ARCHIVED: In the IU Active Directory, how should I deploy software?

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When using Active Directory group policies, you have three options for deploying software:

  • Assign software to computers
  • Assign software to users
  • Publish software to users

At Indiana University, UITS recommends that you assign software to computers, thereby preventing repeated installations and removals of software each time a particular user logs into or out of a computer. Also, because LSPs control computer accounts directly, it is easier to apply group policy to computers than to users.

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