Application Deployment in SCCM 2012 This document is explained about new concept of software distribution process in SCCM 2012

SP1.This time Microsoft have started coding part in order to accomplish distribution in an

effective and efficient manner. Below are the important changes in SCCM 2012 SP1

1. Traditional advertisement option have replaced with “Deploy”

2. A Help desk website has introduced with client for browse and request application

3. More installation properties can be set with application package.

Following is the methods to create application type and deploy into a windows 8 machine

Package still it’s there with almost features in sccm 2007.Right click on application and select create

application.

2. Support below files for software distribution

.EXE

.MSI

.CAB

.APPV

.APPX

.XAP

Windows Phone Package

.IPA

.APK

APPSTORE

NOKIA .SIS

MAC OS X

3. Selected the installation files

4. Automatically set the installation command line for execution. Installation behavior is an advanced

option in SCCM 2012 because this time SCCM more focus on user level. We can modify the command

line if required .Select for user

This wizard complete. This is the simple method don’t have more configuration

If we want more advanced installation property please start the application creation as below

2. Select second option manually configures.

3. Select below

4. Because we need to configure more option for the deployment that facilitate our distribution.

And Mention who this the responsible person for application creation

5. This is related to how the “deploy app” appear in the application cataloge for user .Not explain each

and every option

New concept in SCCM 2012 “Deployment Type” will know more later

Click on “add”

Don’t confuse these windows with initially appeared !!

Click “manually specify the deployment type”

These all I think you can understand by reading itself.

Here installation & Uninstallation command in same place!! .No more required to create separate

programs for both Allow clients to share is utilizing “Branch cache “of the windows 7/8 operating system

can eliminate more DP in branch office.

We can detect the presence of the application in the targeted machine!!

Click on add clause (For an example)

I am going to check whether the folder “c:\programFile (x86)\open” is existing or not

If it exists application will install because app have already installed. It will not try again

Select install for user

Click on add

Here we can configure the deployment that the client machine should be windows8 otherwise

application should not install in the client .There is lot of other option is there in category.

If applications have any dependencies then here need to configure. In SCCM 2012 we can assign

multiple dependencies not like single one in sccm 2007.

Now one application deployment type have created

Now application is ready for deploy

Before that we will create a user and collection for the deployment

We have a collection open mobile and a user is there in the collection named “user1”

Planning to deploy this application to user1

Application is ready for the deployment click on “Deploy” at top of the ribbon

Click any of the Deploy button

Point out the collection where going to Deploy .if dependency is there it will automatically distribute the

content to distribution point.

Specify to which DP application need to upload

Select “Install”

Require administrator approval also a beautiful option added in the SCCM 2012 .User need to request

for the approval for installation in application cataloge.

There is available and required option .if we choose available then application will be visible to user in

application cataloge and user can install when request is approved by administrator from SCCM server.

If required means it will be mandatory application it will install in client automatically

Whenever we choose required approval option will not be ask

This is our setting here

Scheduling the application deployment

Display and notification in client machine

Configuration With operation manger

Completion window

Now log into a machine with user name “user1” and launch the software cataloge

Click on Request for approval

Administrator is approving the request

After got approval install button will be enable

Click on install

Click on yes button it will start the installation

When we come to start menu application shortcut will be installed

After got installed it will be display in software center of the client machine

Conclusion

SCCM 2012 have improved lot by adding the option “Deployement Type” .There is sccm

administrators can set other application properties rather than create a package and bring

them into client machine and just execute the exe file. Using these advanced option software

distribution time will be less and issues can be reduced. There are no possibilities to deploy

application into wrong user.

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