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4. Click Enable Administrator Feature. 5. Click Exit to close the Enabler. 6. Start Access Connections. Using the Administrator feature After you have enabled the administrator feature, you can manage location profiles for users by creating or editing distribution packages. Distribution packages have the file extension of .loa and contains the metadata for location profiles used by Access Connections. The following steps provide the ideal scenario for using the administrator feature of Access Connections: 1. Using Access Connections, create location profiles. Consider the following scenarios as you create the location profiles: v Office and building connections v Home connections v Branch-office connections v 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 User's Guide located at the following Lenovo Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle= lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-63042 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 Profile Distribution and then click Create Distribution Package. Figure 3. Create Distribution Package 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. If the location profile being deployed is configured for LEAP authentication, the adapters on the recipient systems must support LEAP authentication. 8 Access Connections Deployment Guide

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4.
Click
Enable
Administrator
Feature
.
5.
Click
Exit
to
close
the
Enabler.
6.
Start
Access
Connections.
Using
the
Administrator
feature
After
you
have
enabled
the
administrator
feature,
you
can
manage
location
profiles
for
users
by
creating
or
editing
distribution
packages.
Distribution
packages
have
the
file
extension
of
.loa
and
contains
the
metadata
for
location
profiles
used
by
Access
Connections.
The
following
steps
provide
the
ideal
scenario
for
using
the
administrator
feature
of
Access
Connections:
1.
Using
Access
Connections,
create
location
profiles.
Consider
the
following
scenarios
as
you
create
the
location
profiles:
v
Office
and
building
connections
v
Home
connections
v
Branch-office
connections
v
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
User's
Guide
located
at
the
following
Lenovo
Web
site:
lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-63042
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
Profile
Distribution
and
then
click
Create
Distribution
Package
.
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.
If
the
location
profile
being
deployed
is
configured
for
LEAP
authentication,
the
adapters
on
the
recipient
systems
must
support
LEAP
authentication.
Figure
3.
Create
Distribution
Package
8
Access
Connections
Deployment
Guide