To publish an application |
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Open Group Policy Software Installation.
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Right-click in the results pane, point to New, and then click Package.
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In the Open dialog box, use the search boxes to find the package you want to publish, click the Windows Installer package to be published, and then click Open.
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In the Deploy Software dialog box, click Published.
Additional considerations
- To complete this procedure, you
must have Edit setting permission to edit a GPO. By default,
members of the Domain Administrators security group, the Enterprise
Administrators security group, or the Group Policy Creator Owners
security group have Edit setting permission to edit a
GPO.
- Packages can be published only to users, not
to computers.
- The Open dialog box shows the packages
that are located at a software distribution point that you specify
as the default.
- If the Windows Installer package is located
on a different shared network directory, navigate to the correct
software distribution point in the Open dialog box, click
the package, and then click Open.
- Administrators are responsible for securing
that location using technologies such as IPSEC and using file
servers with mutual authentication such as Kerberos to prevent
spoofing or tampering on the wire.
- The application is available for users to
install either by using Add or Remove Programs in Control
Panel or by opening a file with a file name extension that you
have associated with the application.