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MSI 510 Windows Installer Security and Infrastructure  rss

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Windows Installer Security and Infrastructure

Tracks Supported

  • Support Professional
  • Application Packager
  • Infrastructure Designer
  • See Tracks

Duration 

1 Day

 Price 

$450 USD

Early Bird 

$395 USD

Prerequisites
(about prerequisites)

 - MSI 201

You Will Learn To

  • Advanced Strategies for Windows Installer Source Files.
  • How Elevated Privileges Interact With Your Distribution System.
  • Designing SMS and DFS to meet MSI Requirements.
  • Preventing Abuse and Unauthorized Installs 
  • Package Changes that Can Make Infrastructure Management Much Easier.
  • Fixing Up Current Source List Messes.

Course Materials:
  • Course Manual Filled With Reference Information
  • Course CD with Hundreds of Bonus Resources
  • Self Contained Labs - Reproducable at Home
  • MSI 3.0 Delta Guide built in to course. 
Utilities & Scripts:
  • Script for Source List Management of All Packages Already Installed In Your Company
  • Script to Configure Packages to Not Install when clicked

"Essential training for any person responsible for designing an application packaging and delivery infrastructure."
     --- Terry Furness, Senior Consultant, Aspect Computing

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Course Content

Securing MSI Services and Packages 
  • Windows Installer Service Policies
  • Software Restriction Policies
  • How Administrative Privileges Work
  • Managed Packages
  • Packaging for Users who Have Admin Rights 
  • Preventing Users From Installing Corporate Software at Home or at Other Companies
Building The Repository
  • Repository Replication
  • Repository Mapping Alternatives
  • MSI Directory Structure Requirements
  • Traffic and Disk Space Estimation
Distribution Systems and MSI 
  • Elevated Privileges Coordination 
  • Special Installation Accounts
  • Source Lists
  • Trickle Distribution

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Managing Clients and Installed Packages 
  • Converting Per-User Installs to Per-Machine 
  • Server and Terminal Server Packaging Tips 
  • Windows Installer Version History
  • Upgrading Windows Installer
  • WMIC For Package Management
  • Considerations for User Self-Service Installs
Configuring SMS and DFS for MSI 
  • Interoperability with DFS for Packaging 
  • Deploying Packages
  • Setting Up Packages
  • Using SMS for replicating a DFS share.
Source List Management 
  • Strategies for Source List Management.
  • Updating Current Source List Entries on all Computers.
  • Infrastructure and Client Management Techniques.

Labs Include:
  • Reconfiguring Source Lists for Installed Packages.
  • Embedding Security Controls in Packages.
  • Windows Installer Policy Configuration.
  • Migrating from Per-User Installs 
  • And More...

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