Application Packaging Fritz Ohman Alphageek www.linkpad.co.uk MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Solution Accelerator for BDD Standard Edition Key Message – We will now drill down into each functional area of the Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator. Slide Builds – None Slide Script – N/A Slide Transition – No transition Additional information for presenter – MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Agenda Process Overview Application Packaging Technologies Windows Installer File Extensions Standard vs. Enterprise Edition MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Process Overview Two Types of Applications However Enterprise Supplemental However Enterprise, core, and supplemental are synonymous in that they all need to be packaged – only the deployment differs MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Core Application packaging MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Supplemental Application Packaging MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Application Packaging Technologies Windows Installer/Installshield supports unattended installation Provide snapshot via SMS Installer Installshield or Wise installer Screen scrape using Microsoft Scriptit MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Application Packaging Technologies Attribute Windows Installer InstallShield Setup Scripts SMS Installer ScriptIt Requires no user intervention Yes/No Yes Yes, sometimes Is supported by the application’s vendor Yes, if vendor supplies the Windows Installer Not necessarily No Requires purchase of an additional program Yes/No, used by most driver installations Yes, requires SMS Can install more than one program at a time, including file and registry settings Has intelligent wizard-drive interface rather than having to edit a text file Is a GUI tool with many features Shows whether client has completed or failed an installation Not necessarily  Yes, if configured Can create an installation package for multiple computers and can designate the conditions when it will install MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Windows Installer File Extensions Description .msi Windows Installer package .msm Windows Installer merge module .msp Windows Installer patch .mst Windows Installer transform .idt Exported Windows Installer database table .cub Validation module .pcp Windows Installer patch creation file MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Solution Accelerator for BDD Enterprise Edition Key Message – We will now drill down into each functional area of the Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator. Slide Builds – None Slide Script – N/A Slide Transition – No transition Additional information for presenter – MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

Systems Management Server 2003 Pros Create inventory of hardware and software deployed Deploy Office 2003 with or without MUI packs to a large number of clients or across multiple sites Schedule and tracking the status of application deployment Pushing or forcing installation of office on clients Deploy to users without admin rights Reporting and troubleshooting installation process Cons SMS would be required (not applicable for all customers) MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

AdminStudio SMS Edition http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/downloads/2003/featurepacks/adminstudio/default.asp MediaPro, Inc. - Confidential

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