Apple Remote Desktop - Manual (Page 11)

Chapter 1 Using Apple Remote Desktop 11
Deploying Software
ARD lets you distribute software and related files to client computers from your ARD
administrator computer or from a computer running Mac OS X Server.
Distributing Install Packages
You can distribute and automatically install packages in .pkg and .mpkg formats. ARD
lets you install software and software updates on one or more client computers
without user interaction or interruption, or even if no user is logged in. After
installation, ARD erases the installer files. If the computers need to be restarted, as they
do following an operating system update, you can restart them from ARD.
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Deploy
configuration files
Deploy
drag-and-drop
application folders
Administrator
computer
Mac OS X
Server
Deploy
install packages
(.pkg or .mpkg)
Network
install images
NetBoot
images
Deploy UNIX
shell scripts
Set startup
partition