expand Software Settings under User Configuration.
When using Group Policy, you can publish a package in order to allow the target user to install it by using Add or Remove programs. when the client computers start, the assigned package will be installed automatically.close the Group Policy snap-in, click OK and exit the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.click on Assigned and then click OK (the package will be added to the right pane of the “Group Policy” window).
in the Open dialog type the full UNC path of the shared package you want to assign.right-click Software Installation, select the New context menu and then click on Package.expand Software Settings under Computer Configuration.go to the Group Policy tab, select the object you want and click Edit.In order to assign a package you can follow these steps: Also, if the package is assigned, it will automatically be installed silently. check the Apply Group Policy checkbox only for the groups to which the policy will be appliedĪ package can be assigned per-user or per-machine.click Properties and select the Security tab.set the name of the policy (for example MyApplication).select the Group Policy tab and click New.right-click your domain name in the console tree and select the Properties context menu.click on the Start button, go to Programs, select Administrative Tools and then select Active Directory Users and Computers.
In order to create an object for your package, you can follow these steps: set permissions on this folder in order to allow access to the distribution packageĪn MSI package is deployed (distributed) through GPO as a Group Policy Object.
The best way to deploy packages using GPSI is to use the Distributed File System (DFS) feature built into Windows Server. The per-computer feature can be found in the GP editor under Computer Configuration\Software Settings\Software Installation (see Figure 1 below), while the per-user deployment feature is under User Configuration\Software Settings\Software Installation. You can deploy software using GPSI as either a per-computer or per-user deployment. Once you’ve created a GPO using the Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) or the AD Users and Computers MMC snap-in, edit that GPO to bring up the Group Policy editor MMC snap-in. Therefore, you’ll need an Active Directory installation to start using this feature. Microsoft did not implement this feature in the local GPO. The GPSI feature is not available from the local Group Policy Object (i.e.