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Contents
Chapter 1 Network Administration and Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Network Administration and Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Understanding Deployments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Planning a Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Check Deployment Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Determine the Installation Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Determine the License Server Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Configure Individual Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Include Service Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Create a Network Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Creating a Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Create an Original Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Modify a Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Direct Users to the Administrative Image . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2 Alternative Distribution Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Alternative Distribution Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview of Distribution Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Use Scripts to Deploy the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
A Sample Installation Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Use Switches and Flags in Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Run Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Use Group Policies to Run a Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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