Lo2 - Lesson 4 Software Deployment

What I Need to Know
After reading this MODULE, STUDENT(S) MUST be able to:

 Know how to install .msi installer using GPO
 Know how to configure software deployment
What’s New
By using Group Policy, you can significantly reduce your organization’s total cost of ownership.
Various factors, such as a large number of policy settings available, the interaction between
multiple policies, and inheritance options, can make Group Policy design complex. By carefully
planning, designing, testing, and deploying a solution based on your organization’s business
requirements, you can provide the standardized functionality, security, and management
control that your organization needs.
Lesson
SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT
4
What Is It?
What is Group Policy?

 Contains Settings that can be configured to control what’s happening with Users and
Computers.
 There are literally thousands of different settings that can be configured inside of each
GPO.
 GPOs are used with containers (Domains, Sites, and OUs), but are not applied to
group
Local vs. Domain

Every Windows computer has a Local group policy to control what can be done on it and what
is restricted, but you don’t want to go around to all the computers in your Domain and
configure all the settings manually.
You want to join the rest of the world and administer Group policy from Active directory.
Local Scenario
Advantage Disadvantage
But configuring 30 or more machine
You can configure each computer
using local policy it is too
separately using Local policy
redundant and too time consuming.
Domain Scenario
Advantage Disadvantage
Configuring all machines at once from Down of a server may affects all the
the comfort of your desk. Less time to connected machines
configure all machines.
Creating and linking GPO’s

We can create a Group Policy Object easily, but we have to link it to the appropriate container
(usually an OU) before it takes effect on the Users and/or Computers.
A single GPO can be linked to multiple containers so you can re-use it again.
Group policy has two sides:

a. User
b. Computers
While you can configure settings for both sides in any one GPO, you generally don’t (this is
why we separate users and computers into separates OU’s).
Each side of group policy has policies and *NEW preferences. Generally, we create separate
GPO’s for Users and Computers
Before deploying software check the following

 .msi installer is an accepted installer file
 .Exe file is not accepted in software deployment
Group policy setting’s order

1. Create a folder the software container. (See Figure 1)
Figure 1: Creating a folder

2. Right-click > Choose properties. (See Figure 2)
Figure 2: Folder properties
3. Click Sharing tab > click share >click drop down arrow >choose
everyone>click add then click everyone set permission setting to Read/Write.
(See Figure 3)
Figure 3: Setting permission to Read/Write
4. Click share to continue then click Done
5. Click Close to save. (See Figure 4)
Figure 4: Software Deployment Properties

6. Open Server Manager > open Server Manager. (See Figure 5)
Figure 5: Opening Server Manager
7. Click Features (+) sign > click >
click > right click domain(css.com) name then choose

Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here…(See Figure 6)
Figure 6: Creating a GPO
8. Create a new GPO name. (See Figure 7)
Figure 7: Creating a new GPO name.

9. Right-click in new created GPO >click Edit. (See Figure 8)
Figure 8: Group Policy Order
10. Under user configuration > click policies (+ sign > click (+ sign) > click Software setting.
(See Figure 9)
Figure 9: Group Policy Management Editor
11. Right click software installation > choose New > click Package. (See Figure 10)
Figure 10: New Package

12. Then type the IP address of the server. (See Figure 11)
Figure 11: Input the IP address of the server
13. Choose the development software folder that was created earlier > click
Open. (See Figure 12)
Note: Software development is a shared file where the .msi file installer is stored.
Figure 12: Software deployment

13. Choose your installer then click Open. (See Figure 13)
Figure 13: Open the installer
15. Click Assigned > Click OK. (See Figure 14)
PERFORMANCE TASK
Figure 14: Click Assigned
14. After a few moments, you will see the image down below indicating the configuration is
successful. (See Figure 15)
Figure 15: Configuration successful

15. Open the command prompt > then type gpupdate /force to update the policy. (See Figure
16)
Figure 16: Input gpupdate in command prompt
18. Press Y then server is forced to log off > then login back your administrators account (See
Figure 17) then you’ll see the confirmation of installing managed software. (See Figure
18)
Figure 17: Login administrator
Figure 18: Installing managed software

16. Click the start button then see the result. (See Figure 19)
Figure 19: See installed program
20. Now, log in your domain users into your windows client account then open the command
prompt > type ipconfig /force > type Y to confirm > computer will restart > login back to your
domain user account > then see the result. (See Figure 20)
Figure 20: Login back to your domain user account

