


This can be done by following these steps: The first step in deploying an MSI through GPO is to create a distribution point on the publishing server. This is especially important because the native GPSI feature does not support changing the package path forexisting packages-you need to create a new package, which has an impact on clients that have already installed the package via Group Policy.

This features allows you to abstract the file path from the physical location of the file so that if you need to move application packages from one server to another, the file path stored in the GPO for that package will not need to change. The best way to deploy packages using GPSI is to use the Distributed File System (DFS) feature built into Windows Server.

The per-computer feature can be found in the GP editor under Computer Configuration\Software Settings\Software Installation (see Figure 1 below), while the per-user deployment feature is under User Configuration\Software Settings\Software Installation. You can deploy software using GPSI as either a per-computer or per-user deployment. Once you’ve created a GPO using the Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) or the AD Users and Computers MMC snap-in, edit that GPO to bring up the Group Policy editor MMC snap-in. Therefore, you’ll need an Active Directory installation to start using this feature. Microsoft did not implement this feature in the local GPO. The GPSI feature is not available from the local Group Policy Object (i.e.
