6.8. The Bottom Line

Plan for software distribution Microsoft greatly expanded Configuration Manager's granularity of configuration for software distribution. It now gives an administrator a lot more options for planning and deploying software that meets their business needs.

Master It A branch distribution point (BDP) is designed for small branch offices that have a minimal amount of resources and/or bandwidth at their location. They function a lot like standard distribution points but provide greater control over the scheduling and throttling of network traffic by using BITS. BDPs use BITS like a standard distribution point, but do they require IIS to work?

Create and manage packages Packages are what Configuration Manager uses to send software ...

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