantage of this tool can be complicated, especially in a large company with many different software configurations for user desktops. Deploying group policies to manage software most effectively requires careful planning. This section outlines some of the things you should consider when doing this planning.

One of the factors that you must consider when deploying applications is whether to advertise the application to users or computers. In general, if most computers are shared computers, and every user requires a particular software ...

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