Re: GPO to push out 2 different version of office.

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 01:31:22 -0500

"scott" <scott@sciarrino.com> wrote in message
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> Right now I have windows 2003 server with windows xp Clients.
> I have one OU called "managed computers" And I'm pushing out
> Word xp, Excel XP, Outlook 2003, Acrobat reader, and citrix client.
> The GPO is assoiceated to the OU "managed coputers" and there is no
> filtering.
> All computers in that out Gets all the apps.
> --
> Now I need to push out All of office 2003 to a subset of the computers
> in the "managed copmuters" OU.
> I understand GPO priority but How does that work if one GPO says
> install office xp and another says install office 2003?

Not as well as you might wish -- it could actually end up first
doing one and then upgrading it to the other.

> I think I'm going to try this.
> Under the one GPO I have add Software install for office 2003 and
> under that software object limit it to a new security group "office
> 2003" and add coputers I want office 2003 in that group.

This may be one of those uncommon reasons for preferring filtering.

You could also split the OU to two child OUs and differentiate that
way.

> But I have a few questions, In that same GPO I have an install of
> office xp (word and excel) that there is no security on (all
> authenticated users/copmuters). Will this cause a problem? Do I need
> to make another goup called office xp and add all the other computers
> to that group?

If I understand you proposition correctly, then yes, you need to two
groups and to filter on each of them for the correct GPO.

Is there some natural distinction between these machines? Say,
WinXP versus Win2000?

Were that the case, and you were using Win2003 DCs you could
filter using WMI for the OS -- and it would automatically update
the machines if they were ever updated to XP. The group method
requires that you remember to move them from one group to the
other (OU method also.)

-- 
Herb Martin
> thanks
>
> Scott

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