Agent installation with use of Active Directory

Instructions for software distribution with use of Active Directory:

1. Place the MSI package (nvagentinstall.msi) in the shared folder on the server so as the workstations and domain controller (the server supporting Active Directory) can access it: create such a folder, copy the package there and set the sharing rights appropriately (resource access as follows:

2. Run Group Policy Management Console – command:

3. Create a new group policy object: select the Group Policy Objects folder, right-click it and select New from the drop-down menu.

 
4. In the New GPO dialog box, name the created Group Policy Object,
e.g. Axence nVision Agent.

 
5. Navigate to edit the created GPO: right-click the object, select Edit from the drop-down menu.

 
6. In the Group Policy Management Editor dialog box, expand:

right-click it and select New > Package from the drop-down menu.

7.Select MSI package file in the resource sharing location (it is best to enter the address of the shared resource).

and choose the package type.
 

8. In the Deploy Software dialog box, select Assigned.

 
9. nVision Agent entry should appear in the Group Policy Management Editor dialog box.

 
10. Having created the GPO, return to the Group Policy Management dialog box and link the GPO to a container of the user group or machine group: select the container where the GPO should be assigned to, right-click it, select Link an Existing GPO from the drop-down menu, then select the created GPO.

 
11. The object created in such a manner should be distributed to workstations. The group policy updating can take a few hours; to accelerate it, execute command:

on workstations to force the group policy updates, and in consequence, the installation of the MSI package with nVision Agent. In the case of failure, error messages can be found in the Windows Event Log of the workstations and the server.