software packages

[Kidem-portem]

Hello Gentleman , im new to this part of group policy,i have never done a
software package , now im looking to what this can do and how to do it,i
notice it uses .msi ,is this the only package it can use and is there away
to make .msi packages with what ever i want to put in it. Say for example i
have a domain and i have an OU that i want certain software to be for
certain users is this what i would use to do this,thank you very much


Jay

 

[Antonio Lam]

Windows Installer can recognize the following file types:

MSI - The Microsoft Software Installer file extension and one of only
two main file types that Windows Installer can deploy;
ZAP - The extension recognised for a text-based file you create to get
legacy setup.exe based installs onto user machines. You cannot
uninstall them or have them install in the background. And they are
not self repairing.

You can publish or assign the software. In general, I would recommend
assigning.

Regards,
Antonio
MCSA, MCSE, CCSA, CISSP