Maintaining Software Deployed With Group Policy

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After the deployment of software applications, it might be necessary to Windows 7 certificate redeploy, upgrade, or remove them at some point in the software life cycle. This lesson shows you how to redeploy, upgrade, and remove software deployed with Group Policy.
Redeploying Applications Deployed with Group Policy
You can redeploy an application previously deployed with Group Policy if there are small changes that need to be made to the original software deployment configuration. For example, you might have deployed only Word and Excel in your original Microsoft Office software deployment. You might now need to include PowerPoint in the Office deployment. As long as you make changes to the original Office package deployed with Group Policy, you can redeploy the application to the network.
To redeploy applications deployed with Group Policy, complete the following steps:
1.Open the Group Policy Object Editor console. In the Computer Configuration or User Configuration node, open Software Settings.
2.Click the Software Installation node.
3.In the details ...
... pane, right-click the package you want to remove, click All Tasks, and then click Redeploy Application.
In the dialog box for the package, click Yes to redeploy the application to all MCITP computers on which it is already installed.
Exercise 6: Testing Software Deployment
In this exercise, you test the deployment of the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack that you published to users.
To test software deployment
1.Log on to Server2 as User?.
Click Start, point to Run, and then point to Administrative Tools. Note that there are no new tools on the Administrative Tools menu. This is because you have published the application to users.
3.Click Start, and then click Control Panel. In Control Panel, double-click the Add Or Remove Programs icon.
4.In the Add Or Remove Programs window, click the Add New Programs button on the left.
In the window provided by Add New Programs, shown in Free A+ practice exams, note that the Administration Tools Pack is available for you to add to your network. Also
note that from the Categories list, you can select Tools Packages.