Hi together,

I am trying to deploy .msi packages via our active directory server to some
special computers
or users. I have read some documentation - but there are still some
questions:

I only want to distribute the software via the active directory and NOT via
a shared folder
on the network. This means, I don't want a user to access the sofware share
via his
network neighborhood. But as i understood - to distribute software via the
active directory
I have to create a distribution point (network shared folder with read
access).
So the user can also access the software through the network neighborhood.

Is there a solution to deploy software without granting access to the shared
folder - so that
the user isn't able to install the software directly through the shared
folder

Kind regards
Markus

Make the share hidden and it won't show up in Network
neighborhood. share name app$.

Or, if this is a computer based poliyc, only allow
computer accounts access to the share and not users.