Publish an Application

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Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

To publish an application

  1. Open Group Policy Software Installation.

  2. Right-click in the results pane, point to New , and then click Package .

  3. In the Open dialog box, use the search boxes to find the package you want to publish, click the Windows Installer package to be published, and then click Open .

  4. In the Deploy Software dialog box, click Published .

Additional considerations

  • To complete this procedure, you must have Edit setting permission to edit a GPO. By default, members of the Domain Administrators security group, the Enterprise Administrators security group, or the Group Policy Creator Owners security group have Edit setting permission to edit a GPO.

  • Packages can be published only to users, not to computers.

  • The Open dialog box shows the packages that are located at a software distribution point that you specify as the default.

  • If the Windows Installer package is located on a different shared network directory, navigate to the correct software distribution point in the Open dialog box, click the package, and then click Open .

  • Administrators are responsible for securing that location using technologies such as IPSEC and using file servers with mutual authentication such as Kerberos to prevent spoofing or tampering on the wire.

  • The application is available for users to install either by using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel or by opening a file with a file name extension that you have associated with the application.