That person might have been thinking of SUS (Software Update Services, for managing updates) or SMS (Systems Management Server, for managing applications). You can also deploy applications through Group Policy using AD, as you've already said.
RIS is a technology that is used to install software on new machines. It basically pushes a host of software at you as if you'd imaged a whole system. We use it through the network boot up (PXE) without ever using a disk. - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:06 PM Subject: Re: Active Directory question > ha! > > http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Group-Policy-Deploy-Applications.html > > the person I was talking to over here said something similar though, > Softtware Installation service, that also seems to exist but as a search > term it leaves soemthing to be desired... > > > On 8/2/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> something through group policies -- trying google on >> group policy and OU now >> >> >> On 8/2/06, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > isn't it Remote Installation Services or something? >> > >> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325862 >> > >> > -- >> > will >> > >> > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; >> > and that would just be unacceptable." >> > - Carrie Fisher >> > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212365 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
