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Heather Pacan and Johan Söderström Product SpecialistsSpecops Software
Welcome• Heather Pacan
– [email protected]• Product Specialist at Specops• 16 Years Windows Infrastructure Experience• Graduated from Drexel University• Dancer and World Traveler• Karate Mom
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Welcome• Johan “SodaStream” Söderström
– [email protected]• Product Specialist at Specops• 15 years of experience with deployments• Like traveling to other countries• Technology geek• Love food and wine • Bikes
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Today’s Agenda
• Overview• Administration Tools• Managing GPOs• Packages• Targets• Deployments• Client-Side Extension• Demonstration• Q&A
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Deploy/App
• Specops Deploy / App automates the installation of software and applications in your Microsoft Active Directory environment. Specops Deploy extends the functionality of Group Policy and can be used to target any number of user and computer objects within Active Directory.
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Administration Tools• Specops Deploy Control Center: The Specops Deploy
Control Center can be used to edit Specops Deploy / App GPOs, and deploy software packages to computers in your network.
• Specops Deploy GPMC snap-in: The Specops Deploy GPMC snap-in can be used to edit Specops Deploy / App GPOs from the GPMC, and deploy software packages to computers in your network.
• Specops Configuration Tool: The Specops Configuration Tool can be used to import your license keys and monitor the status of your Client Side Extensions.
• Migration Tool – Move/Copy settings from one GPO to another. Export/Import settings to disc
• Deployments manager – Select applications to reinstall and refresh GPO on computers.
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Managing GPOs
• Specops Deploy stores all information about software deployments in Group Policy Objects.
• The Administration Tools adds a plug-in to the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)
• This can also be installed on client machines
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Package Types
• Windows Installer• Windows Installer Patch• App-V package• Legacy Setup• Windows Store Applications
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Targets• Membership criteria – Security groups, Organizational units, User names,
Computer names, Sites and Ip address range • Environment criteria– Languages, Environment variables and Registry
settings • Hardware criteria–Computer models, BIOS versions, Hard drive free
space, Processor and Memory size • Software criteria –Operating systems, Windows installer installations
and Files • WMI Query –Query the Windows Management Instrumentation
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Deployments
• Package + Target = Deployment• Schedule installation time• Installation Options• Manage the deployment • End-user interaction• Modify History
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Client-Side Extension
• Reads Specops related GPO settings and reacts accordingly
• Customize settings for CSE with ADMX template• Sends feedback to Specops deploy server about
ongoing deployments
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