Windows Server 2008: install software through Active Directory’s group policy
This is a video about how to install software through group policy. I install Firefox 3. 0 through a MSI (Microsoft Installer Package) that is accessible through a local share. To do this it requires a GPO (group policy object) be applied on the domain (Server with active directory). You may assign the program to specific users or computers so that it will be installed. You can also publish the software so that the user may decide to install the software. You can do this on Server 2008 domain controller and Windows 7, but it also available for 2003, 2000, XP, or Vista. Providing training videos since last Tuesday. technoblogical. com Thanks for watching.
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This is great for when a change in the Baseline is made. Very nice thanks.
@technoblogical Oh, Ok. Thanks for helping anyways.
@MrMusicalmatt No, this is for when you work in an office and you need to install the same program on every computer. Like everybody in the office needs to have Office 2010 on their machine.
Can you install programs like Steam though this and run the games on one computer with them being installed on another? I would like to use one computer basically as a program hard drive? Thanks.
Really good video
Thanks! This was informative. I will be deploying Symantec Endpoint Protection clients across our domain soon. This is a good run-through. I liked the ways you pointed out the other options available.
I just did exactly what you did and it works only on my windows Xp clients but not windows 7 .. why is that?
If those users are using the same computer then I think that’s just the way it is going to be. There might be some kind of parameter you can place on it to only install for that user. I know that every time I install something on my PC, it asks if I want to make it available for all users. In an office, people wouldn’t be sharing computers, so you wouldn’t have that problem. Maybe you can create another GPO to remove FF from Sales OU’s start menu? As for the parameter, I don’t know how.
hi, I have 2 OU ( Marketing, Sales) I’ve created FF GPO installation and in Security Filtering added only Marketing Group. All is working, FF is instaling well but.. after I’m log on in Sales OU, usesrs have also FF installed… and what going on.. Imo only ppl in Marketing OU should have FF as well… { NICE VIDE BTW
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wonderful videos .thx so much useful the tips on GPO .i will try check .
Try making the software install it’s own GPO?
Make sure you run in command prompt
“gpupdate /force /boot /logoff”
Then reboot anyway.
The only error I can find that relates to that is over at Experts Exchange and they recommend backing up and recreating the default domain policy. That can not be a pleasant process. I wish you luck.
I ran into a brick wall! After i picked my package (msi) that i wanted to have install on the user account, this message pops up: “There is no software installation data object in Active Directory.” Any idea what this could mean? I bassically tried installing firefox using your vid step by step ( not very pro I know ) and got this message. Also after creating a gpo, all the configs that i did dissapears when i close it. Maybe it was just not my day today lol!
I have a video called “add users to active directory via CSV”. If you have a list of the users in an excel document with columns of user names, OU, etc, etc. You might be able to do a Control-F to find and replace the OU names with the proper syntax of the OU names. Then you save the Excel Document as a CSV file and then import the CSV file into Active Directory.
Of course, I’m just throwing that out there. That scenario may not work for you at all.
No your vids are fine mate! Its more often than not the simple things that we overlook which causes us to have hour long headaches lol! Our client at the moment wants to migrate all their users from a workgroup to a domain, so our mission is migrating the user accounts as easy and quickly as possible, and implementing the right gpos. And we dont have loads of time for tests dealing with user probs and posts deployments. So your vid are heaven sent. Thanx again!
Yes, it is difficult to find the MSI files sometimes. If it is a Microsoft Product, you’ll often find them on the install CDs. Yes, you may deploy software and security settings in the same GPO to specific OUs. You can even place multiple MSIs on the same GPO. My videos are bit over-simplistic for brevity’s sake. I’m not sure a YouTube audience is ready for a 90 minute lecture on group policy.
Yeah well done and thanx! I’ll give this a test, only worry for me now is to get all the programmes in .msi format. Just a question, can you use on gpo to configure everything for a specific uo? Security settings and deploying programmes in a single gpo?
Thanks so much for this instructional video.