Hello,
While I can't respond to your question on Enterprise customer's experience deploying Flash Player, or which method they prefer, I can respond to you other questions.
- Do Flash Player updates require a reboot, or can it be suppressed?
- It depends on the update type used. On Windows, the Update Notification dialog window displays after a reboot, or log off/log on. This is the 'Notify me of Updates' option you see when installing Flash Player and selecting the update option. If you select a different update mechanism, a reboot, or log off/on, is not required.
- Several update mechanisms are available for Enterprise customers. These are outlined in Chapter 3 of the Adobe Flash Player Administration Guide for Flash Player 14 | Adobe Developer Connection. The blog post, An outline of Flash Runtime installation options,also provides information on various installation methods.
- Is the "Allow Adobe to install updates (recommended) option global across all installed Adobe products (AIR, Flash Player, Reader & Shockwave) or can it be enabled on product by product basis?
- This is not a global setting for all products. This particular setting is specific to Flash Player. Please post your product-specific questions to the appropriate product forum:
- AIR: https://forums.adobe.com/community/air
- Information for IT administrator's to distribute AIR: Adobe AIR | IT administrators
- Reader: https://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_reader_forums
- The Technical resources for IT | Adobe Acrobat XI page may be helpful to you and includes a link to the Administrator's Guide.
- Shockwave: https://forums.adobe.com/community/shockwave
- I couldn't find a similar Admin Guide for Shockwave, only what's available at Adobe Shockwave Player.
- AIR: https://forums.adobe.com/community/air
- This is not a global setting for all products. This particular setting is specific to Flash Player. Please post your product-specific questions to the appropriate product forum:
As a reminder, although all of these products are free, they do require a distribution licence to distribute within your organization. Unless your organization already has a distribution license for the various products, the resources I link to contain information on how (or links) to license each product.
Hope this helps, and hopefully someone with enterprise distribution experience will respond to your third question.
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Maria