The Advertisements flowchart illustrates the processing that occurs when an administrator uses the SMS Administrator console to create an advertisement for software distribution. This processing includes preparing the advertisement, lookup, and installation files, placing these files in the appropriate inbox directories on the site server, and copying the advertisement files to the appropriate CAPs.

If the advertisement is targeted to a child site, the processing also involves creating the outbound advertisement file, which is then processed as described in the Package Creation and Distribution flowchart.

The activity illustrated in this flowchart takes place on the site server.