A great feature of UAG is the automatic installation of the client components. Once a client launches the portal URL, the server detects if the current version of the client components is installed, and installs them, or upgrades them to the current version. Changes to the client components may require the browser to be restarted, and if this is the first time the components are installed, the user's computer may have to be restarted as well.
Three important facts to keep in mind about the client component installation are:
When connecting to the portal, only the basic set of client components are installed, and these do not include the SSL Application and Network Tunneling components. This means that if the user launches an application that requires one of these components, only then will it be installed. The additional installation may also require the browser or the computer to be restarted.
The installation procedure registers several executables...