Installation guide

Installation in a Large Deployment that Uses Active Directory Desktop Installation

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Automated Setup

If the system administrator is using automated (remote) installation to set up ShoreTel Communicator

in a large network that uses Active Directory, the administrator must push the following packages in the

order listed below by using Microsoft Corporation’s Group Policy Object (GPO) or another deployment

tool:

1. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (not located in the Prerequisites folder). Either .NET Framework

exists on the system or the system must be connected to the Web (so that initiation of setup.exe

causes a download of .NET Framework.)

2. Interop Assemblies (located in the Prerequisites folder) should contain Primary Interop Assemblies

for 2007 and VSTO (Visual Studio Tools for Office). This resides in the Prerequisites folder.

Communicator (CMWin), located in the Setup folder.

Pre-requisites for ShoreTel Communicator Installation in a Large

Deployment

This section discusses large-scale ShoreTel Communicator deployments that use Active Directory.

This section provides procedures manual and automated installations.

Manual Installation

This section contains instructions for manual installation in two scenarios. In one scenario, the

Prerequisites folder contains .Net Framework 4.0. In the other scenario, .Net Framework 4.0 does not

exist at all on the ShoreTel server.

Manual Setup with .Net Framework in Prerequisites

The ability to install ShoreTel software manually depends on the availability of .Net Framework 4.0. If

the Prerequisites folder contains .Net Framework 4.0 and other, correct files, the system administrator

can run setup.exe while the system is disconnected from the Internet. If the system does not already

have .Net Framework, the system must have an operational connection to the Internet.

Manual Setup with .Net Framework Absent

If the Prerequisites folder does not contain .Net Framework 4.0, the system must have Internet

connectivity because, when the system administrator runs setup.exe, the system automatically

downloads .Net Framework 4.0.

Automated Setup

For Communicator in a large-scale deployment that includes Active Directory, the remedy is for system

administrators to install individual items in the order listed below. The administrator must push the

following packages in the order shown through GPO or any other deployment tool:

1. Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 (not located in the Prerequisites folder). Either .Net Framework

exists on the system or the system must be connected to the Web (so that initiation of setup.exe

causes a download of .Net Framework.)