Geoff Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 Is anyone using Teams? If so how did you deploy it. I would want to push it out via SCCM and also put it on my Citrix session host image. Thanks.
Bob_the_Goon Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 We use it but we just use the web version. I couldn't see any difference in terms of functionality (even the GUI looks the same). Therefore we decided just to stick with the web client. I also don't need to update the web client.
Geoff Posted January 26, 2018 Author Posted January 26, 2018 Well as far as I can work out it installs in %APPDATA% which is dumb idea. I can get away with that with SCCM however that isn't going to work on a terminal server. Thanks MS. I'll be using the Web Version too.
ITGuyNW Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 Yeah it installs to their profile so we have it as part of our redirected desktop and have a shortcut to the web version as a backup.
free780 Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 You an do a user install to a user collection. Never tried it. Though a pain when you need to update or does it self update?
Geoff Posted January 26, 2018 Author Posted January 26, 2018 Yeah, that would be the plan with SCCM. That's not possible with Citrix as I don't run an SCCM client on the session hosts. It'd have to be a GPO login script or something.
Soulfish Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Teams will auto-update in the same way the OneDrive client will. The problem with packaging the client is the sheer rate of updates you see with it, so it's almost out-of-date as soon as its been packaged!
Asgard Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 We have deployed it via the exe and a powershell script but one of my team came across this which looks promising https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/17380159-improve-install-options-install-for-all-users-an My biggest bugbear which they said is on their roadmap... If we want to add a colleague from another college into our teams - they have to essentially log out of their teams and into ours. Not cool.
jmig Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 We have deployed it via the exe and a powershell script Could you share the PS script? I've gotten it to install via SCCM, but something is not quite right. It's creating a folder for each user that runs the install in ProgramData (e.g. "C:\ProgramData\username\Microsoft\Teams\..."), instead of installing to LocalAppData – which itself isn't a great location, but let's not go there.
jmig Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 Could you share the PS script? I've gotten it to install via SCCM, but something is not quite right. It's creating a folder for each user that runs the install in ProgramData (e.g. "C:\ProgramData\username\Microsoft\Teams\..."), instead of installing to LocalAppData – which itself isn't a great location, but let's not go there. Disregard. We have a GPO that blocks installs from %AppData% and I did not whitelist Teams. This was causing the installer to default to ProgramData instead. 1
Asgard Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 The powrshell wasn’t anything fancy just a command to run the exe. But looks like their doing some work finally on an enterprise ready installer https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/17380159-improve-install-options-install-for-all-users-an
free780 Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 Hi I put a blog togther on how i've done it. The MSI is still lacking. Seems like it will autostart for all users or only start if the user seeks out the exe in the profile.
Arthur Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 This might be of interest to anyone deploying Teams... Download: www.masterpackager.com/uploads/file_archive/teams_windows_x64.mst MST to install Microsoft Teams MSI (VDI) to regular Windows 10 Microsoft has finally released Microsoft Teams installer that installs all files to Program Files. But still, it is not perfect, because it supposed to be only for Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The big question is if it is possible to install it on regular Windows 10? This is what the Master Packager team tried to figure out. MST to install Teams on regular Windows 10 We created MST file that will enable Teams MSI to be installed on regular Windows 10. Here are the changes we made in the MST file: Created [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\PortICA] registry key Set ALLUSER property to 1 Created ALLUSERS property and set to 1 to make Microsoft Teams entry visible in Add/Remove Programs Created ARPNOMODIFY property and set to 1 to not show modify button in Add/Remove Programs Changed ProductName property from “Teams Machine-Wide Installer” to “Microsoft Teams” Added Microsoft Teams Icon to be displayed in Add/Remove Programs Created Custom Action “CA_DeleteDesktopShortuct" that will delete the desktop shortcut. Created NODESKTOPSHORTCUT=1 property to delete the desktop shortcut. To leave the desktop shortcut just change NODESKTOPSHORTCUT property to 0. Default value set to 1. Create Custom Action “CA_DisableMSTeamsAutoRun" that will delete Teams run registry to stop auto launching for every user. Created DISABLEMSTEAMSAUTORUN=1 property to delete Teams run registry. To leave run registry unattached just change DISABLEMSTEAMSAUTORUN property to 0. Default value set to 0. As just described, with little modification via MST file it is possible to install Microsoft Teams MSI to all Windows 10 machines, not just on VDI. It would be nice to see a proper MSI for Teams that use MSI tables instead of being bundled in a binary file inside the MSI. https://twitter.com/MasterPackager/status/1247988489200848900 1
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now