adobe creative cloud desktop apps deployment

[ful56_uk]

Just about to make purchase of the adobe creative cloud desktop apps.

 

Any advice on how to deploy it?

[mitchell1981]

There is a tool called the Creative Cloud packager that creates MSIs for you. Unfortunately it isn't that simple as for most of the apps you also have to run an EXE (also created by the packager) before or after the MSI install.

 

I did it with SCCM in the end. There are full instructions for SCCM deployment on the Adobe website. I created a package that contained the MSI as one program, and the exe as a second program and then used the 'run this program first' option to install them in the right order. I could not get it to install as a SCCM application, had to use the old package method.

[mitchell1981]

This is the page you need. Also links to the SCCM guide:

 

http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/packager/deploying-packages.html

[teejay]

The Creative Cloud Packager works just fine, we deploy as MSI's through group policy, work perfectly :-) After the pain that used to be deploying Adobe stuff, Cloud Packager is fantastic, probably the easiest deploy we've ever done!

[teejay]

Forgot to say, make sure you use the Creative Cloud Packager from the LWS page link that Adobe send you with your licencing, I believe there are different versions of it depending on what agreement you are on.

[Arthur]

I believe there are different versions of it depending on what agreement you are on.

The first time you open the Creative Cloud Packager it allows you to select the agreement you have (at least it did with me).