Deploy Software - Active Directory

[M. Roming]

Hi together,

I am trying to deploy .msi packages via our active directory server to
some special computers
or users. I have read some documentation - but there are still some
questions:

I only want to distribute the software via the active directory and NOT
via a shared folder
on the network. This means, I don't want a user to access the sofware
share via his
network neighborhood. But as i understood - to distribute software via the
active directory
I have to create a distribution point (network shared folder with read
access).
So the user can also access the software through the network neighborhood.

Is there a solution to deploy software without granting access to the
shared folder - so that
the user isn't able to install the software directly through the shared
folder

Kind regards
Markus

 

[Guillaume Ross]

Hi together,

I am trying to deploy .msi packages via our active directory server to
some special computers
or users. I have read some documentation - but there are still some
questions:

I only want to distribute the software via the active directory and NOT
via a shared folder
on the network. This means, I don't want a user to access the sofware
share via his
network neighborhood. But as i understood - to distribute software via
the active directory
I have to create a distribution point (network shared folder with read
access).
So the user can also access the software through the network neighborhood.

Is there a solution to deploy software without granting access to the
shared folder - so that
the user isn't able to install the software directly through the shared
folder

Kind regards
Markus

I guess you could make it a hidden share so users don't browse to it..

 

[Guest]

I don't know if this is "approved" but if the package in question was
relatively small, you could copy it to the actual group policy you
created, then link it from there. It would get replicated to all your
domain controllers as well, so it might actually be a faster install
than if the single server shared folder was used.

HTH

Hi together,

I am trying to deploy .msi packages via our active directory server to
some special computers
or users. I have read some documentation - but there are still some
questions:

I only want to distribute the software via the active directory and NOT
via a shared folder
on the network. This means, I don't want a user to access the sofware
share via his
network neighborhood. But as i understood - to distribute software via the
active directory
I have to create a distribution point (network shared folder with read
access).
So the user can also access the software through the network neighborhood.

Is there a solution to deploy software without granting access to the
shared folder - so that
the user isn't able to install the software directly through the shared
folder

Kind regards
Markus

Ha®®y

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