Autodesk 18505-011452-9565 Administration Guide - Page 26

Verify a Group Policy Deployment

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To add the product-specific package 1 In the Group Policy Object Editor dialog box, under Software Settings, right-click Software Installation for the same object, and then click New ➤ Package. 2 In the Open dialog box, navigate to the location of the administrative image that you specified when creating the deployment. Navigate to AdminImage\\\acadps.msi. Click Open. The used in the examples is en-us for US English. Examples For x86 deployments: \\server123\Deployment\AdminImage\x86\en-us\acad For x64 deployments: \\server123\Deployment\AdminImage\x64\en-us\acad 3 In the Deploy Software dialog box select Advanced and click OK. 4 In the Properties dialog box, Modifications tab, click Add. 5 In the Open dialog box, select the Transform Package file called acad-.mst located at AdminImage\\acad. Click Open. 6 In the Properties dialog box, Modifications tab, click Add. 7 In the Open dialog box, navigate to \Tools and select the Transform Package file called gpo.mst. 8 Click OK to complete the package. The GPO is now assigned to all computers that are members of the organizational unit for which the GPO was created. The next time a computer in the organizational unit is restarted, the program will be installed and will be available for all users of the computer. See Verify a Group Policy Deployment (page 20) to confirm that the group policy has been created correctly. Verify a Group Policy Deployment To verify that this deployment has been correctly assigned to a computer, restart a computer that is in the organizational unit for which the group policy was created. The program installation begins before the login prompt is 20 | Chapter 2 Alternative Distribution Methods

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To add the product-specific package
1
In the Group Policy Object Editor dialog box, under Software Settings,
right-click Software Installation for the same object, and then click New
Package.
2
In the Open dialog box, navigate to the location of the administrative
image that you specified when creating the deployment. Navigate to
AdminImage\<processor type>\<locale>\acadps.msi
. Click Open.
The <locale> used in the examples is en-us for US English.
Examples
For x86 deployments:
\\server123\Deployment\AdminImage\x86\en-us\acad
For x64 deployments:
\\server123\Deployment\AdminImage\x64\en-us\acad
3
In the Deploy Software dialog box select Advanced and click OK.
4
In the <product name> Properties dialog box, Modifications tab, click
Add.
5
In the Open dialog box, select the Transform Package file called
acad-<deployment name>.mst
located at
AdminImage\<processor type>\acad
.
Click Open.
6
In the <product name> Properties dialog box, Modifications tab, click
Add.
7
In the Open dialog box, navigate to <deployment location>\Tools and
select the Transform Package file called
gpo.mst.
8
Click OK to complete the package.
The GPO is now assigned to all computers that are members of the
organizational unit for which the GPO was created. The next time a computer
in the organizational unit is restarted, the program will be installed and will
be available for all users of the computer. See
Verify a Group Policy Deployment
(page 20) to confirm that the group policy has been created correctly.
Verify a Group Policy Deployment
To verify that this deployment has been correctly assigned to a computer,
restart a computer that is in the organizational unit for which the group policy
was created. The program installation begins before the login prompt is
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Alternative Distribution Methods