Re: Software Distribution with SMS vs GPO delivery
- From: "Kim Oppalfens" <Kim dot Oppalfens@google mail.com>
- Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 14:11:40 +0200
Oh, and you don't have any reporting whatsoever if things fail, let alone
knowing why they have failed.
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Kim Oppalfens
Telindus Belgium
MVP Windows Server System - SMS
"Ollie" <Ollie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B55DBE27-06F4-4ECF-8786-F2E1D649F954@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Personally I use both,
> - GPO will allow you granular targeting though if you filter them by AD
> security groups
> - You can use the GPMC RSoP facility to check the status of a GPO on a
> specific machine / user.
> - The downside of GPO's are they're restricted to MSI files only and they
> only run at boot up, so a mass deployment of a large MSI gets quite
> bandwidth
> hungry whereas SMS uses BITS to minimize bandwidth issues
>
> Ollie
>
> "Seeker" wrote:
>
>> IMHO, the biggest differentiator is Scheduling. GPOs don't let you decide
>> when the software gets installed; everything is at startup or logon.
>>
>> 2nd would be status reporting; with GPOs it is send and assume it went
>> well.
>> With SMS you get detailed status on what worked, and more importantly
>> what
>> didn't.
>>
>> 3rd would be granular targeting. Self explanatory.
>>
>> "Greg Ramsey" <ramseyg@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:IUwMe.81988$yC5.42055@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I haven't done much with AD GPO's for pushing software -- can you push
>> >anything other than .msi's with AD GPO?
>> >
>> > With SMS, I can push basically anything I can run from a command line
>> > (.msi, .msp with MSIEXEC.exe, .exe, .bat, .vbs, etc). Also I can run
>> > installations in either an administrator context (local system), or as
>> > the
>> > current user logged on. I also receive nice status messages (for the
>> > most
>> > part) from installations I push with SMS.
>> >
>> > SMS Also has the Windows Installer Source utility. . that can be handy.
>> >
>> >
>> > Those are a few off of the top of my head. Hopefully others will add
>> > to
>> > this post. .
>> >
>> > Greg
>> >
>> > "JP" <JP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:CDC503C0-3886-4FD5-9875-72038470EBD6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>I am looking for advantages and benefits of deploying software packages
>> >>with
>> >> SMS 2003 versus simply using 2003 AD GPO's.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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