#Clickinstall deployment install#
#Clickinstall deployment software#
#Clickinstall deployment windows#

#Clickinstall deployment install#

Copy or install the package to the distribution point.

Set permissions on the share to allow access to the distribution package.

#Clickinstall deployment windows#

Create a shared network folder where you'll put the Windows Installer package (.msi file) that you want to distribute.Log on to the server as an administrator.To publish or assign a computer program, create a distribution point on the publishing server by following these steps: Doing this will trigger the uninstall of the application, when an uninstall command is defined in the configuration of application.įor more information about installing applications for devices, please refer to the doc Install applications for a device.Windows Server 2003 Group Policy automated-program installation requires client computers that are running Microsoft Windows 2000 or a later version. An administrative user can also deny this request again, as shown in the same figure below. It’s registered as an application request for all users on that specific device.

#Clickinstall deployment software#

Every triggered application installation will resolve into an approved application request that can be found in the Configuration Manager administration console by navigating to Software Library > Overview > Application Management > Application Requests (see Figure 5). Let’s end this post by having a look at the application requests. Note: The application installation trigger and process can be monitored by following the logs related to client notification and application management. Selecting an application and clicking OK, will trigger the application installation by using the client notification channel. That will provide the administrative user with an overview of the available apps for that specific device (see Figure 4). The administrative user can now right-click the device and click Install Application (see Figure 3). When using an administrative user account, with the required permissions, simply open the Configuration Manager administration console and navigate to Assets and Compliance > Overview > Devices. Now let’s have a look at the most interesting part, the actual application installation trigger. Collection: Read, Read Resource, Modify Resource, View Collected File.The (administrative) user, performing the application installation trigger, needs at least the following permissions: Install application for deviceīefore looking at the actual actions, make sure that the required permissions are in place. Note: This feature can help with reducing the need for separate collections for every application. This can be a generic collection, as the correct configuration will not result in a policy that is sent to the client. On the General page, browse to a device collection and click Next.Select the an app and click Deploy in the Home tab to open the Deploy Software Wizard.Open the Configuration Manager administration console and navigate to Software Library > Overview > Application Management > Applications.That can be achieved by following the next x steps for deploying an application. The second prerequisite that should be in place is that the application should be deployed as available, with administrator approval, to a device collection. Select Approve application request for users and device and click Turn on in the Home tab.Open the Configuration Manager administration console and navigate to Administration > Overview > Updates and Servicing > Features.That can be achieved by simply following the next 2 steps: That prerequisite is to enable the optional-release feature Approve application request for users and device. Let’s start with the first prerequisites that should be in place to install applications for devices. I’ll end this post by looking at the application installation trigger and the corresponding application requests. In this post I’ll quickly go through the prerequisites, followed by the application deployment configuration. The really nice part of this is that it uses the client notification channel to create a real-time application installation experience. That feature is to install applications for a device. That was a trigger for to make this post about a really nice application deployment feature that’s introduced in Configuration Manager, version 1906. This week a new blog post again! During my vacation, I’ve been looking at some statistics of my blog and I noticed that my posts about app deployment related subjects are getting a lot of traction lately.