Creating a distribution package – Lenovo ThinkVantage Access Connections User Manual

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1. Using Access Connections, create location profiles. Consider the following scenarios as you create

the location profiles:

• Office and building connections

• Home connections

• Branch-office connections

• Connections while traveling and hot-spot connections

For instructions on how to create location profiles, or how to use Access Connections, see the Access
Connections Help located in the application itself.

2. Create or edit a distribution package with the Administrator Profile Deployment feature.

3. Deploy the distribution package to client systems.

Creating a distribution package

Complete the following steps to create a distribution package:

1. Click on the Advanced button in the upper right (unless already shows as Basic). Then click on the

Tools tab and at the bottom will be Create Distribution Package and Edit Distribution Package.
Click Create Distribution Package.

Figure 2. Locating the Create Distribution Package feature

2. Select the location profiles that you want to deploy. If a profile that is selected contains a wireless profile

with encryption enabled, you will be prompted to re-enter the wireless settings data to ensure sensitive
data is not exposed. When deploying location profiles that provide a wireless network connection,
the donor and recipient must contain wireless adapters which support the capabilities defined in the
location profile.

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