MSI Creation and Distribution
I am looking into a solution that will allow our developers to create MSI files and then allow our network team to distribute them to our website servers. An all-in-one package would be great but two products, one for creating the MSI file and one to distribute them would also work. So far I am looking at Wise Installation Studio 7.0 and it looks like it would suit us fine. I just wanted to run the idea past this most respected list for any other solutions that you might be using. Kind regards, Mark ** This email is sent for and on behalf of Inspop.com Limited ** Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registration no. 310635. Inspop.com Limited (also trading as Confused.com) is registered in England and Wales at 2nd Floor, Friary House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AE (Reg. No. 03857130 ). Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client privilege. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the Information Security Officer by telephone on +44 (0) 29 2043 4252. Please then delete this email and destroy any copies of it. This email has been swept for viruses before leaving our system. Security Warning: Please note that this email has been created in the knowledge that Internet email is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and accept this lack of security when emailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. We may monitor the content of E-mails sent and received via our network for viruses or unauthorised use and for other lawful business purposes. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Messagelabs. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: MSI Creation and Distribution
Mark, I've used Wise in the past with great success and I would use Group policy to distribute the MSI as needed, if those web servers are in a domain. Other (domain) options are SMS/SCM to distribute but I'll defer to TVK on those system management platforms. I've never used a 3rd party tool to distribute packages to non domain servers but a logon script is the first thing that comes to mind. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook From: Kelsay, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MSI Creation and Distribution I am looking into a solution that will allow our developers to create MSI files and then allow our network team to distribute them to our website servers. An all-in-one package would be great but two products, one for creating the MSI file and one to distribute them would also work. So far I am looking at Wise Installation Studio 7.0 and it looks like it would suit us fine. I just wanted to run the idea past this most respected list for any other solutions that you might be using. Kind regards, Mark ** This email is sent for and on behalf of Inspop.com Limited ** Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registration no. 310635. Inspop.com Limited (also trading as Confused.com) is registered in England and Wales at 2nd Floor, Friary House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AE (Reg. No. 03857130 ). Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client privilege. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the Information Security Officer by telephone on +44 (0) 29 2043 4252. Please then delete this email and destroy any copies of it. This email has been swept for viruses before leaving our system. Security Warning: Please note that this email has been created in the knowledge that Internet email is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and accept this lack of security when emailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. We may monitor the content of E-mails sent and received via our network for viruses or unauthorised use and for other lawful business purposes. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Messagelabs. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: MSI Creation and Distribution
I agree. MSI Studio was, in my opinion, the best MSI packager on the market even before ScriptLogic acquired it and they have made it even better. Once you have the MSI, Group Policy is the easiest way to distribute, but SCE/SCCM or a 3rd party product are preferable in that they give you the ability to report on success/failure of installs as well as the ability to uninstall when you want to upgrade or change products at a later date. Tim From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MSI Creation and Distribution Have a look at MSI Studio from ScriptLogic. It tends to be less expensive than Wise and InstallShield (Acresso) but with the same features. http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/DA_MSIStudio/ Rod Trent CEO, myITforum.com, Inc.http://www.myitforum.com/ my myITforum.com Profilehttp://www.myitforum.com/forums/showprofile.asp?memId=7 myITforum.com LinkedIn Grouphttp://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/78998/7D2EF632EC37 Join the Socialhttp://social.zune.net/member/rodtrent my LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/b6b/849 [cid:image001.jpg@01C89F94.222A8FD0]http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2008/04/14/mms-2008-sold-out.aspx MMS 2008 - Las Vegas April 28th - May 2nd 2008 myITforum.com Partyhttp://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2008/04/04/myitforum-com-party-2008.aspx BOOTH #235 From: Kelsay, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MSI Creation and Distribution I am looking into a solution that will allow our developers to create MSI files and then allow our network team to distribute them to our website servers. An all-in-one package would be great but two products, one for creating the MSI file and one to distribute them would also work. So far I am looking at Wise Installation Studio 7.0 and it looks like it would suit us fine. I just wanted to run the idea past this most respected list for any other solutions that you might be using. Kind regards, Mark ** This email is sent for and on behalf of Inspop.com Limited ** Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registration no. 310635. Inspop.com Limited (also trading as Confused.com) is registered in England and Wales at 2nd Floor, Friary House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AE (Reg. No. 03857130 ). Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client privilege. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the Information Security Officer by telephone on +44 (0) 29 2043 4252. Please then delete this email and destroy any copies of it. This email has been swept for viruses before leaving our system. Security Warning: Please note that this email has been created in the knowledge that Internet email is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and accept this lack of security when emailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. We may monitor the content of E-mails sent and received via our network for viruses or unauthorised use and for other lawful business purposes. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Messagelabs. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~inline: image001.jpg
RE: MSI Creation and Distribution
Yep.and all three products have hooks directly into ConfigMgr. From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MSI Creation and Distribution I agree. MSI Studio was, in my opinion, the best MSI packager on the market even before ScriptLogic acquired it and they have made it even better. Once you have the MSI, Group Policy is the easiest way to distribute, but SCE/SCCM or a 3rd party product are preferable in that they give you the ability to report on success/failure of installs as well as the ability to uninstall when you want to upgrade or change products at a later date. Tim From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MSI Creation and Distribution Have a look at MSI Studio from ScriptLogic. It tends to be less expensive than Wise and InstallShield (Acresso) but with the same features. http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/DA_MSIStudio/ Rod Trent CEO, myITforum.com, Inc. http://www.myitforum.com/ my http://www.myitforum.com/forums/showprofile.asp?memId=7 myITforum.com Profile myITforum.com http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/78998/7D2EF632EC37 LinkedIn Group Join the Social http://social.zune.net/member/rodtrent my LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/b6b/849 http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2008/04/14/mms-2008-sold-out. aspx MMS2008_SoldOUT MMS 2008 - Las Vegas April 28th - May 2nd 2008 myITforum.com Party http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2008/04/04/myitforum-com-part y-2008.aspx BOOTH #235 From: Kelsay, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MSI Creation and Distribution I am looking into a solution that will allow our developers to create MSI files and then allow our network team to distribute them to our website servers. An all-in-one package would be great but two products, one for creating the MSI file and one to distribute them would also work. So far I am looking at Wise Installation Studio 7.0 and it looks like it would suit us fine. I just wanted to run the idea past this most respected list for any other solutions that you might be using. Kind regards, Mark ** This email is sent for and on behalf of Inspop.com Limited ** Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registration no. 310635. Inspop.com Limited (also trading as Confused.com) is registered in England and Wales at 2nd Floor, Friary House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AE (Reg. No. 03857130 ). Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client privilege. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the Information Security Officer by telephone on +44 (0) 29 2043 4252. Please then delete this email and destroy any copies of it. This email has been swept for viruses before leaving our system. Security Warning: Please note that this email has been created in the knowledge that Internet email is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and accept this lack of security when emailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. We may monitor the content of E-mails sent and received via our network for viruses or unauthorised use and for other lawful business purposes. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Messagelabs. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.jpg
