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Type of user
Non-administrators
who can deliver
software
Options for installing the Software Portal agent
Recommended security privileges for Software Management Solution
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Recommended privileges
You might let non-administrators perform single, routine software deliveries so you can
free your software administrators to focus on more complex delivery tasks. For example,
help desk employees can deliver a software update without escalating the requirement to
the administrators.
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Managed Software Delivery
Typically, these employees do not need to create Managed Software Delivery policies,
but you might decide to let them run the policies to deliver software.
Quick Delivery Task
(Windows only)
The Software Portal agent provides access to the Software Portal Web application
from the client computer and installs shortcuts to the Software Portal interface.
If you plan to use the Software Portal, you must install the Software Portal agent
on the Windows client computers.
You can skip this step for Mac client computers. The Software Management
Solution plug-in for UNIX, Linux, and Mac supports the Software Portal on the
Mac operating system.
Your options for installing the Software Portal agent are as follows:
Implementing Software Management Solution
Options for installing the Software Portal agent
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