I've had success with deploying MSI's via GPO. Thanks Rod. We had Zenworks a few years ago and they had an application that we used on occasion, but had limited success with making MSI's.
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > Practically any software installation/scripting technology can do that. > > > > SMS Installer will do that… > > > > http://myitforum.com/cs2/files/folders/sms2003/entry125224.aspx > > > > > > > > *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2011 1:55 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Cc:* Crawford, Scott > *Subject:* Re: MSI deployment software > > > > Which software application have you used to wrap a legacy install inside an > MSI ? > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You can also wrap a legacy install inside of an MSI. That would allow you > to do your command line install with GPO. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:30 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: MSI deployment software > > Recently I needed to remotely deploy a small software package. The vendor > did not support GPO because there was a special license code that had to be > entered. It did, however, support command line. > > I was using PSExec and a small batch that I wrote to map a drive, copy the > needed files, run the setup, then delete the files. It was more work than I > had time for. > > I stumbled across a FREE product called PDQ Deploy. I was able to roll out > the software very quickly with it. > BF > > -----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 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
