Once a software distribution package has been created, along with programs to tell client computers what to do with the package, you need to advertise the program that you want the clients to run. Advertising the program makes a program available to a specified collection of clients.

Advertisements are evaluated by Configuration Manager to determine which clients will receive a specific program to run on their computers. An advertisement specifies the following information:

• The specific program to run on the client. (For more information, see About Programs.)
  
  
• The target collection of computers, users, or user groups that to receive the program. (For more information, see About Collections.)
  
  
• The schedule that specifies when the program is available to clients. In the case of assigned (mandatory) advertisements, additional options such as Wake On LAN and ignoring maintenance windows may be used in conjunction with this schedule. For more information, see How to Assign a Mandatory Advertisement.
  
  

The site's clients will not be able to receive advertised programs until you enable the software distribution client agent on the site's clients. The Advertised Programs Client Agent performs the necessary software distribution-related tasks on these clients, primarily allowing the clients to receive and run the programs that you advertise.

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