Publishing Collections

Once you have created Scripts and integrated them in Collections, the next step is to make them available to your users. You can do this with the NetMan Client or with the Web Interface. The NetMan Client requires a Windows platform. It is installed locally on client workstations establishes a persistent connection to the NetMan Desktop Manager server. The NetMan Client helps integrate your applications intuitively in the users' desktop sessions. The Web Interface is platform-independent; it is displayed in the web browser. Users start applications using shortcuts in the Web Interface. The prerequisites and procedures for application publishing vary depending on your choice of interface.

NetMan Client

Requirements:

•Microsoft Windows (Windows XP/SP3 or later) installed on the client.

•Client stations must have functional network connections.

•The NetMan Client must be installed and connected with the NetMan Desktop Manager server.

•Scripts must created and integrated in Collections.

 

For details on distributing the NetMan Client to client stations, see "Distribute the NetMan Client". For details on creating Collections and filling them with scripts, as well as on creating Collections in the Collection Editor, see "Create Collections". For details on creating Scripts, see "Create Scripts".

 

You can use the NetMan Client to integrate your applications your choice of two positions in the user interface:

•Start menu: Shortcuts to the applications are integrated in the Start menu with a folder hierarchy you define.

•Desktop: The Windows desktop displays shortcuts to the applications. You can use folders here, too.

 

Web Interface

Requirements:

•The client stations can be running any operating system; the only software prerequisite is that the Java runtime environment 1.5/1.6 is installed if you use the Java Client.

•A web browser of your choice must be installed.

•Client stations must have functional network connections.

•The NetMan RDP Web Client has to be installed, unless you use the Java Client.

•Scripts must created and integrated in Collections.

 

For details on installing the web client, see "With the Web Interface".

 

The Web Interface is opened in the browser. The user sees only a login page. Following login, the user has access to the applications in accordance with your settings.

 

You can assign Collections to various NetMan resources. These include the following folders:

•Users

•Stations

•User profiles

•Station profiles

 

For a detailed description of NetMan resources, see "Resources".

 

Collections are assigned to resources in the NetMan Center, where you have access to the properties of the various NetMan resources. The following chapters provide details on publishing Collections:

•For details on publishing Collections with the NetMan Client, see "With the NetMan Client".

•For details on publishing Collections with the Web Interface, see "With the Web Interface".