Remote App Deployment

[leo]

I was wondering if anyone can share their experiences regarding remote application deployment in an edu environment. What solutions have worked best for you?

 

Thanks,

Leo

[cjwhite]

Just using Group Policy at my place. If the installer doesnt have a decent MSI,or it doesnt like being MSI'd I create a custom EXE file with AutoIT to automate the mouseclicks, serial entering etc then log on to machines as admin manually and run the custom exe across a classroom using Vision classroom management.

[Gatt]

£$%*&$ spammer!

 

Anyway..

 

As with CJWhite - also looked at SMS / SCCM 2007 but never got the hang of it

With AutoIT i aslso Download Scite4AutoIT which allows you to record an installation very easily

Edited November 10, 2008 by witch

[Brpilot99]

I use group policies for the progs that have MSI scripts. If there is'nt one with the program I create one using Winistall le 2003. (Works 90% of the time!!)

 

If I want to edit the MSI to, for example stop it putting a shortcut on the desktop then I edit it using Orca,

 

Cheers

[FAA]

RemoteExec can do the job.

 

You will also find tons of useful information about deployment on AppDeploy.com.

[fafster]

If it's a quick'n'dirty install on a single machine, I use Purgos.

[contink]

With AutoIT i aslso Download Scite4AutoIT which allows you to record an installation very easily

 

Can you provide a reference that explains how to use it that way... I wasn't aware of that functionality.

[bio]

We don't have applications on clients anymore. We have them located on a share. We use thinapp by vmware for this. You can use a streaming product if required to control bandwidth

 

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