Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION, Manual

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Table 11-1
Users of the Software Portal (continued)
Privileges and responsibilities User role
The Software Portal manager approves users’ software requests in the Software Portal.
The manager can be any employee in your organization who has the authority to allow
users to acquire software. Typically, a department manager fills this role.
Because the Software Portal is installed on the client computer, the manager can approve
requests without access to the Symantec Management Console.
The Software Portal manager requires Software Portal privileges to manage and approve
software requests.
Manager
The user on a client computer submits requests for software on the Home page in the
Software Portal. The user can be any employee in the organization who needs software.
Because the Software Portal is installed on the client computer, the user can create requests
without access to the Symantec Management Console.
Typically, users do not have access to the Symantec Management Console and do not
have Notification Server security roles.
User
See “About the approval of software requests” on page 165.
About the software in the Software Portal
An administrator adds software to the Software Portal and configures the settings
and the permissions that let users request the software. The terms that describe
these settings and permissions appear on the Software Portal pages where the
software is displayed.
See “Methods for adding software to the Software Portal” on page 176.
Table 11-2
Terms that describe the software in the Software Portal
Description Term
The software that is in the Software Catalog and published to the
Software Portal for the current user.
Listed software is available for the user to request. If it is not
recommended for the current user, it does not appear on the user’s
Home page by default.
The term Listed can also apply to a request for listed software.
Listed
163 Introducing the Software Portal
About the software in the Software Portal