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Difference between Assigning and Publishing in AD
TeKniques
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Is there an easy explanation of the difference between these two? Seems you can do this with computers or users, but can use both for each. I'm just not clear on the difference of either one. Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks in Advance.
Thanks in Advance.
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OptionsWebmaster Admin Posts: 10,292 AdminThe difference between assign and publish is in the way the software becomes available to the user (i.e. on demand, or installed from Start menu, or installed from add/remove programs). If you assign to a computer it will be installed regardless of the logged on user, if you assign to a user it will be available regardless of the computer the user is working on. Publishing to users just makes it available through add/remove programs without making changes on the computer until it is actually installed.
Group Policy Software Installation overview
Publish an application
Assign an application
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OptionsTrailerisf Member Posts: 455You can only publish an application to a user... not to a computer.On the road to Cisco. Will I hunt it, or will it hunt me?
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OptionsTeKniques Member Posts: 1,262 ■■■■□□□□□□Thanks guys for the awesome help. This makes it a whole lot easier to understand.