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There are a large number of organizations making use of Group Policy for software deployment. It has many benefits, but also many weaknesses: it cannot handle legacy/command-line installations, its reporting capabilities are nil, it cannot be scheduled, it does not handle slow links well and it cannot perform installations once a user has already logged onto the workstation. Specops Deploy aims to expand Group Policy in order to provide these and other missing features- features you can attain without the need to abandon Group Policy for software deployment.

The option to expand upon Group Policy instead of replacing it is the real beauty of Specops Deploy- for most organizations (unless you are starting up a fresh new network or are overhauling your existing one) biting of on a replacement system for application deployment can be a hard sell. With so many relying on (or just trying to get by with) Group Policy for application deployment, Specops Deploy presents a solution that does not require changing the way you do business while resolving most all the issues that make managing software deployment with Group Policy so frustrating.

First we will cover the installation of Specops Deploy, followed by a review of the two key capabilities likely to attract you to Specops Deploy: its deployment options and reporting capabilities. Finally, we will discuss how Specops handles distribution with its BITS support.  As usual we'll close with some closing comments, so let's get started!

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