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Setting up the Software Portal
Methods for adding software to the Software Portal
Methods for adding software to the Software Portal
You configure security for the Software Portal in the Symantec Management
Console on the Security Roles page.
For more information, see the topics about assigning privileges to a security role
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
Recommended privilege settings for the Software Portal
Table 13-2
Security role
Software Portal
Administrators
Software Portal
Managers
(Windows and Mac OS only)
Before a user can request software from the Software Portal, you must add the
software that the user can request. The process of adding software to the Software
Portal is known as publishing.
Publishing software to the Software Portal consists of the following actions:
Recommended
privileges
Administer Software
Requests
Manage and Approve
Software Requests
Description
This setting is on the Privileges tab,
under Software Portal Privileges.
This setting provides access to the
Administrator Portal page in the
Symantec Management Console.
The Software Portal administrator
approves special requests and can also
approve any requests if a manager is
not available. The administrator also
delivers the approved software that is
not in the Software Catalog or that is
not assigned to the user.
This setting is on the Privileges tab,
under Software Portal Privileges.
This setting provides access to the
Manage tab in the Software Portal,
from which the manager approves
software requests.
The manager can be any employee in
your organization who has the
authority to allow users to acquire
software. Typically, a department
manager fills this role.
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