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Application Assignment Scripts Application assignment scripts (AAS) store information
regarding assigning programs and any settings that the system administrator makes. These
files are created when Group Policy is used to create software package assignments for users
and computers.
Each of these types of files provides functionality that allows the system administrator
to customize software deployment. Windows Installer packages have special properties that
you can view by right-clicking the file in Windows Explorer and choosing Properties (see
Figure 6.9).
fiGure 6.9
Viewing the properties of an MSI package file
Deploying Applications
The functionality provided by Windows Installer offers many advantages to end users who
install their own software. However, that is just the beginning in a networked environment.
As you'll see later in this chapter, the various features of Windows Installer and compatible
packages allow system administrators to determine centrally applications that users will be
able to install.
There are two main methods of making programs available to end users using Active
Directory: assigning and publishing. Both assigning and publishing applications greatly
ease the process of deploying and managing applications in a network environment.
 
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