Domain user accounts are the accounts that reside in your active directory
Example:
User accounts inside CSS Students’ OU. (See Figure 21)
Figure 21: User Accounts
21. Deployed software will automatically be installed in the windows client. (See Figure 22)
Figure 22: Deployed software
What I Can Do
Title: Deploy Software
Performance Objective: Given are the following materials, you should be able to deploy
software from windows server. Allotted time 30 minutes.
Supplies/Materials : Router, switch, ethernet cable. .msi installer, flash disk
Equipment : Computer (server), Computer (client 1)

Prerequisites: Installed and configured active directory, .msi installer
Steps/Procedure:
1. Read Lesson Software deployment
2. Create a folder container for software deployment
3. Share container folder
4. Deploy software using GPO
Assessment Method:
Demonstration, Observation
Performance Criteria Checklist
Learner’s Name: Date:

During the performance of the task, did you consider the following criteria?
Grade Point Equivalent
Criteria Yes Highest Possible Score = 5 No
Lowest Possible Score = 0

Did the trainee….
1. Prepared software for installation
2. Deployed software from server
according to its requirements?
3. Properly handled some untoward

troubleshooting issues during the
performance of the task?
4. Performed and followed completely the
given tasks?
5. Observed and performed 5S and
occupational health and safety?
Total Points
Total Items
Signature of the Learner
Signature of the Trainer
Grade Point Equivalent

The table shows the equivalent points that are used and shows how they are calculated to
determine the grade point average (GPA), or index.
The highest equivalent points that a trainer can give is 5 points per criterion and the lowest is
O. If the trainee/learner accumulates scores below two (2) grade-point equivalent, she/he
needs to retake the whole given task.
Grade Point Equivalent Explanation
5 Excellent
4 Very Good
3 Good
2 Average
1 Poor
References
“Software Deployment”. Accessed March 30, 2022,

https://www.sumologic.com/glossary/software-deployment/
“Software Deployment” Ismael Manic Balana. Accessed July 7, 2019,

http://cssnctwo.weebly.com/software-deployment
“Software Deployment”. Accessed March 30, 2022,

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/software-deployment
“Group Policy Overview”. Accessed March 30, 2022, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-

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What I Need to Know

After reading this MODULE, STUDENT(S) MUST be able to:

What is Group Policy?

Local vs. Domain

Creating and linking GPO’s

Group policy has two sides:

Before deploying software check the following

Group policy setting’s order

Figure 1: Creating a folder

Figure 2: Folder properties

Figure 3: Setting permission to Read/Write

4. Click share to continue then click Done

5. Click Close to save. (See Figure 4)

Figure 4: Software Deployment Properties

Figure 5: Opening Server Manager

7. Click Features (+) sign > click >

click > right click domain(css.com) name then choose

Figure 6: Creating a GPO

8. Create a new GPO name. (See Figure 7)

Figure 7: Creating a new GPO name.

Figure 8: Group Policy Order

Figure 9: Group Policy Management Editor

Figure 10: New Package

Figure 11: Input the IP address of the server

Figure 12: Software deployment

Figure 13: Open the installer

15. Click Assigned > Click OK. (See Figure 14)

Figure 14: Click Assigned

Figure 15: Configuration successful

Figure 16: Input gpupdate in command prompt

Figure 17: Login administrator

Figure 18: Installing managed software

Figure 19: See installed program

Figure 20: Login back to your domain user account

Figure 21: User Accounts

Figure 22: Deployed software

Title: Deploy Software

Supplies/Materials : Router, switch, ethernet cable. .msi installer, flash disk

Equipment : Computer (server), Computer (client 1)

Performance Criteria Checklist

Learner’s Name: Date:

Grade Point Equivalent

Criteria Yes Highest Possible Score = 5 No

Lowest Possible Score = 0

3. Properly handled some untoward

Signature of the Learner

Signature of the Trainer

Grade Point Equivalent

“Software Deployment”. Accessed March 30, 2022,

“Software Deployment” Ismael Manic Balana. Accessed July 7, 2019,

“Software Deployment”. Accessed March 30, 2022,

“Group Policy Overview”. Accessed March 30, 2022, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-

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