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Application packaging tools for MSI / GPO's

Friday, 29 October 2004 by Michel Roth

If you're working with server based computing solutions you are surely familiar with the problems surrounding Windows application packaging and deployment. Short of investing in a Softricity Softgrid solution there is also the rather basic but functional MSI / GPO method. Vincent van Egmond from Sywan solutions has made life a little easier with using this method with these free tools;

-A MSI wrapper for Internet explorer 6
-Windows Installer Wrapper Wizard, which creates an MSI around another setup, so no more repackaging those old setup.exe 's, just use this to trigger the setup.exe from a MSI.
-Assigned Software Sequence manager, reorder the installation sequence in your AD so application A is always installed before Application B.
-and much more...

Have a look for yourself at the Sywan download page.