Bulk Installation of BDR Clients
MSI Client installation in multiple machines under the same network can be automated through GPO(Group Policy Object). Please follow the below steps to do it.
Steps to push MSI through GPO
Step 1: Download the MSI client builds
Download the latest client build - here
Step 2: Copy MSI file to a shared folder
Copy the downloaded MSI file to a newly created folder and share the folder via right-click over the folder ? ‘Share with’ ? ‘Specific People’.
Type ‘Domain Computers’ in the search box and give read permissions for ‘Domain Computers’ account and click ‘Share’.
Step 3: Open or Install Group Policy Management
To open Group Policy Management, go to: ‘Start Administrative Tools Group Policy Management'.
To install Group Policy Management, open command prompt with administrative privileges and type the below command:
ServerManagerCmd -install gpmc
Once installed, open Group Policy Management as described above.
Step 4: Go to existing policies and create a new GPO
Navigate to ‘Domains’ ? ‘YOURDOMAIN’ ? ‘Group Policy Objects’.
Click Action? New and provide a name for GPO to be created.
Once created, it'll be listed under ‘Group Policy Objects’.
Click on the new GPO you created in the navigation pane.
On Right Pane, a box titled ‘Security Filtering’ can be found under ‘Scope’ tab.
Click ‘Authenticated Users’ under ‘Security Filtering’ and click ‘Remove’.
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Now click ‘Add’ and under ‘Select User, Computer, or Group’ Dialog Box, provide specific computer names or usernames you want the GPO to be applied.
Step 5: Add MSI builds
Right-click on the newly created GPO and click ‘Edit’.
‘Group Policy Management Editor’ dialog box will open, navigate to ‘Computer Configuration’ ? ‘Policies’ ? ‘Software Settings’ ? ‘Software Installations’ in the navigation pane.
Right-click over the empty pane on right and go to ‘New’ ‘Software Package’.
In the window that pops up, navigate to the share created earlier(Under Step 2) and select MSI clients.
Click the ‘Assigned’ bubble and click OK.
Step 6: Deploying MSI Guide
Follow steps in the below user guide for deploying, redeploying, and removing MSI on target machines:
https://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/tutorial-gpo.html
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