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Mastering System Center Configuration Manager

By : Vangel Krstevski
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Mastering System Center Configuration Manager

By: Vangel Krstevski

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Mastering System Center Configuration Manager
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating deployment types


Deployment types are an important part of an application. These next sections will focus on the creation process of a deployment type.

Creating a Windows Installer deployment type

To create a Windows Installer deployment type, perform the following:

  1. Open the Configuration Manager console and go to Software Library.

  2. Extend Application Management.

  3. Right-click on the Applications node and select the 7-Zip application.

  4. Right-click on the 7-Zip application and select Create Deployment Type from the menu:

  5. Click on the Add button.

  6. When the Create Deployment Type Wizard page starts, choose Windows Installer as the type and browse to the MSI file and click on Next:

  7. The Import Information window will show a successful import. Click on Next to continue with the wizard.

  8. The next page you get is the General Information page. The wizard itself provides you with a set of predefined settings for the deployment type. You can edit this information any way you want. On this page, you can see...