{"id":2058,"date":"2017-03-29T18:41:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2018-09-06T23:18:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T23:18:18","slug":"how-to-deploy-andor-remove-software-packages-via-gpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2058","title":{"rendered":"How to deploy (and\/or remove) software packages via GPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest advantages of having an <em>Active Directory Domain<\/em> is the possibility to <strong>deploy software packages via GPO (Group Policy Object)<\/strong>. <strong>Software deployment<\/strong> is crucial in business environments to save time and money.<\/p>\n<p><em>Microsoft<\/em> not only gives us a simple way to <strong>deploy software<\/strong>, but also provides a quick solution to uninstall it when we don\u2019t need it anymore.<br \/>\n<span id=\"more-1933\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Open the <em>Group Policy Management<\/em> panel and create a new <em>GPO:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1934\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-01.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-01.png 989w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-01-300x211.png 300w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-01-680x477.png 680w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"989\" height=\"694\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Give it a name:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1935\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-02.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-02.png 989w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-02-300x211.png 300w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-02-680x477.png 680w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"989\" height=\"694\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s edit this policy:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1936\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-03.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-03.png 989w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-03-300x211.png 300w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-03-680x477.png 680w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"989\" height=\"694\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Navigate through the path <code>Computer Configuration\\Policies\\Software Settings<\/code> and right-click <strong>Software installation<\/strong>. Select <em>New \u2013&gt; Package:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1937\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-04.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-04.png 893w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-04-300x216.png 300w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-04-680x489.png 680w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"893\" height=\"642\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify a network path (the domain users must be able to access the file) containing the package you want to deploy:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1938\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-05.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-05.png 960w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-05-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-05-680x383.png 680w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are setting up a <em>Computer Configuration policy<\/em>, so we can only <em>assign<\/em> the application and not <em>publish<\/em> it. <em>Assigned applications<\/em> will be installed at the first reboot or policy update while <em>published applications<\/em> will be available for the users to be installed or removed. For this reason, you can only publish application to users. The <em>Advanced<\/em> option simply make us able to edit the application deployment <em>Properties:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1939\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-06.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-06.png 357w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-06-300x208.png 300w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"357\" height=\"247\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Default settings are fine:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1940\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-07.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-07.png 414w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-07-269x300.png 269w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"414\" height=\"462\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deplyment set up:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1941\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-08.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-08.png 893w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-08-300x216.png 300w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-08-680x489.png 680w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"893\" height=\"642\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To remove the application, right-click on it and select <em>Remove:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1942\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-09.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-09.png 893w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-09-300x216.png 300w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-09-680x489.png 680w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"893\" height=\"642\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can choose to remove the software or simply forbid new installations:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1943\" src=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-10.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-10.png 319w, http:\/\/thesolving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/How-to-deploy-software-packages-via-GPO-10-300x176.png 300w\" alt=\"How to deploy software packages via GPO\" width=\"319\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest advantages of having an Active Directory Domain is the possibility to deploy software packages via GPO (Group Policy Object). Software deployment is crucial in business environments to save time and money. Microsoft not only gives us a simple way to deploy software, but also provides a quick solution to uninstall it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,6,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gpo-group-policy","category-general-2008","category-microsoft-windows-server-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2059,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions\/2059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}