[gptalk] Re: Best practice for software installation. Single or multiple GPOs

I would say it also depends on your LAN/WAN structure
 
We have over 100 sites with WAN links from 256Kb to 200Mb and 5000
clients PC 's, we deploy from a single installation source to all these
sites.  We have also set the bandwidth threshold for deployments at
200Kb.
 
We use both methods, our main core apps are all deployed via a single
GPO, this includes Flash, Shockwave, Sun Java, Citrix Web Client,  3
versions of Oracle JInitiator, Acrobat Reader plus our in-house stuff
etc.  We also use targeted GPO's to deploy packages to specific PC's as
required.
 
Doing things this way does have some drawbacks, deploying to all PC's
means that there is one big hit on the network and clients when we roll
out a new application to all clients.  By putting each app into its own
GPO you can control the rollout by filtering the GPO by group membership
until most of PC's have received the app and then change the filtering
so everyone gets it.
 
Hope this helps
 
Chris

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Subject: [gptalk] Re: Best practice for software installation. Single or
multiple GPOs



And you can even control individual apps' targeting in a single GPO if
you really want to, by removing the read permission on that individual
package for the computers who shouldn't receive it.

 

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Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 6:43 PM
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: Best practice for software installation. Single or
multiple GPOs

 

Hi Darren,

 

Yes, I should have mentioned that all of the applications are setup in a
Computer Configuration software installation setting and are set to
Assigned. And I manage all the GPOs.

 

And yes, a few of the GPOs have authority so only a certain few
computers install that application while others are installed by all
computers on the network. So those with exceptions would need to be
installed separately. 

 

Thanks

 

Nathan

 

On 2/14/07, Darren Mar-Elia <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

Nathan-

It somewhat depends upon two things-how you target those apps and how
you delegate administration of them. 

 

If all machines are getting the same set of apps and you have
centralized administration of your GPOs ,then putting all the apps in a
single GPO is probably a good idea. However, if some machines or users
get some apps and not others, or you have OU administrators that need to
deploy their own apps, then breaking them up probably makes more sense. 

 

Darren

 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 5:17 PM 
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multiple GPOs 

 

Hi,

We use GP to install software. Office, Acrobat, Citrix, Lotus Notes,
Virus 
Software, Flash, Shockwave, Java and others.

Now would it be best to have all these in 1 GPO or have each package in
its 
own GPO? Or would you maybe group the different kinds of software into
their 
own GPOs?

I know every situation is different but I just want a rough idea of what

others do and what sort of works best.

TIA

Nathan 

 

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