Forgot a couple -- both free and cheap.  :)

(4) Link sent in email to a network share
(5) Custom Intranet page linking to MSI

The big issue with free, is that you have no way of knowing if the
installation was successful, if there were any issues until the user calls,
etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MSI deployment software

Hey list,

I know of only a few ways to deploy software that is packaged in an MSI:

(1) Launching the MSI at the console.
(2) Using PSTool's PSExec to run it remotely from the command line.
(3) Using Group Policy.

(1) is tedious for large groups of computers, (2) is not simple nor does it
run in parallel, and (3) seems a bit heavy handed in this case. Is there a
utility that allows me to remotely deploy a .MSI installer? Hopefully
something free/cheap.

Thanks all.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District

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