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Replicate
Desktop Authority uses replication to provide a method of publishing Desktop Authority configurations to domain controllers. Desktop Authority does this with its own replication process from within the Server Manager. Server Manager sets the configuration of the replication process on the Server Properties tab within the Service Management dialog. Desktop Authority’s replication can be used to replace Windows Directory Replication services or work in conjunction with it. Of course, if Desktop Authority is your only logon script, there is typically no need to add the overhead of Windows' replication process to your domain controllers. Each time changes are made to your configuration using the Desktop Authority Manager, you will save the changes, replicate and then exit. By default, only the changed files will be replicated.
Desktop Authority can be replicated from any page of the Console. A selection box is available in the status bar of the console (bottom).
Choose to Replicate changed files (default, Replicate all files or perform a Force an update of the Desktop Authority folder on clients.
Replicate changed files - Select this option to replicate only those files that have a different date than those on the destination domain controller. If this check box is cleared, all files will be replicated.
Replicate all files- Select this option to replicate all files, regardless of date and time.
Force an update of the Desktop Authority folder on clients- There are various files that are distributed to each client when Desktop Authority is initially configured on each workstation. As time goes on some of these files may need to be updated. To force this update to occur on all clients, select this option.
The Replicate button contains a colored icon which indicates the status of the Manager's current configurations. This tells at a glance if the most recent configuration changes have been replicated.
The icons represent the following statuses:
