Which strategy is most effective for a scalable, secure, and minimally disruptive deployment of ThousandEyes...

According to theDesigning and Implementing Enterprise Network Assurance (300-445 ENNA)best practices, the goal of a successful endpoint assurance rollout is to maximize coverage while minimizing the burden on both IT staff and end-users. The most effective strategy for achieving this is touse a centralized software deployment tool (e.g., GPOs, Intune) that supports silent installation(Option B).

Centralized deployment tools allow administrators to push the ThousandEyes Endpoint Agent to thousands of machines simultaneously from a single management console.12By usingsilent installationparameters (such as /quiet or /qn for MSI packages), the agent is installed in the background without requiring any user interaction or even showing a setup wizard.13This "minimally disruptive" approach ensures that business operations are not interrupted. Furthermore, centralized tools provide a "secure" deployment method because the IT team retains control over the version of the agent being installed and can ensure that the Account Group Token is correctly embedded, which is necessary for the agent to register with the ThousandEyes dashboard.

Contrasting this with other methods:

Manual Installation (Option A):This is not scalable and is highly labor-intensive, making it unsuitable for large enterprises.

Emailing links (Option C) or Web Portals (Option D):These methods rely on the end-user to perform the installation correctly and to have the necessary local administrative privileges. This often leads to low adoption rates, inconsistent configurations, and security risks associated with users running installers manually.

By leveraging existing enterprise infrastructure likeActive Directory GPOsorMicrosoft Intune, organizations can ensure a 100% compliant deployment that immediately begins providing the "user-centric" visibility required for modern network assurance.