Deploy Software - Active Directory

[M. Roming]

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

 

[Guest]

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.