2.5.2 Supporting Actors and System Interests Summary

File Access Services [MS-FASOD]: The purpose of File Access Services is to allow a set of actors (people or processes) to access and share files that are located on a file server by using a network between computers in a secure and managed environment. The files can be distributed among a number of computers in a workgroup or domain or be centralized in one or more file server computers. File Access Services can optionally use Content Caching and Retrieval to cache content.

Group Policy [MS-GPOD]: Group Policy enables an administrator to maintain standard operating environments in domains for specific groups of users and computers. As software changes and policies change over time, Group Policy can be used to update an already deployed standard operating environment. Computers that are participating in Content Caching and Retrieval within a domain can be expected to participate in and be influenced by the Group Policy.

Certificate Services [MS-CERSOD]: The Certificate Services components enable an administrator to request a certificate.

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Upload Protocol, as described in [MC-BUP], specifies an HTTP 1.1-based upload protocol. This protocol is used to transfer large payloads from a client to a server or from a server to a client over networks with frequent disconnections and to send notifications about the availability of uploaded payloads. "BITS" is a PeerDist-enabled HTTP client and can therefore act as a client of the Content Caching and Retrieval System.