(imported topic written by msipackager91)
Hi, apologies if this has been asked before - I did have a quick search but nothing came up.
We have a central repository for our packaged applications (typically MSI packages) and have been asked to look at deploying them via BigFix.
I understand that we can user the software deployment wizard to compress the source files then have that delivered to the client, uncompressed then excute the required command line (msiexec /i path\package.msi etc)
However we would much perfer to bypass compressing and downloading the source files and install them directly from our existing repository - which is a hidden share to which everyone has read access.
So, can a BigFix action run a command line along the lines of:
c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe /i \server\share$\package_v1.0\package.msi TRANSFORMS=\server\share$\package_v1.0\transform.mst /qb
Or will we have access problems due to BigFix running as a local system account and if so are there any alternatives?
I’m used to using SMS or AD group policy to deploy packages to excuse me if this is basic question but I thought I’d ask before trying it out as it could save us a lot of time in testing
Thanks,
Rob.